Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
Tips on How to Take Photos of Your Cake
A course by Cynthia Irani , Cake Artist
About the video: Tips on How to Take Photos of Your Cake
Overview
“I’m going to talk about how I take photos with my iPhone and make them Instagram ready.”
In this video lesson Cynthia Irani addresses the topic: Tips on How to Take Photos of Your Cake, which is part of the Domestika online course: Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art. Use cakes as a canvas to capture the beauty of the natural world by creating delicious botanical compositions with sugar.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to share with you some tips on how to take photos for your portfolio and social media. I usually take my photos in natural daylight setting, so I place my cake next to my window When it's around 10 a.M. or maybe in the afternoon, very early afternoon, perhaps two or three. Where the sun is not shining directly on the cake. You don't want direct light on your cake, you just want some light. I like to have a clean background, but you can also feel free to add your own backdrop that you could perhaps maybe paint yourself or purchase. This will define your own style. S...”
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Course summary for: Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
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Category
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Areas
Cake Decorating, Cake Design, Edible Art, Fondant
Cynthia Irani
A course by Cynthia Irani
Cynthia Irani is a contemporary cake designer and artist based in Montreal, Canada. Growing up in a creative household meant she was exposed to a variety of crafts from a young age. She painted murals at school and went on to study graphic design at university, minoring in fine art. Cynthia then worked in the tech industry and product design for 15 years for clients including Yellow Pages Canada, OneOcean Group, and Shopify.
After baking a cake in celebration of the birth of her first child, and sharing it on Instagram, her career in cake decoration began. Since then, Cynthia has become known for her free-flowing petals and the muted, neutral designs which she creates and shares with over 100K followers on Instagram. Her work has also been featured in publications including Cake Masters Magazine and 100 Layer Cakes.
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