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Sharing your kitchen concoctions on your personal food blog has never been as popular as it is right now, but if you've ever had trouble getting your tasty temptations to look like pretty plates on camera, you know how difficult it can be to take amazing pictures of food. Matt Armendariz, of Mattbites food blog fame, shares his experiences and best practices for creating wonderful food photos in Focus On Food Photography for Bloggers. Written specifically for you the blogger, Matt discusses the ins and outs of equipment, lighting, composition, propping, sparking your inspiration, and getting creative, all with what you have on hand at home! Learn how to avoid common pitfalls with foods that are notoriously camera shy, how to successfully snap your dinner at a restaurant as well as on your kitchen table, and how to style your food with what you have in your cupboards. He also includes advice on post-processing, posting, and protecting your prized images.
As well as on his blog, Matt's photography has been featured in The Skinny Bitch Cookbook, on Martha Stewart, Paula Deen's Best Dishes, and Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen, along with numerous food magazines and newspapers. Let this seasoned blogger give your food photography the boost it needs to really make your readers salivate!
Contents
The Nuts & Bolts
Intro to Food Photography
Lenses & Cameras
Depth of Field
Light, Light, and More Light
Types of Light: Natural, Strobe, On-Camera Flash, Flood, etc.
Modify That Light!
Equipment: Using What Ya Got!
Color Temperature & Color Balance
Workflow
Creativity
Challenges & Difficulties
The Creative Process
Composition (rules of third, negative & positive space, etc)
Inspiration Is Everywhere
Styling
All About Props
Food Styling 101
Tips & Tricks / The Real World
Matt's Top Ten Tips for Food Photography
Shooting In A Restaurant
Difficult Foods To Photograph And What You Can Do About It
Help! I'm photographing my dinner!
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