Create > Food Still Lifes

Create > Food Still Lifes

Goal:  Create compositions of arranged food as if they were beautiful still life paintings.

Studio Activity:

Be inspired by the work of by Maggie Ruggiero and photographed by Martyn Thompson (left) and Marcus Nilsson (right).  

Every shape, texture, color and from within these photographs has been considered, selected and positioned with care.  Those looking for out-of-the-box indoor photography approaches or unusual still life photography ideas can find it helpful to remind themselves that photography students have the same level of compositional control as do painting students.  Understanding how to balance and link different elements of a composition might be all that is needed for you to create unforgettable still life photography.  

Trigger Mechanisms: Arrange, Repetition, Organize

Visual Examples:

• The Greatest Food Still Lifes in Art History > https://goo.gl/Dqf6XT
• Food Photography Tips > http://goo.gl/f3kbNj
• maggie Ruggiero Food Stylist > http://maggieruggiero.com/four/

Generalize, Reflect & Publish:

Instructional Strategy

• Evaluate the results

Learning Activity

Reflect > Should I go back and rework anything?

• How did you combine art elements (line, color, shape, texture, value)  to develop art principles? (Unity/variety, balance, emphasis contrast, rhythm, proportion/scale, figure/ground relationship)

• Where are the dominant shapes, forms, colors, or textures that carry expressive significance?
• Why Is the work ordered and balanced or chaotic and disturbing?
• What gives the work its uniqueness?
• Is symbolism used in the work to convey meaning other than what one sees?
• Does the work evoke any feelings?

Instructional Strategy

• Providing Recognition

Learning Activity

Publish > Share your album to our G+Community > Concepts & Creations category

Display > Add your photos to the Event

Instructional Strategy

• Providing Feedback

Learning Activity

Critique >

• Give positive feedback > +1 every image that deserves it
• Give peer feedback > Give 2 peer images a VTS critique > http://goo.gl/1WWmBY

Self-assess >

• Evaluate > Thinglink Rubric Scoring Guidelines >  http://goo.gl/ejQq7B or AP Padlet Scoring Guidelines >  https://goo.gl/a70ikP

Life Skills Survey > http://goo.gl/iEUqr (responses > http://goo.gl/8YDnYF)