Food Photography: Creative Editing Techniques
Why Edit Photos?
A course by Lenka Selinger , Photographer and Food Stylist
About the video: Why Edit Photos?
Overview
“Why is it important to edit photos? What can we achieve with the post-production of culinary photos? Here I will give you the answers. ”
In this video lesson Lenka Selinger addresses the topic: Why Edit Photos?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Food Photography: Creative Editing Techniques. Experiment with shapes, colors, and textures using digital tools to create mouthwatering images in your own artistic style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Why edit photos? In this lesson we will see how it can help us post-production of food photography. We edit our photos because editing helps us a lot to awaken the photo, to bring it to life, to attract the attention of the person looking at it. If we do not edit, many times the photo is left with less dimension, with less contrast, and it doesn't draw as much attention. In addition, editing helps us guide the focus, to guide the gaze of the person looking at it, to help you know where we want you to focus your attention, and we can get a certain mood through editing, a certain air or a loo...”
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Course summary for: Food Photography: Creative Editing Techniques
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Food Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography, Photography Post-production
Lenka Selinger
A course by Lenka Selinger
Lenka Selinger is a photographer and food stylist who specializes in creating stunning culinary photos. She started this journey thanks to the food blog she kept while she was doing her PhD in neuroscience, as she spent her free time inventing new combinations and textures in the kitchen. This motivated her to further explore photography and experiment in the same way with visual combinations.
Years later, what had started out as a hobby became her profession, leading to collaborations with brands such as El Charro, Earth & Mama, Biochef, Magic Linen, and many more. She has also worked different jobs in advertising, creating images for magazines, restaurants, and cookbooks, and has even been recognized as the best food photographer in the world.
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Recommended software & tools for this course
Adobe Lightroom
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