Top-down Food Photography

overhead photo of food

“You have reached the end of the course. Thank you very much for joining us on this adventure. At Espacio Crudo we see food as a powerful communication tool, loaded with meaning and capable of reaching a large audience. We hope that what we have shared with you helps you see food styling in a different way. It's time to share your course project. We would like to show you an example of how we would like to see your project process. The theme and the mood board Think of a story you want to tell. Take out all your references and let your inspiration reach the highest point. Once you have everything ready, start choosing those ideas you want to work with and create a mood board.

The perfect recipe Now that you know what your idea is and what the plan is that you will work with, choose a recipe to work with. Keep in mind the recommendations we made in the unit "What you can't see in the photos". With that idea in mind, draw your sets, they don't have to be very elaborate drawings. The set and the photography Create the sets and take the time necessary to achieve the result you like. Don't forget to take into account your lighting diagram to achieve better photographs. Once the sets are ready, start taking the photographs. The project Now that you have the photographs, select the ones you want to work with. Take them and RAW and then adjust the final details in Photoshop. Nowadays we are used to seeing perfect photos with perfect ingredients in blogs, cookbooks and in commercial product photography. Therefore, when carrying out your project, do not forget to highlight the intrinsic beauty of imperfect foods by highlighting their colors and shapes. Dare to experiment and allow yourself to see beauty where others see "waste"! Share your project by clicking "Create your project". In addition to the photographs of each stage of the process, share a short text in which you talk about your experience in carrying it out. We will be eagerly waiting to see what you have achieved. We will give you feedback as soon as possible. However, we ask that you be patient as it may take us a while to respond. While you wait, we invite you to exchange ideas and advice with the rest of your classmates, so you can have more perspectives that will help you improve your projects. See you soon!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Thanks for getting to this point. We hope we have inspired you and delivered tools useful for your projects. In our case, it has served us a lot in both personal and work projects. Remember that all projects are different and you can adapt according to your needs. Now is the time for you to apply everything you have learned. and do your final project. Remember to do it in time look for your references, have a kitchen at hand, have several elements for art direction and obviously your camera. Finally we want to share with you three tips that I don't know if we are going to change your life b...”

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Course summary for: Top-down Food Photography

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (5)
• 587 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (2h 47m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Food Photography, Food Styling, Product Photography