Still Life Photography

Learn how to create beautiful still life photos. Read these tutorials for tips on styling, composition, lighting, and more.
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  1. Love Is in the Air: How to Create a Heart Shaped Smoke Ring Photo for Valentine's Day

    Love Is in the Air: How to Create a Heart Shaped Smoke Ring Photo for Valentine's Day

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In honor of Valentine's day, here's how to create a still life image that makes you want to snuggle up next to the fireplace with a good book. We take a cup...

  2. Photograph on a Purely White Background

    Photograph on a Purely White Background

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Photographing your product on a purely white background enables you to create great catalogs and submit your product to magazines for a feature. This...

  3. How to Photograph Jewelry With a Light Cone Tent

    How to Photograph Jewelry With a Light Cone Tent

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Harsh reflections are hard to avoid while photographing jewelry, especially metallic jewelry, but with a light tent it is easy. This tutorial will help you...

  4. Introduction to LED Panels for Photography and Video

    Introduction to LED Panels for Photography and Video

    Tutorial • Beginner

    After a recent article centered on the use of cheap LED bulbs for Photography and Video, it makes complete sense to look at LED panels used in the same...

  5. How to Photograph Ceramics and 3-Dimensional Products with One Light

    How to Photograph Ceramics and 3-Dimensional Products with One Light

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Beautiful photographs sell your work, especially when it comes to functional items. Learn how to create magazine-quality photographs of ceramics and other...

  6. How to Photograph Paintings and Prints with Copy Lighting

    How to Photograph Paintings and Prints with Copy Lighting

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Having an accurate representation of your artwork is essential to your online portfolio. In this tutorial, learn how to photograph paintings and prints in a...

  7. Make, Find, and Improvise: Creative Backgrounds For Still Life and Macro Photographs

    Make, Find, and Improvise: Creative Backgrounds For Still Life and Macro Photographs

    Tutorial • Beginner

    There’s a huge craze for adding textures to macro and still life photographs. Whilst there are a wealth of resources online, it’s always nice to create...

  8. How to Photograph Artifacts and Antique Objects

    How to Photograph Artifacts and Antique Objects

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    How to photograph artifacts and antique objects in two ways: clean and simple, plus dramatic and artful.

  9. The Simple Guide to Shooting a Perfectly Lit Product Photo

    The Simple Guide to Shooting a Perfectly Lit Product Photo

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Phototuts+. This tutorial was first published in October, 2009. ...

  10. The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Shooting Low Key

    The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Shooting Low Key

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Recently, we took a look at how to create stunning high key images in a studio environment, producing bright images with an emphasis on beauty and clarity....

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