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What makes successful still life photography.

Still life photography encompasses everything that is an inanimate subject in front of a camera. But a successful still life? That’s a little harder to classify. It all comes down to intent and context. Is your message conveyed? Is your composition strong, and does it guide the viewer’s eye through the image? Does your still life convey a narrative? It’s by asking these deeper questions that we can understand whether a photograph is successful.

Gather your art supplies and decide which you will draw
Arrange them into a strong composition
Use your camera to take several shots from different angles to help you determine your best composition
Then draw while carefully observing the actual objects.

It's always a good idea to see how other artists work. While you do not want to copy a style or image, you can get a lot of ideas and inspiration by observing the work of others.