Dark Mood Photography for Culinary Projects
Photo props, props and backgrounds
A course by Dácil Fernández , Food Photographer and Stylist
About the video: Photo props, props and backgrounds
Overview
“Finally, I am going to teach you the basic and essential props to get you started in the exciting world of gastronomic photography. You will also see the ones that I am going to use for my project, I will teach you how to make a homemade prop and, finally, I will give you some purchase addresses that you are going to fall in love with.”
In this video lesson Dácil Fernández addresses the topic: Photo props, props and backgrounds, 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
“Props and Backgrounds In this lesson, we’ll talk about props, something that if you’re not careful, you can end up buying everything. Keeping in mind that in dark mood we use antique and vintage articles, props, and elements... It’s natural that you end up using an old chair that someone threw away in a bin. It's also easy to find rescued wood in an old building to make that into your background. If you haven't done that yet, I’m sure you will soon. Before we start rescuing things from bins, I want to show you basic props you can use in your culinary photos and in dark mood. This starter ki...”
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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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