career photography notes

FOOD photography.

• three types of food photography: packaging, editorial, and advertising.
• packaging
• most technical and tedious
• every detail counts
• show food realistically so people will buy
• editorial
• not as much about detail as the other types of food photography.
• more about the "wow factor" of food.
• advertising
• less tedious than pckaging, but more tedious than editorial.
• photographers have their own specific way they want a shot to be staged or set up.
• an artist draws what the picture should look like and photographer takes a picture as close to the drawing as possible.
• the angles you shoot the picture at are very important
• make sure everything is in focus and you show some texture if any
• team
• photographer
• photographer assistant
• prop stylist
• assistant prop stylist
• client
• client's client
• client's boss
• and many more.