Food Styling for Beginners: Visually Enhance Flavors

A course by Marcela Lovegrove , Food Stylist

Food Stylist. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joined June 2017

Discover the tools and techniques needed for food styling and learn to capture mouth-watering images like a professional

100% positive reviews (77)
2,683 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Discover the tools and techniques needed for food styling and learn to capture mouth-watering images like a professional

In a world that's bursting with images, culinary photos have taken center stage on social networks and digital media. With that in mind, according to Marcela Lovegrove, a food stylist for over 40 years, it is essential to know how to handle food and its environment to make a dish truly stand out.

In this course, learn the basics of food styling and how to make aesthetically mouth-watering compositions. Your teacher equips you with all the skills you need to showcase food on camera and visually enhance its qualities and flavors.

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What will you learn in this online course?

17 lessons & 23 downloads

What is Food Styling?
19 minutes, 15 seconds
Basic work kit
12 minutes, 18 seconds
Project needs
11 minutes, 29 seconds
Tips for photographing food
18 minutes, 3 seconds
Show off food on camera
10 minutes, 54 seconds
Assembling of the photos
12 minutes, 56 seconds
  • 100% positive reviews (77)
  • 2,683 students
  • 17 lessons (3h 23m)
  • 23 additional resources (15 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Take four photographs of two different kinds of food, one savory and one sweet, in which the light, angle, and tableware are varied.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Anyone who wants to give their culinary images a more professional finish, like photographers, community managers, designers, producers, chefs, etc.

Requirements and materials

No prior knowledge is needed to take this course.

You need a savory and a sweet dish, crockery, cutlery, fabrics, backgrounds, and a professional camera or a phone, but you can always go for the simpler option of using items you already have at your disposal.


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Marcela Lovegrove

A course by Marcela Lovegrove

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Food Stylist

For more than 40 years, Marcela Lovegrove has been dedicated to food styling, right from the beginning when this profession didn't even have a name to the present day, and it is an undeniable necessity in the advertising and publishing worlds. She has collaborated on advertising campaigns with international brands such as McDonald's, Burger King, Unilever, Kellogg's, McCain, and many more.

After so many years of hard work, she decided to dedicate herself to teaching and, since 2013, her main focus has been her courses and workshops where she shares all her experience and knowledge. She also has four seasons of her own TV show Recetas de Familia on the El Gourmet channel.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • About Me
    • Influences
  • U2

    Introduction to Food Styling

    • What is Food Styling?
    • Basic work kit
    • Project needs
  • U3

    Basic knowledge

    • Tips for photographing food
    • Show off food on camera
    • Assembling of the photos
  • U4

    Budgets and production

    • Budgets
    • Preproduction
    • Mood Board
  • U5

    Photoshoot

    • Pasta with natural light 1
    • Pasta with natural light 2
    • Fash pasta
    • Cookies with natural light
    • Flash cookies
    • Final photos
  • FP

    Final project

    • Professional Food Styling: Light, Angle, and Tableware

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Food Styling for Beginners: Visually Enhance Flavors. Photography, Video, and Culinary course by Marcela Lovegrove

Food Styling for Beginners: Visually Enhance Flavors

A course by Marcela Lovegrove
Food Stylist. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joined June 2017
  • 100% positive reviews (77)
  • 2,683 students