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Still life is a good option to explore photography. It gives you a great variety of options on subject and techniques. You can explore every object you want from flowers to your watch to shoes, wine glasses or even cell phones. Here the good part is you need not wait for the right time, as soon as you get the light right you can go ahead and shoot. The first thing is to get your end result visualized in your mind so that you can accordingly conceptualize it. It can differ from an old Victorian interior idea to a modern sheek concept. You can experiment with a soft box, but simple easy to get light options are good idea as well. You can start by trying out with a torches placed in the correct angle to supply light.

It is important to get the background accurate; you could use a colorful table cloth, textured paper, or even a plane wall. White background is in so you can get that to work for you.
Still life photography gives you the space to understand your exposure, by experimenting with your shutter speed and aperture. It is important to get the color of your subject properly. Over or under exposure will kill the color so you should get the exposure correctly.

Still life also helps you develop sensible lighting which in turn will help in outdoor shots too. Try different backgrounds with the same subject and try positioning the subject in different positions. Try to avoid harsh shadows, if you need the shadow then get single side lighting. Avoid the clichés and explore wider options.