Dark Mood Photography for Culinary Projects
Composing our photo: frontal shot 2
A course by Dácil Fernández , Food Photographer and Stylist
About the video: Composing our photo: frontal shot 2
Overview
“We continue composing the photo. I'm going to fill the wine glasses and add other elements to leave the perfect scene for taking the frontal photo.”
In this video lesson Dácil Fernández addresses the topic: Composing our photo: frontal shot 2, 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
“Composing a Photo: Front Angle Photo Once I see that's working, I fill the wine glasses. It's better to do that off set to avoid spilling something on the table. But since I see that's perfect, and I don't want to move it, I’ll do it directly on the table. I’ll fill one of the glasses a bit more, and the other a bit less. I want the back one with a bit more. The one in the front, I want it less filled. I stop because it's always easier to add than to remove. I go to the camera to check. Perfect, let’s say that's good. We put the lid on the bottle or we can even leave it out. I just noticed....”
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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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