Food Photography Techniques for Advertising

Overview

“Once we have the finished product we will start shooting. We will start with the light scheme. In this case we will use a 2 flash scheme and a reflector. Once the lighting is decided we will give the final touches by adding the sauces and the placement of the salad, which we should always leave for the end because it can oxidize more quickly. ”

In this video lesson Alfonso Acedo addresses the topic: Sandwich, illuminate and photograph, which is part of the Domestika online course: Food Photography Techniques for Advertising. Discover lighting and digital retouching tips for food styling.

Partial transcription of the video

“Let’s get into our next lesson, where we’ll light the sandwich that we prepared. I’ll tell you about the lighting setup we’ve used. In this case, it’s a lighting setup with two bulbs, two flashes. A backlight, which just has a dish on it. It will give me a strong and harsh light, which will accentuate the product from behind. Backlighting is great for product and food photography, because it emphasizes volumes and glares. We’ll compensate the lack of forward lighting with a softbox with a flash, directly on the sandwich, where I have placed the softbox. I’ve used a stripbox in this case, bu...”

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Course summary for: Food Photography Techniques for Advertising

• Level: Beginner
• 94% positive reviews (466)
• 18437 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (3h 48m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Advertising, Commercial Photography, Food Photography, Food Styling, Interior Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography