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The Simple First Step to Making Your Food Photography Look Better Every Time

Chris Gampat
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02/13/2017
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Last Updated on 02/14/2017 by Chris Gampat

This is one of the first steps that we’re going to teach in our Food Photography workshop later this month. It involves lighting your food in a different way and is just the first step involved with making your food photos look great. More importantly though, this is a piece of information that will help you make better lighting decisions every time.

But like everything else in photography: it isn’t always just technical info that makes a great photo.

We did this video a while back and it demonstrates how you light a food photo. The idea is that many food photos out there look like they were lit with window lighting. The reason for this is because it’s homey and familiar to everyone. So it involves using flash output to either “create your own window” or augment the natural light already in the scene. Of course though, this isn’t all that goes into creating a better photo of food. The workshop we’re teaching will also outline:

  • Styling food images based on a restaurant’s wants, needs and identity
  • Setting the scene for better food photos
  • Observing angles
  • Getting the shot in just a few frames by spending less time with the camera actually in your hands
  • Making appetizing photos and paying attention to details
  • A tactic to make better photos at any time of the day or night
  • Better color in camera so you spend less time editing
  • A real-life setting designed to simulate an actual assignment

Everyone will be walking away with their own unique photos. This workshop is designed to be small, intimate and highly focused on learning. So we’re limiting the participation. We’re also including:

  • A three course dinner
  • A 24/7 sling camera bag courtesy of Adorama
  • A private critique session afterwards at the Adorama event space

All this for just $300–which is an absolutely incredible deal. We hope you’ll join us in Brooklyn later this month.

Or if you’re interested, purchase our brand new tutorial videos instead.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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