Week 11: Food Photography

Needed for this class

• A camera or cameraphone
• Lightroom Classic or Lightroom Photoshop App
• A light source preferably a window during the day
• If working with a light, tracing paper or other material to diffuse the light
• A few simple food items such as a muffin, a bunch of grapes, a head of garlic, etc
• some flat items to serve as background choices like a place mat, fabric, a baking tin, a cutting board.
• White cards or computer paper

Review – Light Quality and Direction

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Food Photography

Food photography – the art of making food look good for the camera – often:

• uses interesting backgrounds to create a mood and compliment the food.
  

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• uses natural light. A window can be a great source of diffused light.

• is shot from an overhead or a three-quarter angle of view

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• uses either back or side light (or something between those two.)

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• uses shallow depth of field to draw attention to specific characteristics of the food.

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Compare and contrast

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Lab Exercises

The Background Matters

Back and side light for food photography

Homework Assignment

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