Food Photography Basic Techniques
Our set
A course by Ernesto López (Alkimia) , Commercial photographer
About the video: Our set
Overview
“I will explain how to put together a set for your productions and we will see the basic elements that you must have to achieve an excellent photograph. ”
In this video lesson Ernesto López (Alkimia) addresses the topic: Our set, 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
“Lighting The photographic set and equipment assembly We are ready to start our photographic production. In this case, what we will do is a photograph of a cake. I chose a cake because it is simple to photograph And you don't need an economist. Now what we did was cut the cardboard base that came when we bought it because it looked a little ugly. So what we did was, carefully, cut the cardboard. And we cover it a little with rose petals so as not to see the corrugated cardboard and it looked ugly in our shot. It is something simple that is done without any problem. After that, we put a littl...”
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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

Ernesto López (Alkimia)
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.
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