Mobile Photography: Still Life

The course uses mobile phone photography in a still life setting. Participants will be taught all the fundamentals of shooting a still life based on the principles of still life paintings of the old masters. Factors such as depth of field, colour, contrast, line, texture and composition will all be attended to. The role of light and how to use it in order to highlight and narrativise will be explored.

Participants need to please bring:
– A smartphone with a camera (Android or iPhone).
– Make sure that there is enough storage space on the device to allow for multiple shots.
– Download one or more of the following apps: Instagram, Camera Plus, VSCO, Snapseed, Pixlr-Photo collages, Pixlr-o-Matic