Specialization in Visual Storytelling through Culinary Photography

Overview

“Next, we will introduce the topic of lighting! You will learn why it's important, as we guide you in choosing which lighting is best for your image. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Planning the Lighting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Visual Storytelling through Culinary Photography. Master culinary photography and storytelling, creating visually impactful food narratives with techniques in lighting, composition, and style.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we'll talk about planning your lighting. Strobes are incredibly important for our kind of work because it gives us a very strong light source, which is easily changed and modified and controlled versus using natural light or continuous light. The reason we use studio strobes is because they offer superior control over the outcome of your image. In our photography, we often use two different lighting methods, hard light and soft light. Hard light comes from a single source of light and is known for its contrast and creating hard, crisp shadows. Soft light is created by adding...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Visual Storytelling through Culinary Photography

• Level: Beginner
• 23 students
• 7 units
• 86 lessons (13h 4m)
• 59 downloads

• Category

  Culinary, Photography & Video

• Areas

  Commercial Photography, Digital Photography, Food Photography, Food Styling, Instagram Marketing, Mobile Photography, Photo Retouching, Photomontage, Product Photography, Social Media