Dark Mood Photography for Culinary Projects
Frame orientation, camera angles, and composition
A course by Dácil Fernández , Food Photographer and Stylist
About the video: Frame orientation, camera angles, and composition
Overview
“Now I'm going to talk about the orientation of the frame and camera angles. I will also teach you which composition rules are the most used in food photography. Go for it!”
In this video lesson Dácil Fernández addresses the topic: Frame orientation, camera angles, and composition, 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
“Framing, Camera Angles, and Composition After having a look at essential aspects, such as light and color, we’ll now get into a more technical side. Let's talk about framing, angles, and composition. When we talk about frame direction, we’re talking about if our camera is positioned horizontally or vertically. When we use our camera vertically, it's something that is often used for blogs, or for social media, such as Instagram. That's how we’ll use our camera in this course. We position our camera horizontally when taking a picture of a restaurant in which we need to show the space at a wid...”
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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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