STILL LIFE COMPOSITION TIPS

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How to setup a still life composition. Create visual interest by following these simple guidelines. We'll discuss the Rule of Thirds, L-Shape structures, and other composition considerations.

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[moony]

Anyone else here because their art tutor sent them a link to this video during lockdown??

[TC-rvsz]

I've been doing still life photos for 10 years and this is the first time I've come across the L-shape idea 😭 thank u so much this is awesome info

[OtherAlien]

I've read these lessons several times before, but this is the first time I understand how to use them! Thanks for this vid!

[incrastic]

Great, great explanation without boring. Thanks!!

[lynnswango]

Thank you - now I have a better understanding of how to set up my composition.

[wilsonsilva]

Hi Ed, You mantionedyou wrote an e-book . Where I caoul find it? Thanks

[fulltimenovice]

That was SUUUUPER helpful!!! Thank you!!

[RS-Amsterdam]

Ed, you always surprise us with refreshing ideas.
Great video.
I am a fan of still and use daily stuff to make them like a good cup of coffee, or a hamburger at luch at work (take it to the window, clean the plate, and take a nice shot of it, in natural day light ) and then explain collegues why I do that ;-)
Or I pick a single flower from a bouquet in a vase in a shop where I happen to be to buy clothes or whatever, zoom in to one flower, soft focus on the rest, and make that single flower POP. Show it to the people in the shop, cause they wonder what I am doing, and then they all say WOOOOWW. They will never ever look the same way to bouquet of flowers again hehehehe.
That's where photogaphy is all about, IMO.

[Walkercolt]

Gosh, a YouTube video that doesn't waste a half-hour of my life to get to the point! I often watch these to see how BAD they are and how much disinformation they spread. I've been doing this for a living for more than half a century, and my Daddy who was a photographer taught me a lot. I learned much more from taking photos of oil cans for a major oil company. A single oil can or bottle doesn't have much you can work with on composition, so lighting becomes the real tool the art director wants to make an ad that sells your oil. With more than one subject, I could get "creative". If a new person to photography learns the things you say, all their photographs will improve greatly. Learn the "rules" then learn what works when you break them.

[markharris]

Not only did you go over most of the rules of composition, but also gave them meaning. In my early days I often struggled transferring these very solid rules to a fluid world and I’d find myself questioning images like HCB's image of the priests to such a point I’d miss the beauty of the images. I could pick an argument with myself over the golden spiral because in many ways it’s a less obvious rule of composition. Today I hear people say "But rules are made to be broken.", which indeed they are, but I think we need a good grasp of not only what the rules are, but also why they work, before we break them. You explanation goes a long way towards giving that understanding, wonderfully done with great graphics giving a full and easy to follow explanation. Another brilliant video Ed,

[crisalidathomassie]

Great video and thanks for your time. I’m an oil painting artist and your video is very helpful. Blessings and be safe. I will buy your ebook. Interesting. New subscriber!

[GuadalupeHernandez-kklu]

Hello Ed Love this video can i share this resource with my students?

[Noideausername]

Hi Ed. May I ask what are those white block shapes made of?

[mariahegdal]

I can't find the link to the e-book? 🤔

[wahabdilawar]

Any guesses what the next weekend theme on Ed's Facebook page will be?

[kylelehman-musicindustry]

Hello! Where did you get your shapes from? I would love to pick up a set.

[christinanalty]

It would be better if you kept the images of the still life's on the video while you talked instead of you talking.

[samueljohns]

I thought I was looking for composition writing👀😔