Food Photography Basic Techniques
A course by Ernesto López (Alkimia) , Commercial photographer
Know the process to accomplish a food photo production
Know the process to accomplish a food photo production
Achieving the desire to consume a food is the main objective of gastronomic photography, and in this course, Ernesto López - commercial photographer specialized in food photography - will teach you how to make it possible. From his creative workshop, Alkimia , founded in 2001, Ernesto has carried out projects for brands such as AAK, Cinépolis, Coffee Tree or Spyral. He has also taught basic and advanced photography at the Universidad Latina de América (Morelia, Mexico), which makes him the ideal teacher to show you everything you need to achieve powerful photographs.
In this course you will learn the basic techniques of gastronomic photography to get started in this delicious world and that you can start your professional project. You will see everything you need in terms of equipment, lighting, development and retouching.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 19 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (138)
- 3,284 students
- 17 lessons (2h 0m)
- 19 additional resources (18 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
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Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
You will create a workspace that facilitates your creative process and produce an advertising photograph for a bakery.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To people who want to know the basic techniques of gastronomic photography.
Requirements and materials
To take this course you must have basic knowledge of digital photography, in addition to Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
On the materials, you will need to have a reflex camera, studio lighting (minimum two flash ), a computer with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom installed and some kitchen utensils.
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A course by Ernesto López (Alkimia)
Ernesto López Ruiz is a commercial photographer specialized in gastronomic photography. Degree in Graphic Communication Design at the Universidad Latina de América (Morelia, Mexico) and professor, by academic excellence, in the Master's Degree in Photographic Design at the Universidad Iberoamericana (León, México).
In 2001 he opened his creative workshop "Alkimia" in the city of Morelia (Mexico), where he carries out projects for various brands, among which are: AAK, Cinépolis, Coffee Tree, Spyral, among others. He has also taught basic and advanced photography at the bachelor's level at the Universidad Latina de América (Morelia, Mexico), and at the master's level at the Iberoamerican universities León and De La Salle Bajío (León, Mexico).
His specialty is lighting, camera management and digital postproduction.
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Preproduction
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Introduction to photographic production
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Photo brief
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U3
Equipment
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Camera and lenses
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Artificial lighting: studio flash
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Lighting angles and modifiers
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Scenarios
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U4
Assembly and lighting
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Our set
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Light measurement
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Light quality
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U5
Production
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Shooting
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Style Change
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U6
Postproduction
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System settings
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Revealed
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Retouch
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File output
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FP
Final project
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Basic techniques of gastronomic photography
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liarodriguezfel
Amazing course! Good explanation, I took pictures for a restaurant's instagram and they turned out looking amazing.
ilovemy_15_14
Me encanto, siempre me había dedicado mi tiempo a solo tener fotografías de retrato pero el rubro gastronómico me ha fascinado gracias a este curso, ahora mejorare la técnica para mis clientes
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eduardohdz.arteaga
La explicación es muy buena, explica con muchos detalles
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maricelaluzysombra
PlusMe gustó mucho el curso, el profesor explica muy bien, el material adicional es de muy buena calidad, tiene mucho contenido valioso.
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be_marron
Aún no lo he comenzado,pero este curso se ve genial y tiene todo lo que pueda necesitar para practicar las diferentes tomas con la cámara y las luces.
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