Food Blog Alliance. Basic Photoshop Tips for Food Photography. If you have Photoshop, and want a super quick tutorial on how to make a good image more fantastic, follow these steps. I want to show this with more step-by-step photos, and less words. I think we’re mostly visual learners. Well, at least I am. Step 1: Go to Image >>Adjustments>>Levels… In the Levels window, re-position the black, midtone, and white sliders by pulling or pushing them towards the black areas of the histogram.
This will correct the balance of brightness, contrast and tones overall in the image. Be sure the ‘Preview’ option is checked, and click it on and off so you can see the before and after shots. And then press OK. Looks better already, doesn’t it? Step 2: Go to Image>>Adjustments>>Brightness/Contrast… Adjust the Brightness/Contrast window to your preference. I didn’t want to lose a lot of pixels so I didn’t pump the contrast that much. Make sure the Preview button is checked. Press OK. Looks done, right? Step 3: Go to Image>>Adjustments>>Color Balance… That was easy, wasn’t it?
Food Styling and Photography Class | What's Gaby Cooking. First off I want to say – Happy 1 year Blog-iversary to ME!!!!!! I plan to celebrate all week long, kinda like my birthday, so feel free to send gifts and love and food my way! It has officially been 1 year to the day when I first created this blog. When I started I thought it would just be a fun way of storing and sharing my recipes but it has turned into so much more! What’s Gaby Cooking is now my happy place – and I love being able to share my culinary journey with all of you! Each comment I get makes my day and I love having somewhere I can go to share pictures, stories and little fun facts about my life. It is absolutely amazing how many friends I have made through this blog alone… one who is not a blogger might not understand but I have created so many fantastic friendships through What’s Gaby Cooking and the food blog community!
1. 2. Matt as well as Denise and Cindie, both from Food Fanatics, are seriously three of the most amazing people ever! Food Styling for Photographers: A Guide to Creating Your Own Appetizing Art - Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee. What Makes A Good Photo? Food Styling And Photography. 75 Tasty Instagram Accounts Every Foodie Should Follow. Getting into food photography. I did a three-year catering and hotel management Higher National Diploma from the age of 18. Like most people at that age, I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do. When I finished I worked for the student union for a year putting on events and did a part-time photography course. The lecturer said I should carry on studying but I said, “I’ll take my chances and try to get a job”. In total, I assisted for six and a half years. To take pictures is simple.
If it was just about that, anybody could work in this industry. I spent the first year of assisting hoping that any knowledge I didn’t have, I’d be able to pick up. We did packaging work for supermarkets about 90% of the time during my last assistantship. In my last 18 months of assisting I gave myself a target of saving up £10,000. In our industry there are various layers. I made the decision to do a bit of everything.
Don’t be put off by a lack of equipment – the most important piece of equipment is your eyes. Are you a photographer? Getting Started in Food Photography. Steve Buchanan is a commercial photographer in Maryland and a contributor on Photocrati. His work can be seen at www.buchanan-studios.com Food photography is one of those subsets of general photography that makes people stand up and take notice. Tell someone at a cocktail party you’re a food photographer and the response you’re likely to get is “wow!” The next question after that is generally, “How do you get into food photography.” I was lucky enough to have a formal education in commercial photography and then apprentice with some wonderful photographers.
It’s important to understand that all specialties of photography require a particular skill set and attitude that are individual to that specialty. 1. It helps to be a foodie. 2. This of course applies to all photography, but more so in still life/food work. 3. You don’t need to be a food stylist, but you do need to understand the processes and methods that go into food styling. 4. 5.