Still Life Photography

Learn how to create beautiful still life photos. Read these tutorials for tips on styling, composition, lighting, and more.

All Still Life content:

  1. 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...

  2. 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.

  3. 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. ...

  4. 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....