Food Photography: Find Your Artistic Taste
A course by Jimena Agois Sanchez , Food Stylist and Photographer
Learn to take mouth-watering culinary photographs by exploring food styling, lighting, and perspective, and give them a signature look with editing techniques
Learn to take mouth-watering culinary photographs by exploring food styling, lighting, and perspective, and give them a signature look with editing techniques
When you know how to focus your lens, you can make any dish look even more delicious than it already is. In this online course, food photography stylist and producer Jimena Agois teaches you to create mouth-watering gastro images.
Throughout your journey, learn to take photos of food with an organic and elegant look. Discover all the secrets to food styling and find your own style while also learning to master different lighting techniques. Get ready to create exquisite photographs!
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 16 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (25)
- 2,284 students
- 14 lessons (1h 22m)
- 16 additional resources (4 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
Recommended software for this course
Capture OneWhat is this course's project?
Create a series of images of the same dish from three different angles.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone with basic knowledge of imagery who has an interest in learning food photography.
Requirements and materials
To take this course, you need to know how to use a reflex or DSLR camera in manual mode. It would also be helpful to be familiar with an image-editing software such as Lightroom or Capture One.
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A course by Jimena Agois Sanchez
Jimena Agois is a photographer and food stylist with a passion for travel based in Lima, Peru. Her love and appreciation of good food was apparent from a young age and she soon made it part of her day-to-day through her photography.
She started out as an assistant to Chilean photographer Miguel Etchepare and later specialized in food photography while also dabbling in travel and documentary photography. Since 2004, she's been managing her own photography studio, Agoisfoto, which is dedicated to the creation, production, styling, and preparation of product and food photographs.
She's worked with restaurants including Central, Astrid & Gaston, Mayta, D'Sala, Pescados Capitales, and more, at both a national and international level. She has also been collaborating as editor of the Diario Correo food column since 2012 and been a Canon ambassador since 2018.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Lighting in photography
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Basic equipment
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Natural light
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Simple artificial light
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The double artificial light
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U3
The style and composition
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The composition
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The angles
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Food styling
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U4
Project development
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Mood board and shots
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Plate assembly, food styling and first photo
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Plate assembly, food styling and second photo
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Plate assembly, food styling and third photo
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Edit and export photos
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FP
Final project
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Food Photography: Find Your Artistic Taste
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Curso maravilhoso! Aprendi muito e recomendo.
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criscela
PlusMe ha gustado mucho como se explica la profe y las actividades que propone. He aprendido mucho. Sólo hecho en falta algún comentario sobre nuestro trabajo para saber si vamos en el buen camino. Un saludo y ojalá hagas más cursos
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vzr012
Objetivo y conciso, te proporciona los conocimientos necesarios para adentrarte en el tema, más práctico que teórico y es excelente!
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mmigaszewska
Bardzo podoba mi się kurs. Myślę, że w końcu uda mi się usystematyzować wiedzę i zrobić wymarzone postępy w fotografii kulinarnej.
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daruc
Objetivo y certero. Jimena nos introduce en la fotografía de alimentos con ejemplos de su amplia carrera, nos da la teoría conceptual y técnica, y la pone en acción a través de la práctica con una serie de demostraciones aplicables a un ámbito real.
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