Food Photography for Beginners: Embracing Natural Light

Overview

“In this lesson I will choose the subject to photograph. When choosing the subject it is important to always think about the story you want to tell or that the subject represents in itself. ”

In this video lesson Michael Gardenia addresses the topic: Choose the Subject and the Story, 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

“Choose the subject and the story In this lesson we choose the subject to photograph for the final project. When you choose the subject, I suggest you also think about the story you want to tell. This will guide you in all phases of the shooting, from lighting management to setting up the set. In this case, your photo will be much more than a normal shot, it will be a story. The subject I am about to photograph refers to my values about the world of food, values on which I based my career and my Fusillo Lab studio. For me, food is seasonality, freshness, origin, craftsmanship, but also convi...”

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Course summary for: Food Photography for Beginners: Embracing Natural Light

• Level: Beginner
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• 1058 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (1h 42m)
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• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Camera Raw

• Areas

  Digital Photography, Food Photography, Food Styling, Instagram Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography