Photography Tutorials

Food Styling 101   We have all been there.  We hire a babysitter.  We dig through the dusty closet to find an actual outfit that has not been tainted with ketchup, baby food, or chewed up baby puffs.  We go…
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When I first became interested in food photography, I set out to learn as much as I could about how to create an attractive and appetizing food photo.  But one thing always bothered me– um, how do I put this…
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Homemade Food Photography Backgrounds   When I first started food blogging, I knew absolutely nothing about food photography.  I figured that as long as my recipes were good, the pictures didn’t really matter.  But honestly, that’s not true.  People eat…
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Um . . . what the heck is a Lowel EGO light?  I thought Anton Ego was the guy from Ratatouille that didn’t like food.  And that guy certainly didn’t light up anyone’s life.  Oh . . . I’m just…
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Taking Christmas Photos A Quick and Easy Guide to Taking your Own Magical Photos in Front of the Christmas Tree   Last year I went through the nightmare that seems to be part of every family’s holiday repertoire– “Getting Christmas…
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Understanding Camera ISO What is ISO?   How do I use it?  How the heck is it relevant to my food photos?   Oh, I’m just so glad you asked.  For a few weeks we have been working on a…
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All About Aperture Welcome back to our free food photography series!  I have enjoyed hearing from all of you about what you’d like to learn, as far as food photography goes.  I don’t pretend to be an expert, but I…
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Figuring Out Shutter Speed Welcome back to our food photography series!   As always, I love hearing from you and learning what types of things you’d like to learn as you become food photography experts!  Last week we started with the…
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Food Photography Basics   My food blog recently turned one year old.  *Cue the “Happy Birthday” song, and now everyone together . . . “AWWWWWWWW.” OK.  Anyhoo . . . I have learned a lot in the past year– especially about…
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