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Food Photography: Capturing Food in Your Kitchen

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Overview

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AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

  • Take beautiful photographs of food in your home

  • Compose a variety of mouth-watering food photographs that tell your food's story

  • Create a unique setting and style for your own food photography

  • Control natural light in your home to shoot better photographs

  • Edit your food photographs to make them look even better



ABOUT PHILIP’S CLASS:

Take better photos of your food in just an hour.


Every lesson is hands on, and shows you how to use resources right in your home to create delicious, mouth-watering images. We'll walk you through the entire process.


Whether you're a food blogger, self-proclaimed master chef, or an Instagram foodie, this course will give you the skills needed to take professional food photos.


Impress your family and friends with great photos of your food creations!


Steps to great food photography that you'll learn in this course:


  1. Pick the best location for your photos. 

  2. Prepare and style your food and setting.

  3. Light your food with inexpensive tools like a white sheet and $1 poster board. 

  4. Choose the best camera and settings.

  5. Compose 4 types of shots to get all the best angles.

  6. Edit your photos to make them look even more tantalizing!


Tell your food's story!


Our goal is to teach you how to take better photos of your food with any camera, wherever you are. After walking you through the basics, you'll see us shoot 5 different food and drink setups that will inspire you to take your own food photos.



WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

  • Food bloggers

  • Foodies - anyone that loves food

  • Home chefs - anyone that loves to make food

  • Photographers looking to learn how to shoot food photographs

  • This is NOT a course about fancy studio shoots. This is a DIY food photography course for anyone that wants to learn how to take better photos of their food at home.



SOFTWARE USED:  

All software is optional for taking this course. (Adobe Lightroom Classic CC 2020 or newer)



ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTORS:

Philip Ebiner is a professional video & course creator, photographer & teacher to 1mil+ students; 10+ years experience with 1000+ videos.


Will Carnahan grew up in Southern California. After spending every hour he could in the darkroom at Highschool playing with film, Will went on to earn a B.A. from The University of California Riverside in Film and Visual culture. At UCR he became a staff photographer for the schools newspaper, covering sporting events, concerts, and local news. In late 2006 Will and his friend Ryan started a photography company focusing on weddings, events, and their love for photography.

In 2007 Will continued on to Loyola Marymount University, earning an M.F.A. in Film and Telivision Production. While still shooting headshots, weddings, and events on the side, he focused on Cinematography. The years between 2007-2010 were an exciting time for film makers as it saw the first heavy transition from emulsion to digital. Having a base education in film exposure and a practical education in digital media allowed Will to excel as a cinematographer while in grad school. He went on to earn LMUs Panavision Cinematography award in 2008 and 2010.

Graduating in 2010, Will started freelancing as a Cinematographer, camera operator, and photographer. With heavy expirence in 16mm and 35mm film will transitioned into 4k cinema and up using REDs, Arri systems, and other cameras to take on Hollywood. The first few years of freelance saw Will shooting Music videos, short films, 2nd unit features, commercials, and web content.

Late in 2011 Will got a job shooting a web commercial for Disney Interactive. Since then he has been shooting consistently for Disney, shooting commercials for the parks and resorts as well as Disney channel, ESPN, and the Muppets.

Will Call Cinematic was established in 2013 as Will and his business partner and friend built a Production company to accommodate their freelance work along with some notable corporate clients. Through Will Call Will and Sam direct and produce video content for companies like Ghirardelli Chocolate, Diesel films and Nike, Whitney Eve Clothing, PredPol, and many others. With Sam and Will being cinematographers, Will Call gives them a hub for equipment rentals, music video production, and photography.

Today Will continues to freelance as a cinematographer and photographer, shooting and directing mostly commercial content and weddings.


Syllabus

  • Course Introduction
  • Choose a Location
  • Design Your Food and Setting
  • Light Your Food
  • Camera Options: Smartphone vs. Fancy Camera
  • Camera Settings (for people using manual settings)
  • Compose Your Shot
  • Edit Your Photos
  • Practice - Cereal
  • Practice - Morning Coffee
  • Practice - Key Lime Tart
  • Practice - Tomato Soup
  • Practice - Beer
  • Thank You
  • Update - Case Study - Phil's Instagram

Taught by

Philip Ebiner and Will Carnahan

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