The first idea I had was to change the candles and objects to a different theme. Before, I had tried to continue with the age theme but I struggled to find objects that related well. Therefore, I have decided to use the theme of wedding anniversaries.
I love how each year of marriage has a different meaning and a specific type of traditional and modern gift, so I will create a still life using objects relating to that year; e.g. 1st anniversary being paper.
To help me know what the traditions are, I did some research and I found two websites where the first one told me the flowers, traditional and modern gifts for the years, and the second one told me the meaning. This was really helpful in finding which years I could do.
- http://www.the-wedding-anniversary-site.com/wedding-anniversary-gift-list.html
- http://www.anniversary-ideas-step-by-step.com/wedding-anniversary-meanings.html
I started with the 1st and 5th anniversary. I chose to use a love letter to represent the paper anniversary, and found that clocks were the modern gift for the first anniversary so I chose to add that too. For the 5th anniversary of wood, I used a wooden ornament and then silverware as that is the modern gift for the 5th anniversary.
The first photo shows the clock and paper of the 1st anniversary. I had the composition so the clock was in the top left corner to create the rule of thirds so it guides your eye to the clock and then the paper.
The colours of black and white guide your eye even more as the contrast of the black is very high so it attracts your eyes even more.
The light colours create a soft atmosphere which suits the innocence of a wedding.
I used an aperture of F/7.1 and a shutter speed of 1/8 sec because I was in the studio so I didn't need to allow too much light through the lens, and I wanted a narrow depth of field to show the detail.
I would improve this image by brightening the contrast as it looks dull, and getting closer to the objects as there is a lot of bare spaces.
This photo is the same but I changed the composition so the clock was in the top right corner to follow the rule of thirds, and so the paper was on show so you could read it to understand it is a love letter, and the aperture was F/8 and the shutter speed was 1/10 because I needed the depth of field to be narrower to show the text.I would improve this image by ensuring the text wasn't out of focus and removing the space at the top by getting closer.
The composition for this photo is in the left corner to attract your eye from the rule of thirds.I used an aperture of F/10 and a shutter speed of 1/15 sec because I was in the studio so I didn't need to allow too much light through, but I also needed a narrow depth of field to keep the text in focus.
The colours are silver and a light brown which matches the previous colours in the other photos so they would match well when next to each other.
The colours create a warm mood as they are neutral and calm.
To improve this image I would brighten the contrast so it wasn't as dark.
The previous photo had a massive white space on the right side, so I positioned the camera vertically so the objects filled the whole image.I used an aperture of F/10 and a shutter speed of 1/6 sec because I didn't need to let too much light through from the studio lights and I needed a narrow depth of field to keep the text in focus.
The colours are the same so they match well with the other images, and the textures are smooth as well so it keeps the soft mood.
I would improve this image by brighting it so it doesn't look so dull.
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