Food Photography: Find Your Artistic Taste
The angles
A course by Jimena Agois Sanchez , Food Stylist and Photographer
About the video: The angles
Overview
“Next, I will tell you about the three most used angles in food photography: overhead, frontal and 45 degrees.”
In this video lesson Jimena Agois Sanchez addresses the topic: The angles, which is part of the Domestika online course: Food Photography: Find Your Artistic Taste. Learn to take mouth-watering culinary photographs by exploring food styling, lighting, and perspective, and give them a signature look with editing techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“The angles You already saw the basic fundamentals of composition, which are the rule of thirds, focus and depth of field. Now I am going to explain the three basic angles for food photography. zenithal We start with the zenith, which is the angle seen from above, where the dishes are normally placed to the center of the image and we have elements that adorn the frame. This overhead image begins the visual journey from above and goes down diagonally until it leaves the image. You have to think carefully about how to place all the elements of the image to help us let our sight enter, either f...”
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Course summary for: Food Photography: Find Your Artistic Taste
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Food Photography, Food Styling, Photographic Lighting

Jimena Agois Sanchez
A course by Jimena Agois Sanchez
Jimena Agois is a photographer and food stylist with a passion for travel based in Lima, Peru. Her love and appreciation of good food was apparent from a young age and she soon made it part of her day-to-day through her photography.
She started out as an assistant to Chilean photographer Miguel Etchepare and later specialized in food photography while also dabbling in travel and documentary photography. Since 2004, she's been managing her own photography studio, Agoisfoto, which is dedicated to the creation, production, styling, and preparation of product and food photographs.
She's worked with restaurants including Central, Astrid & Gaston, Mayta, D'Sala, Pescados Capitales, and more, at both a national and international level. She has also been collaborating as editor of the Diario Correo food column since 2012 and been a Canon ambassador since 2018.
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