I think the simplicity in the shape of fruits, just being oblong circles and spheres, allows them to have an extremely pleasing aesthetic. For this image, I tried to emulate the depiction of fruits by baroque painters, where the fruits are cast in a very soft and warm quality of light. For creating the image itself, I made sure to frame the fruit with a decent amount of negative space around it. For lighting, I used one large strip box to create a daytime window look at the light add flagged off the background and parts of the table to add more depth to the image. I also used a small white card to fill in some of the shadows on the off-key side of the fruit.
