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The Complete Guide to Food Photography: How to Light, Compose, Style, and Edit Mouth-Watering Food Photographs
The must-have guidebook for creating great food photographs!
The Complete Guide to Food Photography is a visually stunning, eminently useful, and comprehensive resource for creating fantastic food photographs. In this book, professional food photographer Lauren Short teaches you her entire image-making process, as she covers lighting, composition, styling, storytelling, editing, and processing great food photographs.
In the first part of the book, Lauren covers the core concepts, where you’ll
• How to work with both natural and artificial light (as well as modifiers)• The tools, guides, and rules of composition for food photography• Techniques, tips, and tricks for styling your food so it looks its best• How to build a story with the use of backgrounds, props, and other supporting elements• Processing, retouching, and compositing techniques to finish your image
Additionally, Lauren explains the why behind her creative decisions. By understanding her decision-making process and walking through her problem-solving techniques, you’ll become better equipped to make informed creative decisions so you can excel at food photography, no matter what scenarios you encounter.
In the second part of the book, Lauren walks you through multiple case studies of complete, start-to-finish shoots so that you can see every aspect of her image-making process and understand how it all comes together. Each case study also includes a link to a full video for each shoot so that you can easily follow along.
Filled with beautiful imagery as well as behind-the-scenes photos and helpful diagrams, The Complete Guide to Food Photography is a must-have for any food photographer looking to create images that stand out from the crowd.
The Complete Guide to Food Photography is a visually stunning, eminently useful, and comprehensive resource for creating fantastic food photographs. In this book, professional food photographer Lauren Short teaches you her entire image-making process, as she covers lighting, composition, styling, storytelling, editing, and processing great food photographs.
In the first part of the book, Lauren covers the core concepts, where you’ll
• How to work with both natural and artificial light (as well as modifiers)• The tools, guides, and rules of composition for food photography• Techniques, tips, and tricks for styling your food so it looks its best• How to build a story with the use of backgrounds, props, and other supporting elements• Processing, retouching, and compositing techniques to finish your image
Additionally, Lauren explains the why behind her creative decisions. By understanding her decision-making process and walking through her problem-solving techniques, you’ll become better equipped to make informed creative decisions so you can excel at food photography, no matter what scenarios you encounter.
In the second part of the book, Lauren walks you through multiple case studies of complete, start-to-finish shoots so that you can see every aspect of her image-making process and understand how it all comes together. Each case study also includes a link to a full video for each shoot so that you can easily follow along.
Filled with beautiful imagery as well as behind-the-scenes photos and helpful diagrams, The Complete Guide to Food Photography is a must-have for any food photographer looking to create images that stand out from the crowd.
- GenresPhotographyNonfictionArt
235 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 11, 2022
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November 10, 2022
If you want to learn how to take amazing food photos, try “The Complete Guide to Food Photography” by Lauren Caris Short.
This comprehensive guide will teach you how to use natural and artificial light, how to compose, how to use props, and how to style.
The chapters include challenges and assignments for the reader. This way the reader can incorporate new knowledge into practice.
The book contains beautiful food photography. Each chapter is written in a clear way, with step-by-step, detailed instructions. I love the use of images and graphics showcasing how the setup looks. The reader will learn about white balance, exposure, modifiers, and types of light. Right props make the photograph stand out. The use of color will make the photograph pop.
The guide doesn’t end there. There is also a chapter on how to edit the photos. The author included a suggestion for picking the right editing software.
It is one of those books that you will come back to over and over again.
This book is your personal bible on food photography. I am confident that after reading it, you became a better food photographer. Just give it a try.
This comprehensive guide will teach you how to use natural and artificial light, how to compose, how to use props, and how to style.
The chapters include challenges and assignments for the reader. This way the reader can incorporate new knowledge into practice.
The book contains beautiful food photography. Each chapter is written in a clear way, with step-by-step, detailed instructions. I love the use of images and graphics showcasing how the setup looks. The reader will learn about white balance, exposure, modifiers, and types of light. Right props make the photograph stand out. The use of color will make the photograph pop.
The guide doesn’t end there. There is also a chapter on how to edit the photos. The author included a suggestion for picking the right editing software.
It is one of those books that you will come back to over and over again.
This book is your personal bible on food photography. I am confident that after reading it, you became a better food photographer. Just give it a try.
January 13, 2024
I shouldn't be surprised at the plethora of books on food photography, everybody takes food photos from time to time.
If you want to up your food photo game, this seems like an OK book for that. The author is assuming a couple of studio lights at least and some other goodies. I did notice a few books that specialized more in snapshots, something that may be better to start with this one.
I also found out that there's a job called food stylist. Scary!
If you want to up your food photo game, this seems like an OK book for that. The author is assuming a couple of studio lights at least and some other goodies. I did notice a few books that specialized more in snapshots, something that may be better to start with this one.
I also found out that there's a job called food stylist. Scary!
February 12, 2024
Way too much editing for a print book. Also, a lot of studio lighting talk which wasn't well explained. Short seems to assume everyone reading has access to or the budget for professional-grade lighting, and a general idea of how to use it.
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