About the video: Composing our photo: zenith plane
Overview
“In this lesson, we'll compose our still life in a flatlay shot. We'll follow the same process as in the front-on shot.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Composing our photo: zenith plane, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Food Photography and Styling. Capture food with your own style, mastering food photography techniques to create irresistible, professional images.
Partial transcription of the video
“Composing our Photo: Cenital View Let's start our cenital view. Just like we did on the front angle photo, we’ll do it here. We’ll make a base for our composition. We go to the camera to check if everything is working and once we see that it fits our frame, we start to compose. This base is created using props before we add the food. Let's compose our image. The first thing I’ll do is add this black plate with a selection of cheese. There's a bit broken off, it doesn't matter, it gives it a touch of reality. We start to compose, we add some cheese. I put a bit more and I look through the ca...”
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Course summary for: Specialization in Food Photography and Styling
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Category
Culinary, Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, Capture One -
Areas
Digital Photography, Food Photography, Food Styling, Instagram Photography, Photo Retouching, Photographic Composition, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Photography Post-production, Product Photography, Studio Photography

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