We all love to take photos of our food for the ideal Instagram feed, but sometimes when we need to do it for work it can seem a bit daunting. Why would you need to photograph food for work? Well, if you’re a small food business owner, retailer, graphic designer, or even a professional photographer, often you will require to style and photograph food for your business or client. Looking at tons of food photos on Instagram and Pinterest for inspiration is always helpful, but the good news is: you can also learn food styling and photography from people who’ve been doing it for a while.
Last weekend, a room full of Sprig & Vine readers came together at The Fatty Bao in Kolkata for an afternoon of learning food styling and photography from founder Vidushi, and two major food photography experts: Saumya Gupta, and Shiva Kant Vyas of the Delhi-based organisation The Open Art Project. The Open Art Project is a collective for graphic, illustration, and photography where both Saumya and Shiva work with a number of food and beverage clients. Our participants ranged from bakers, retail store owners, to graphic designers and photographers.
In the workshop, participants learned the important basics of food styling, from creating a mood and telling a story, to choosing props and learning what angles work best in food photography in order to make everyday images look good. They also picked up camera techniques using both their DSLRs as well as their phone cameras. In fact, Shiva stressed that it’s not the device which makes or breaks a photo, so someone who wants to take this up as a hobby should not be disheartened by the investment to buy a professional camera — their phones work just fine too!
Participants also learnt about highlights and shadows, composition and framing, as well as a few basic tips on editing. They got hands on experience putting to test all they had learnt with gorgeous demo dishes graciously provided by The Fatty Bao. We ended the workshop over a scrumptious lunch, and workshop attendees stayed on till late in the afternoon discussing food and photography with their newly made friends.
Scroll through the pictures from the workshop below, and see some beautiful images shot by our talented participants!
Photo by Vidushi Kedia
Photo by Devanshi Somany
Photo by Devang Bhandari
Photo by Trisha Ghelani
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Hi , how to register for the 11th may workshop. Also if you could kindly infirm about other details like course timing and fees.
Thanks in advance
Prakriti
Hi Prakriti, this post is from our styling workshop that took place last year, in May 2018. If you would like us to a host another workshop, get in touch on hello@sprigandvine.in. Thanks!
Hi, any food photography workshop happening in New Delhi anytime soon ?
Hi, we don’t have anything planned at the moment in New Delhi as we are not based there. However, if you have a group email us at hello@sprigandvine.in and we can plan one for you. Thanks!
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Any workshops in Bangalore?
Hi Rashmi, thanks for your interest. We don’t have any planned at the moment, but make sure you’re signed up to our newsletter to be the first to receive any info regarding new workshops.