Dark Mood Photography for Culinary Projects
Color in food photography
A course by Dácil Fernández , Food Photographer and Stylist
About the video: Color in food photography
Overview
“Next I am going to talk to you about the importance of color in our photographs and the ability we have to generate different sensations and emotions.”
In this video lesson Dácil Fernández addresses the topic: Color in food photography, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dark Mood Photography for Culinary Projects. Create delicious images of food for Instagram and turn them into dark and moody works of art in Lightroom.
Partial transcription of the video
“Color in Culinary Photography We can convey emotions by using color in photography. We can make it happy or melancholic. We can also tell a story with it. That's why the color of the elements you’ll use in your compositions is as important as the food that you show. Depending on the color you use, you’ll get different results. It’s important to know how to choose those colors. You have to be aware of what goes together. To use color properly, you need to know how colors relate to one another. I’ll teach you using the color wheel. Through this book, Palette Perfect, by Lauren Wager, we learn...”
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Course summary for: Dark Mood Photography for Culinary Projects
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Category
Culinary, Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom Classic -
Areas
Food Photography, Food Styling, Instagram Photography

Dácil Fernández
A course by Dácil Fernández
Food photographer Dácil Fernández first started out on a bakery blog, where she invented stories around food and transformed them into photographs. At that time, she was a fashion stylist and decided to leave it to devote herself fully to photography.
She has worked with Mangaroca, DYC, Tefal, Kenwood, Nescafé, Paulaner, Bulldog, and Lidl, among others. All these big-name brands found their way to her through her main showcase: Instagram.
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