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__Research:__ Still life photography involves taking pictures of static, or still, objects. This can include such things as scenery or architecture. The style of still life work can vary, but mostly it involves crisp cut photographs due to the fact that still lifes don’t change. Still life is also experimental involving different lighting that can be used and different angles you set your camera at. Still life is all about thinking outside the box. There is plenty of demand for still life photography, particularly now that it is so simple for photographers to provide images for stock photography libraries, that are accessed by magazines, business publications and for online content. For still life photographers, they usually work by themselves in their home or venture outside. Some might even have a cooperation where they do their financial work. For schooling, there’s need for technical training in photography and a university degree (you should have a good all around education). Most photographers are independent business people so some post-secondary training in business is needed. A bachelor’s degree in photography is always good as well. Most photographers work 30 to 50 hours per week for their photography business. The median pay is $29,130 per year, and $14.00 per hour. It isn’t much, but it’s a good side job and activity if you’re interested in photography. I’m interested in still life photography because when I see something just sitting around, I can picture in my head how to make it beautiful. Also, since still life includes scenery, I can never pass up to snap a photograph when I see a beautiful scenery in front of me.

__ Proposal: __ I plan to do nature photography for my assignment using scenery and landscapes. I intend to venture out to different places and see what captures my eye. I’m thinking of using the photographs I shot in Colorado over Christmas break due to the fact that the scenery there was amazing and I loved a lot of the photographs that I shot. I also intend on photoshopping the images a little bit using levels, saturation, and vibrance changes.