Food Styling and Photography for Dummies

by Alison Parks-Whitfield

Discover how to style and photograph food like the prosWhether you're taking shots for a foodie blog, advertisements, packaging, menus, or cookbooks, "Food Styling & Photography For Dummies" shows you how to take the next step in your passion for food and photography. This attractive, informative, and fun guide to the fundamentals of food styling provides information on the tools and techniques used by some of the most successful industry professionals."Food Styling & Photography For Dummies " provides you with the fundamentals of food styling and gives you the inside scoop on the tools and techniques used by some of the most successful industry professionals. Shows you how to translate taste, aroma, and appeal through color, texture, and portionIncludes techniques such as extreme close-ups, selective focus, and unique angles to create dramatic effectDetailed coverage on lighting and compositionTips for choosing the proper equipment and mastering the use of camera settings, lenses, and post-production softwareAdvice for creating a professional personality and getting your food photography business off the groundWhether you're an amateur or professional food photographer, "Food Styling & Photography For Dummies" is a fun and informative guide to photographing and arranging culinary subject matter.

Genres: Photography

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 23, 2012

Reviews

[Scott Andrews · Rating 3 out of 5]

meh

[Tara Brabazon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Food styling. Who knew?

This is a solid 'how to' guide that offers the tips and tricks to enable high quality food photography. There is attention to lighting, but also the use of colour and textures. I know a lot more about the use of napkins in photography than I ever thought possible.

For those that want a quick series of tips to provide some options and ideas for food photography - this is the book.

[Stranyka · Rating 2 out of 5]

Her style is really unsophisticated and her pictures look amateurish compared to magazine standards. There way better books around.