FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY
Transcript: My Work As Cool as a Cucumber have a plainer background so that the focus can be on the food use natural light because it can "breathe life into the food" use the complimentary colours of the food in the background Life as a Food Photographer: • Create and edit photographs of food using cameras and other photographic equipment to make the food look as appealing as possible, they have to make a person crave it • Many same responsibilities as a regular photographer • Collaborate with clients, and find out what look and style they need to convey to the viewer • Need to make sure food stylists, camera assistants, prop movers are available if they are needed for the shoot • Once the day for shooting is set, the photographer needs to ensure that all of the props are ordered • Has to direct the set, positioning of food, props and light are perfect colaborate well one can work thieir way up from being an assistant to a food photographer, to a photographer, and to aim even further, one can move up to a food stylist after being a food photographer For those aspiring to be Food Photographers... Craving Ideas and Tips Education and Training • A bachelor's degree in art or alternative formal training can increase job prospects and creative and technical skills • College programs in photography gives an understanding on how to use the digital cameras, gives students experience and an understanding in lighting, composition, editing and printing photographs which will help them create good quality work • TIP:to manage your own enterprise in food photography, degree in business or accounting to run, manage and market a food photography business. • Food photography workshops completely focus on teaching photographers how to photograph food in an appealing way. This non-formal training can help a food photographer more than a degree will. • Building a portfolio of one’s best work is to get the admiration of potential clients or a potential employers • To do this job well, a person needs to have a love, appreciation and passion for good food so that this love can be shared in the photo. • below $25 000 to $75 000 a year • Average $35,000 Annually • a higher salary can be expected if one works for themselves • can vary depending on the geographical location… those who work in large cities or metropolitan areas can expect more • if one works directly for a corporation, benefits such as health insurance, pension, and vacation can be expected as well one can expect more if they own the buisness it is said to have no rules but it can be better to... Salary Ice Apple • Food photography teacher or professor • Photographer of another sort • Chef if you want to focus on the food aspect • Food stylist is the step up from being a photographer Orange Sophistication of a Pear Plantain Granny Smith Apple FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY Advancement Prospects Muscles: Seafood Delight