{"id":43480,"date":"2018-02-07T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/?p=43480"},"modified":"2018-02-08T09:19:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:19:44","slug":"how-still-life-photographer-jenna-gang-finds-her-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/how-still-life-photographer-jenna-gang-finds-her-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"How Still Life Photographer Jenna Gang Finds Her Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Still life and food product photographer Jenna Gang has been specializing in social media and stop motion content that’ll both capture your eye and elevate the look of your brand. <\/p>\n

When she got her start as a photographer for Macy’s, and as their first social media photographer, Gang worked to grow their Instagram presence to more than 1 million followers in just two years. <\/p>\n

Here, she chatted with Adorama on her start in photography, how she began her work in stop motion, and what keeps her inspired for her pieces. <\/p>\n

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Q:<\/strong> How did your career in photography start? Can you walk us through your beginning projects, what caused that \u201cspark,\u201d and how did you come to do the still life work you\u2019re doing now?<\/em><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> I began taking pictures when I was seven years old with a Fisher-Price Perfect Shot camera, but I didn\u2019t know I wanted to be a photographer until I saw my first image come to life in the high school darkroom at 15. After that moment, I was always taking pictures. I decided to go to college to study photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. It was amazing to dig deeper into the world of photography.<\/p>\n

At the end of my sophomore year, a professor took our class on a trip to Macy\u2019s photo studios in Brooklyn. I was in awe of the incredible space, contacted the studio director, and ended up freelancing there a few weeks later. I slowly grew to appreciate still life photography while assisting photographers at Macy\u2019s studios every summer in between semesters at FIT. After college I worked for Macy\u2019s full time. On the weekends, I went into the studio to test my still life concepts. I began working on their socials in February of 2015 as their first social media photographer, and helped grow their Instagram following from 250k to 1m in two years time. Other brands started to notice the work I was creating for Macy\u2019s, and after 8 years there, I left in August 2017 to focus on freelance work.<\/p>\n

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Q:<\/strong> What gear do you use? What\u2019s your tried-and-true set of equipment that you bring on every shoot? What\u2019s the one piece of gear every still life photographer should have?<\/em><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> I\u2019ve shot at a bunch of different studios in NYC and will often use what\u2019s there, such as Profoto lights<\/a> and the Canon 5DSR<\/a> (<\/span>) , but this is what I have in my home studio:<\/p>\n