Advanced Lighting for Food Photography

Food photographer Joe Glyda is back in the kitchen. In his second course, Joe is teaching some advanced lighting setups and working with his food stylist to create melted cheeses, grilled meats, crisp vegetables, and colorful fruit salad. Joe talks about the relationship between photographer and food stylist and the importance of using dummy food before shooting the final product.

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Joe Glyda

Release Date: 2011-03-10

Lessons

Introduction

<p>Joe and food stylist David Kennedy talk about what will be covered in this course</p>

Duration: 1 mins 10 seconds

Equipment and Settings

<p>Joe goes over his camera and lighting equipment and other tools that he uses during his shoots</p>

Duration: 3 mins 34 seconds

Ham Sandwich

<p>Joe and David build a sandwich and talk about how ingredients are styled and combined</p>

Duration: 12 mins 10 seconds

Pepperoni Pizza, Part 1

<p>Joe talks about the importance of a pre-production meeting and David begins assembling the ingredients for the pepperoni pizza</p>

Duration: 15 mins 58 seconds

A Tip From Joe

<p>A trick for making sure the plate or pizza board does not move during the shoot</p>

Duration: 0 mins 38 seconds

Pepperoni Pizza, Part 2

<p>Joe begins shooting the pizza and talks about the final preparations for the pull shot</p>

Duration: 7 mins 4 seconds

Nachos

<p>This lesson covers how to build a plate of nachos and includes a tip for giving your clients options when it comes to food garnish</p>

Duration: 15 mins 21 seconds

Carrot Cake

<p>After sharing some tips on cutting a piece of cake, Joe begins experimenting with lower angle and longer lens for this shot</p>

Duration: 9 mins 26 seconds

Steak

<p>Simulate a hot grill cooking meat with fake coals and fake grill marks and creative lighting</p>

Duration: 12 mins 24 seconds

Fruit Salad

<p>Create daylight in the studio using a single strobe and fill cards</p>

Duration: 4 mins 36 seconds

Tip 2

<p>Put your tripod away! Always start fresh for each shoot</p>

Duration: 0 mins 29 seconds

Seltzer

<p>An easy shot for beginners to try and home</p>

Duration: 3 mins 52 seconds

Shrimp

<p>The final shot of the day is a shrimp dish. After getting the safe shot with the tripod, Joe experiments with some different handheld angles</p>

Duration: 5 mins 27 seconds