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Food Styling & Photography For Dummies A Parks-Whitfield

Food Styling & Photography For Dummies By A Parks-Whitfield

Food Styling & Photography For Dummies by A Parks-Whitfield


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Discover how to style and photograph food like the pros Whether you're taking shots for a foodie blog, advertisements, packaging, menus, or cookbooks, Food Styling & Photography For Dummies shows you how to take the next step in your passion for food and photography.

Food Styling & Photography For Dummies Summary

Food Styling & Photography For Dummies by A Parks-Whitfield

Discover how to style and photograph food like the pros Whether you're taking shots for a foodie blog, advertisements, packaging, menus, or cookbooks, Food Styling & Photography For Dummies shows you how to take the next step in your passion for food and photography. This attractive, informative, and fun guide to the fundamentals of food styling provides information on the tools and techniques used by some of the most successful industry professionals. Food Styling & Photography For Dummies provides you with the fundamentals of food styling and gives you the inside scoop on the tools and techniques used by some of the most successful industry professionals. * Shows you how to translate taste, aroma, and appeal through color, texture, and portion * Includes techniques such as extreme close-ups, selective focus, and unique angles to create dramatic effect * Detailed coverage on lighting and composition * Tips for choosing the proper equipment and mastering the use of camera settings, lenses, and post-production software * Advice for creating a professional personality and getting your food photography business off the ground Whether you're an amateur or professional food photographer, Food Styling & Photography For Dummies is a fun and informative guide to photographing and arranging culinary subject matter.

About A Parks-Whitfield

Alison Parks-Whitfield is a successful technical writer and food photographer in the San Francisco Bay area. Her tasty images have been published in books, magazines, newspapers, and on packaging, as well as in many online venues.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I: Introducing Food Styling and Photography 7 Chapter 1: Exploring Food Photography 9 Chapter 2: Photography Know-How and Equipment 25 Chapter 3: Your Stylist Toolkit 41 Chapter 4: Dealing with Employers, Personnel, and Sets 67 Part II: It's All in the Presentation (Styling) 85 Chapter 5: Preparing for an Off-Site Photo Shoot 87 Chapter 6: Getting the Yummy to Translate on Film 99 Chapter 7: The Ice Cream Is Melting! Problem Solving for Tricky Foods 123 Part III: Shooting the Food: Techniques with the Camera 141 Chapter 8: Composition Basics 143 Chapter 9: Lighting, Lighting, Lighting 161 Chapter 10: Working with Tilts and Angles 181 Chapter 11: Exploring Focus 195 Part IV: And for Dessert: Managing Your Photos and More 211 Chapter 12: Post-Processing 213 Chapter 13: Editing and Saving Your Photos 225 Chapter 14: Making Your Photos Available in Print and Online 239 Chapter 15: Starting Your Food Styling and Photography Business 253 Part V: The Part of Tens 269 Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Growing Your Business 271 Chapter 17: Ten Indispensable Items for a Food Shoot 281 Chapter 18: Ten Awesome Garnishes for Food Images 289 Index 299

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GOR007117532
9781118097199
111809719X
Food Styling & Photography For Dummies by A Parks-Whitfield
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2012-03-23
336
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