Food Photography for Beginners: Embracing Natural Light
Management and Control of Lights and Shadows
A course by Michael Gardenia , Photographer
About the video: Management and Control of Lights and Shadows
Overview
“In this lesson I will go into more detail and tell you about how to manage the light, in particular how to control it with a set of basic panels. ”
In this video lesson Michael Gardenia addresses the topic: Management and Control of Lights and Shadows, which is part of the Domestika online course: Food Photography for Beginners: Embracing Natural Light. Learn how to use natural light in photography to create a social media friendly culinary still life, from photo shoot to post-production.
Partial transcription of the video
“Management and control of lights and shadows Given the lighting scheme, we focus in this lesson on how to further control the light on our set using a basic brush set. The first panel is semi-transparent and opaque and serves to diffuse the light. There are on the market of various sizes. It is a must-have for natural light photographers. Alternatively, a slightly more homely solution is to use a white sheet, a bit like the effect a curtain creates. Unlike this panel through which light passes, the other two panels serve to reflect or block it. The first, the white one, serves to bounce the...”
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Course summary for: Food Photography for Beginners: Embracing Natural Light
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Digital Photography, Food Photography, Food Styling, Instagram Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography
Michael Gardenia
A course by Michael Gardenia
Michael Gardenia is a photographer specializing in food who lives and works in Milan. In 2015, he fused his two greatest passions—cooking and photography—to create Fusillo Lab, a studio focused on food photography and content creation.
In recent years, he's collaborated with brands like IKEA, KitchenAid, Barilla, Lavazza, and La Marzocco, as well as with tourism agencies in Australia and Denmark.
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