Required Tools: Camera, clamp light, tabletop, backdrop, props
Location: Inside, darkened room
Duration: 60 minutes

Premise: 
This week’s lab session will continue to examine lighting techniques for studio photography. We’ll turn our attention back toward still life arrangements, with an emphasis on composing meaningful tableaux for the camera. 

Objective: 
Work with props collected from your room or your home (or any other place you can very quickly access) to create “still life self portrait”.

Think back to our first lab and homework assignment of the semester. Consider the items that represent your personality, your family or cultural history, your ambitions, and any other aspects of who you are. Gather those items to use as props. Arrange them on a tabletop with fabric, a sheet, or a backdrop that reveals something about yourself. Pay close attention to the way that your items fill the camera’s frame. Experiment with the position of your clamp light to see how lighting can create a mood or tell a story about the objects pictured. 

Submission:
Shoot at least 20-30 images and upload them to Flickr. Share your best 3-4 with our group. Create a new post in our OpenLab course with your best images.