{"id":7457,"date":"2018-12-09T06:09:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T06:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/?p=7457"},"modified":"2019-11-08T23:08:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T07:08:38","slug":"how-to-make-a-great-still-life-shot-with-only-1-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/how-to-make-a-great-still-life-shot-with-only-1-light\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a really great still life shot with only 1 light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#0c1319&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#2b3a42&#8243; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;60deg&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset7&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;-80px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|0px|0px|0px&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Poppins||||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>How to make a great still life shot with only 1 light<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4SoWLRrTniI&#8221; image_src=&#8221;\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4SoWLRrTniI\/hqdefault.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.1&#8243; border_radii=&#8221;on|10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(198,198,198,0.3)&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; animation_starting_opacity=&#8221;80%&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>\nLearn how to do a 5 minutes setup and take some awesome photos with only 1 light \u2013 any light: strobe, speedlite, even your tabletop lamp will work (do not forget to set WB accordingly).<\/p>\n<p>This one of the mini-lessons from Studio basics educational program on Photigy.com, and it was a \u201cglass photography\u201d challenge. 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