The course also addresses essential gear, effective prop placement, and lighting techniques, and includes tips for styling various dishes, staging and photographing drinks, shooting on location at a restaurant, and editing the final photos.

Topics include:

• Understanding what makes a food photo appetizing
• Comparing emotional and graphic compositional styles
• Choosing the right camera
• Evaluating lens options
• Choosing light reflectors
• Finding creative backgrounds
• Creating specular and diffuse lighting setups
• Creating different looks for each dish
• Creating a chill effect for drinks
• Shooting on location at a restaurant
• Editing photos