Food Photography Basic Techniques
Artificial lighting: studio flash
A course by Ernesto López (Alkimia) , Commercial photographer
Know the process to accomplish a food photo production
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 99% positive reviews (136)
- 3114 students
About the video: Artificial lighting: studio flash
Overview
“We all like natural light but, to create photographs as planned from the brief, it is better to use artificial lights. In this lesson we will see the characteristics of this type of light and its advantages over natural light. ”
In this video lesson Ernesto López (Alkimia) addresses the topic: Artificial lighting: studio flash, which is part of the Domestika online course: Food Photography Basic Techniques. Know the process to accomplish a food photo production.
Partial transcription of the video
“Photographic equipment Artificial lighting Studio flash In this lesson we will see the importance of artificial light. In gastronomy, you can do two types of lighting: natural light or artificial light. We regularly use artificial light because this allows you to enhance the details of your product, the textures and, above all, make a story with them. With natural light, you adapt to what there is. Regularly the most you can do is block it to make it softer, Bounce the light or block it. But there does not pass. Especially the lighting angle is difficult to modify. With artificial light, yo...”
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Course summary for: Food Photography Basic Techniques
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Photography, Food Photography, Food Styling, Studio Photography
A course by Ernesto López (Alkimia)
Ernesto López Ruiz is a commercial photographer specialized in gastronomic photography. Degree in Graphic Communication Design at the Universidad Latina de América (Morelia, Mexico) and professor, by academic excellence, in the Master's Degree in Photographic Design at the Universidad Iberoamericana (León, México).
In 2001 he opened his creative workshop "Alkimia" in the city of Morelia (Mexico), where he carries out projects for various brands, among which are: AAK, Cinépolis, Coffee Tree, Spyral, among others. He has also taught basic and advanced photography at the bachelor's level at the Universidad Latina de América (Morelia, Mexico), and at the master's level at the Iberoamerican universities León and De La Salle Bajío (León, Mexico).
His specialty is lighting, camera management and digital postproduction.
- 99% positive reviews (136)
- 3114 students
- 17 lessons (2h 0m)
- 19 additional resources (18 files)
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- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
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