Creating Breathtaking Floral Images
Lesson 1: IntroductionPublished: March 2018
About Course
Join Melanie Kern-Favilla as she shares her secrets for creating stunning and dramatic still life photographs using natural light. In this class, you’ll learn how to recognize qualities of light, what gear is needed, how to create your own props and light modifiers, and how to choose the right flowers for your subjects. While Melanie works with flowers, she’ll teach you how to apply all of these techniques to any still life subject you choose. As an added bonus, make sure to check out the bonus lesson on macro snowflake photography!
This class is perfect for anyone interested in macro photography.
Melanie Kern-Favilla
Melanie Kern-Favilla is a locomotive engineer who is employed by the Long Island Railroad. Along with severe weather photography and floral images, she enjoys shooting snowflakes, water drops, and anything macro-related. She began shooting flower images in her garden, eventually transitioning to in-studio floral photography. She was specifically attracted to the structure, color, and intricacies of the flowers, dahlias in particular. "I love the entire process of creating something from scratch," she says. "To see a three-dimensional object, then turn it into a 2-dimensional impression, is very interesting to me." Melanie enjoys post-processing as much as making the original photographs, finding it endlessly fascinating and creative.
