LOCAL MILK'S FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP IN VENICE PART III

STYLING 

 

Sometimes it's easy - usually not. Styling a pic, I mean. You really need to work with it and  that's not even enough. You really have to find a good light and think how to crop the frame. Will you go closer or stay a bit further. Can you take a pic straight from the above or can you have nice perspective by photographing it from side with chosen angle. What kind of props and colors you choose. The question list is a long one. 

But it looks so easy when they do it. Beth Kirby from Local Milk and Ginny Branch. I guess there isn't easy way out - I mean if you want to be good at styling you have to work with it. Hours. 

This is my last post of Local Milk's food photography workshop in Venice. Venice is magical place and I love it. The place where we had the workshop was also unbelievable palazzo. Huge windows, antique furniture, walls with reliefs - felt almost I was dreaming. Winter in Venice is also quite adorable. But of course if acqua alta - high water - comes then it's not nice at all.

Make a Steller story: In Venice

I've been surrounded by everlasting beauty and I want to share it with you. I hope you have a chance to visit this beautiful city in Italy - Venice. I made my very first Steller story of Venice and you can find it here.

Above you see 4 pics. The first one with my name on it is of course the legendary Café Florian. It was opened 1720 and it's the oldest café in Italy.

Second pic is a gorgeus bed. This was photographed in private palazzo. I was there with Manuela from Milano Secrets and we were told that you can rent this place for your wedding or some other party. I'm already married so maybe when we have our 20 years anniversary ;) haha.

Third pic is a chandelier in luxury Hotel Danieli.

Fourth pic is of our dinner table in palazzo. I took part in food photography workshop by Local Milk and we were so lucky. Surrounded by beauty, history and talent. I will make another post about it.

Have you tried to make Steller stories? I think it was quite easy I have to admit. But...I haven't learnt yet how you make links and add music or sound to story and what else you can do...

Enjoy your Sunday!

xo

Kreetta

  

Photography Concept and Styling - PEOPLE

People love stories, don't they? I think it would be great to be a super super great storyteller. I'm a photographer and my work is about telling stories and we all have one. I'm sure you've heard the phrase the truth is stranger than fiction. 

What kind of people the stories are about? How the stories are born?

People want to be remembered and not forgotten. People want that their life story is valuable and worth telling and we all want to hear other people's stories. We can be inspired by people and their stories. We can find stories comforting and supporting or they just make us happy. We can relate to people in stories. We can also be so scared of stories and get too excited and feel uncomfortable. 

People who make stories for their occupation have a huge assigment. Yes, it is a passion and there's never enough time to tell every story. So we have to choose. But if we choose carefully - we can tell story of so many people with only one pic or story. 

I made this photo essay of the word people. What kind of story/stories these photos tell you?

I got this word People from my dear and talented friend Päivi. Her blog is K niin kuin Koti and she is blogging with her two friends there. Thank you Päivi!

This is the last post of the year 2013. This post is also one of my Photography Concept and Styling post series. You can find them all here. I've got so many great words from you. I want to thank you! I always welcome new words - if you have one in your mind. I started this series in March 2013 and the words I've used this year are triangle, process, connections, recollection, the song La Melodie du Bonheur, sunshine, circus, hidden, mundane and people.

I wish you wonderful New Year 2014! Make a wish!

xoxo

Kreetta

Photography Concept and Styling - HIDDEN

Sometimes it's better be silent. Sometimes it's just too hard to say it aloud. Sometimes it's hard to be silent. Sometimes it must be said out loud. 

Somewhere it's not allowed to say an opinion. Somewhere the silence is just killing you. Somewhere you can say anything but somewhere too many can't say anything aloud.

Now it's written, so it's said. But who can say, who understood it right? 

I guess the most difficult thing is to understand and to be understood. 


This post is one of my Photography Concept and Styling series that I post once in the month. If you care to see what I've done before you can find them all here.

If you want to be part of this post series, leave a word as a comment to me. I won't publish it. If I make a photo essay of it you'll be informed and mentioned on blog post, when I use your word. But I can't promise that I make an essay of every word I get. This time the word was my own. Sometimes it is.

Thank you!

xo
Kreetta

Forest, mushrooms and friends

it's a family

We went to forest with hope we would find blueberries and mushrooms. We did and the day was very beautiful. It was a wonderful day with friends in the forest. It is totally different thing to eat your lunch in a beautiful place. Fresh air and relaxed moments. Who wouldn't enjoy?

we love forest

fungus with birch

anthill

beautiful green

blueberries for you

rye bread

sweet family

huge cep

not with empty hands

catch of the day

How are you? Have you been in forest lately? It's so relaxing place to be.

This week has been my first one at work and I have to admit I'm now a little bit tired. It's so different what I have had. But I'm sure next week will be easier. It is just how it goes. I hope you enjoyed my forest essay and have a lot of energy to make something what you love this weekend.

xo

Kreetta