Still Life Product Photography: Playing with Light and Color

Still life product photography gives you the creative freedom to consider every detail of a shoot and transform your ideas in front of the camera. This is what drove Amy Currell, award-winning photographer and Leica Ambassador, to specialize in this branch. Through carefully crafted compositions, she artfully juxtaposes color, texture, shape, and shadows to create eye-catching images that have won over clients like Vogue, Selfridges, ELLE, and The Telegraph.

In this online course, Amy teaches you fundamentals of still life photography to compose and capture powerful images. Play with color, light, and set design in a studio environment to build striking scenes that bring products to life. Amy also shows you how to retouch your photos to send to a client or add to your portfolio.

Begin the course by getting to know the photographer and director Amy Currel. Discover how she turned her childhood passion for photographs into a successful career, along with the artists who have influenced her work.

Learn about the fundamentals of still life photography and how to pick the right equipment for a shoot. Then, cover the key principles of light before developing the creative concept for your project, choosing the products and props.

Time to build your sets, first for a fashion accessory and then a beauty product. Amy shows you how to recreate a summer beach scene with midday lighting and capture the accessory from the best angles. Once you’ve finished, move onto the beauty image, redesigning the set and adjusting the lighting for a macro product shot.

Select which pictures make the final cut and retouch them for a perfect image, focusing on color, shape, and shadows to make the product pop. Amy wraps up the course by sharing tips on how to balance business and creativity.