Learn how to do food photography like a pro!
25 Year Food Photography Professional Christina Peters, teams up with her favorite food stylist, Alise Arato and prop stylist, Amy Paliwoda, to give you this all inclusive online course so you can learn to shoot like a professional food photographer.
INTRODUCING: LEARN TO SHOOT LIKE A PRO
What you will learn:
- Food Styling Foundations For All Foods
- How To Style Soups, Chilis, and Stews
- How To Style Sandwiches
- How To Style Pastas
- How To Style Desserts
- Prop Styling Foundations
- Discussion about Cameras, Lenses, and Tripods
- All Essential Camera Settings Explained
- What is White Balance & How to use it
- 3 Easy Natural Light Setups
- How To Modify Natural Light
- Composition and Camera Angles
- Intro To Editing In Lightroom and shooting tethered
The image here is from the back light demo that you will see in the workshop.
Christina talks about the lighting and walks through how to do a shot like this on your own.
THE COURSE
What you will learn:
This course will finally get you comfortable with your camera in manual mode and using natural light for your food photos. The technical instruction is made easy to understand. Not only will you get to learn how to use your camera but you’ll learn several food and prop styling techniques, tips and tricks to make your food look fabulous.
We will talk about the best ways to use natural light to bring out the best in your food. There are three natural light demos showing you how to set up your shots for back light, side light and how to do an overhead set. There will be several food and prop styling demos as well.
This course was filmed live with a professional video and sound crew. We spared no expense – seriously, the production cost $30,000. There is a multi camera set up so that you can see everything going on, including close ups of what the instructors are working on.
You will see how the image here was photographed, propped and styled in the course.
who is this COURSE for?
- FOOD BLOGGERS – usually half of our students are food bloggers. If you have a food blog, you must have great food photography. If you start taking great images of your food, you could start doing sponsored posts and getting paid to blog. Many food bloggers do professional food photography as well.
- COMPLETE BEGINNERS and HOBBYISTS – Are you just starting out? This course is perfect for you. It will save you time by teaching you exactly what you need to learn so that you can get control of your camera, use natural light, and prepare your food beautifully. We’ve actually had several photographers do the beginner workshop who have experience with other photography disciplines and learn a ton about food photography.
- CULINARY PROFESSIONALS – Whether you are trying to grab images in the kitchen, or get a beauty shot of your dish, photographing your food is extremely important to show what you can do.
- FOOD COMPANIES – Christina has taught several food companies how to take pictures of their food.
You will also see a shooting demo of the image here in the course.
Your Instructors
Food Photographer
Christina first picked up a camera when she was 8 years old. After her 2nd photography degree, she settled in Los Angeles and has had a successful food photography career for 25 years. She has a wide range of clients from magazines, ad agencies, design firms, restaurants, food manufacturers, the list goes on. Christina has also been teaching food photography workshops since 2011.
Food Stylist
Alise Arato is a Los Angeles based Food Stylist with 20 years of experience in Editorial + Advertising, Print + Motion projects. Her clients include major brands, corporations as well as editorial & boutique businesses. Alise’s extensive background in art & design + cooking informs a clean, balanced & graphic aesthetic.
Prop Stylist
Amy is a prop stylist and art director based in Los Angeles, specializing in tabletop, food and cosmetics clients, and have been working in the industry for 20 years. Amy’s work is fresh, clean, and witty, with the aim of inspiring the viewer in a stylishly approachable way. Amy loves to collaborate with a team, playing with visual puzzles of composition, and creating a narrative that tells a story.
get a jump start on your food photography!
100% Guarantee
DIGITAL COURSE 7 DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
We give you 7 days to check out the program. If it’s not what you were expecting, just email Christina for a full refund.