Still life is one of those areas of photography I don’t normally try. I certainly don’t see beautiful shots when looking at things, but when I saw this bottle of Glenlivet (water) I thought I’d give it a go.

For me, what I like about it, is the small range of colours in the shot - other than the blue it’s almost monochromatic - it’s nice and simple. What I don’t like, is that I have too tight a depth of field - I should have closed down the aperture a bit more, so that all the writing was in focus.

The thing is, still life photography is free, you can shoot whatever you have to hand, and support your camera and you don’t have to worry about lighting - just make the most of whatever is there already.

This is an area I’m sure I’ll experiment with more in the future, but here’s my humble attempt at some still life photography. Why don’t you give it a shot, and post your best shots!