Creating Culinary Photo Series

It's undeniable that upon seeing food our mouth starts to water. Food photography can make you taste a dish without even having it in front of you. To master the discipline, you need a series of specific tools and techniques to get the most out of the food you're photographing.

If you like photography and follow countless food accounts on Instagram, join the Espacio Crudo audiovisual studio and discover the secrets of food photography. Learn about lighting, concept design, and art direction all relating to food and food styling so that your photos have what it takes to go viral on social media.

And if you are passionate about the business of food styling, you can sign up for the first Espacio Crudo course, focused on developing food styling projects, Introduction to the Business of Food Styling.

Start the course by finding out what Espacio Crudo is, who they are, and what each person does in the team, as well as some of the work they have done and their sources of inspiration.

Discover the power of observation as a source for generating ideas and learn about your teachers' creative process. Work through a series of exercises to generate ideas and put them into practice.

Transform your ideas into visual concepts through mood boards and sketches to help you pin down an idea. Next, review the materials you need for the course.

Address one of the key processes involved in food styling: pre-production, which includes making the food shopping list, the purchase, the preparation, and food packaging.

Take photos that tell different points of view of your visual concept, using a lighting scheme with various configurations, creating a defined and tangible aesthetic.

Finish the course by doing the post-production of your photos, from development to posting them on Instagram.

Take three photographs of the same theme using different types of artificial light.

Anyone interested in photography—especially food—who has prior knowledge of lighting.

Intermediate knowledge of photography and some knowledge of prop styling is required. You also need to know how to cook and have kitchen utensils and a kitchen at your disposal.

As for photography equipment, you must have a reflex or DSLR camera, a tripod, various studio lights, a computer to view the images, and other tools that will be detailed throughout the course.