Feeling Fruity

My daughter had to complete some art homework and for that she needed some different fruits. This project was a bit of a spur of the moment on a rainy afternoon when my daughter had finished with her art work subject. So, not being one to miss an opportunity, I whipped out my camera and started working on capturing an interesting image.

Capturing the right perspective on the subject

Later I will take you through my set up but for now I want to talk about capturing the right perspective on the subject.

For me this image, while quite interesting in itself (Has an almost mirrored effect) it isn't really capturing my attention, it almost feels like i'm looking down on the image. So I wanted to adjust my angle to see if getting lower, I could change the feel of the shot.

Bringing the viewer closer to the image

This next shot works better for me, bringing the viewer closer to the image, feeling less up on high and more inside the photograph.

Of course you may have a different view but for me getting lower and more in line with the subject really changes the image and makes me feel more like I'm interacting with the image. Why don't you try experimenting with your own photography, try different perspectives and see how the image feels when you have it edited. Do you feel welcomed in, do you feel part of the image, or do you feel separated.

So to my set up. it was not too complicated

So to my set up. it was not too complicated, I took a black cloth and draped it over a box to create a bit of a back drop. Sitting on top of the fabric, I upturned a dark coloured baking tray and sat my pomegranate on top and piled up some of the fruits around one side and a few extra ones on top to make the fruit look like it was bursting out and overflowing the outer skin of the pomegranate.

My aim was for a dark studio type shot, so I was aiming for capturing a good depth of field with the fruit in focus throughout the shot while masking out the surroundings. To achieve this I took the shot at 1/320 Second at F16 and ISO 64, though I confess I also did some post processing to darken the surroundings that were reflecting back because of the close proximity. I also took this indoor with the lights off to make it as dark as I could so I had the least amount of post processing as I could get.