Food Photography for Beginners: Embracing Natural Light

Overview

“It's time to shoot! I will take several shots at the same time, i.e. at noon, to see how, by managing the light in a different way, different moods and effects can be generated.”

In this video lesson Michael Gardenia addresses the topic: Take the Photographs, 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

“Take the photographs It's time to shoot. In this lesson we will see how lights can be managed to generate different effects on the set, and therefore different moods. I use a tripod, on which I have placed my camera, in order to have as much movement as possible keeping a fixed shot. The shot I have chosen will be from above, but the format will be vertical, because when I set up the set I imagined creating a photo with this orientation. This will be the top side of my photo, while this will be the underside. The shadows will go down. This is also the time to choose the goal. For this shot ...”

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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