Food Photography
Visit any bookshop and head for the cook book section and you’ll be overwhelmed by the array of books filled with scrumptious recipes accompanied by wonderful photography of the meals being written about.
Colorful stacks of vegetables drizzled with rich sauces on a clean white plate with glistening table settings – you know the shots. Sometimes the photography is almost the true focus of the book with the recipes taking a secondary role.
But how do you photograph food and get such great results?
Colorful stacks of vegetables drizzled with rich sauces on a clean white plate with glistening table settings – you know the shots. Sometimes the photography is almost the true focus of the book with the recipes taking a secondary role.
But how do you photograph food and get such great results?
Food Photography Tips & Techniques
You are now going to work in groups of 3 to produce a 'food photography cheat sheet' (see opposite) that you will use when undertaking your practical food photography session next lesson. You have a series of video clips below that will help you create this. Decide who is going to watch each short film, you do not need to all watch the same ones.
Your cheat sheet must include the areas that are outlined below. Where possible try and add suggested camera settings (ISO, Aperture & Shutter Speed).
For each of the above areas you must find some suitable images that demonstrate these techniques. As a group you will now develop your cheat sheet using this Google Template. You can alter the size, design and shape as much as you wish. |
Food Photography Tutorials
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Photographing FOOD: THE EXPERIMENT
You have each been given a selection of foods that you must now photograph in the most creative manner using the limited props. Think about the techniques, both in terms of photography and food styling, that you have learnt about this morning.
Photoshoot
You have been teamed up with a group from Ms Chisulo elements class and must photograph the dishes below prepared. Before we start this process, spend a few minutes looking at how these dishes have been photographed by other photographers to get some inspiration.
food photography editing: lightroom
Use the tutorials below to help you edit your food photography shoots.
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