Food Styling & Photography

How to create a storytelling composition

Food Styling & Photography:
How to Create a Storytelling Composition

In this food tutorial, students will learn how to:

Compose and Style their food layouts.
We are going to explain and use the most common composition rules in the food photography
Also, you will learn how you can light up nicely your whole scene with only one speed light in a strip box.

We will create a magnificent and attractive scene in no time.
You will have strong knowledge of “colour theory“. This will help you to figure out which colours work well and which ones don’t.

This tutorial is great for beginners in food photography, but also very useful for experienced photographers who’d love to learn the specifications around food styling, layouts, and compositions. You will find very useful tips in the retouching part where I will show you in no time how to enhance a batch of serial images in Camera Raw and polish the final image in Photoshop

Your instructor for this tutorial is Diana Boneva.

Food Photography Tutorial – Composition, Part 1

Food Photography Tutorial- Shooting, Part 2

Post-Production Tutorial

Final Images

Before-After the post-production

Student’s Submissions

Eydfinnur Olsen

Andreas van Eikeren van Eikeren

Janine Pauke

Jean Eichenlaub

Homework: Critique and Review

About instructor:

Hi, I’m Diana, a product photographer based in Bulgaria.

I’m helping brands from all over Europe to visually represent themselves on the market and to increase their sales.

What makes my service stand out from my competitors?

I specialise and work only in the field of product photography. This includes a strong knowledge in the creativeness and styling. All of those is a must nowadays for digital and physical advertising, presentations, catalogs and so on.

I work quickly and efficiently. It’s important for me to give my customers a service they can rely on both- artistically and professionally.

Check out more of her creative photos and follow her on social media:
Photigy: Featured Success Story.

Food Styling & Photography