Using books to create still life setups has become a new passion. I love the thought of illustrating passages with our photography setups. Just like an illustrator adds some drawings though out the book to invoke your imagination, I want to use photos to do the same thing. I want to be so inspired by a passage that I recreate what I saw in my mind when I read it. Or if I am using a less descriptive book – I want to use a time period to create what I think a scene looks like when you read it. It is taking your storytelling skills to a new level and creating a deeper story behind the stories you build with your photos.

In this class we’ll cover:

• • I’m going to introduce you to an idea I had for using books as inspiration for the stories we put together.

• • I’ll show you the simple props I came up with and the passage in the book that inspired them.

• • We’ll talk about the lighting and your camera settings

• • I’ll style the setup and talk about a few photos I might end up taking

• • We’ll also look at my final photos from this setup and do some editing in Lightroom.

This course is a great class for leveling up your storytelling skills by illustrating a story with your photography setup.