Among the best elements of my job is that I get to show creatives, photographers and bloggers learn how to take unbelievable photographs of meals! In our Meals images workshop in Italy, we delved deep into totally different methods and types.
Meals Pictures Workshop in Italy Overview
In July 2024, I co-hosted a 6-night Meals Pictures Workshop in Italy with the Tastemaker Convention. Over the course of per week, we had:
- Each day images classes specializing in gentle, composition and modifying.
- Pasta-making and charcuterie lessons.
- Day journeys, sightseeing and wine tasting.
- Artistic conversations and hanging out with like-minded folks (with a glass of spritz in hand!).
On the finish of the retreat, we’d had a transformative expertise each with creativity, assembly new folks and filling our bellies with the best meals, made by our private Italian chef.
Artistic Picture Essays From Contributors
Every participant was tasked with creating a photograph essay on the finish of the journey. On this recap put up, we’ll discover and rejoice a few of their remaining submissions from the Meals Pictures Workshop in Italy.
Throughout the week, contributors had been challenged with capturing a variety of photographs based mostly on the expertise we had been studying every day. Integrating and layering every new ability because the week progressed.
Our first lesson was on gentle. Harnessing pure gentle and capturing a spread of sorts of gentle. From gentle to arduous. On this picture essay, Laura is showcasing each gentle and arduous gentle. Giving a daring feeling to Tuscan meals in the summertime.
Laborious gentle is one thing a whole lot of meals photographers discover difficult. A part of my educating was to get creatives to discover and utilise arduous gentle. A ravishing type of gentle that’s usually missed.
Randi captured this uncommon angle of a lemon in arduous gentle, which I used to be fascinated by. Watching her lie on the ground to get this unbelievable shot.
Subsequent up was composition and there’s no Italian meals images expertise fairly just like the notion of color! A big a part of our composition research was about color concept and actually specializing in being diligent with our color compositions.
Eva has captured a stupendous gentle earthy color palette. Giving homage to Italy’s sluggish tempo, whereas specializing in the array of textures we noticed every day.
Equally, Nicky was captivated by the daring terracotta oranges each in meals and the panorama of Tuscany. Are you able to blame her?
We additionally explored the concept of desaturated colors and mixing contrasts, like black and white photographs. Identical to Erika has performed on this triptych.
I additionally discover my very own sequence specializing in daring oranges of a pizza oven and terracotta, contrasted with black and white photographs of our pizza-making night time.
The fantastic thing about taking pictures collectively, there have been 24 of us in whole, is that all of us see in another way. Whereas we had been surrounded by a lot of daring earthy tones, there have been cool colors to be discovered. Molly centered on a cooler color palette. It jogs my memory of the cool nights within the Tuscan mountains after a sizzling day.
No picture task could be full with out the problem of including a human aspect and motion. Particularly with meals. We participated in a pasta-making class through the meals images workshop in Italy.
A enjoyable problem to {photograph} and make our personal pasta! Susy and Pauline centered on capturing motion and fingers to create their picture essays.
Pauline was up for the problem, being new to her digicam settings within the difficult surroundings of capturing motion in low gentle.
Considered one of our final classes was on modifying. With periods each in Lightroom and Seize One, we explored the three core edits we have to make images shine: Publicity, Distinction + Color.
Specializing in making every color really feel scrumptious and pure, Lyn did an awesome job on modifying to carry this sequence to life. All the totally different produce choices we had the pleasure of consuming. Simply take a look at the color of these plums!
Annie obtained out of her consolation zone by capturing photographs in several moods and lighting conditions, which she confessed she wouldn’t have performed if she was taking pictures at her regular location at house.
In her picture sequence, we are able to see a mix of lighting conditions, (arduous gentle, gentle gentle and dappled gentle), with lovely gentle colors and edits.
The final problem was to carry the entire photographs collectively!
Creating a photograph sequence from a whole lot of photographs, culling them right down to have a mixture of topics, angles, depths of discipline and extra. Kathryn and Priya have performed simply that with their picture sequence from the Meals images workshop in Italy.
Taking some photographs from our early morning picture walks and mixing them with the meals we had been taking pictures all through the week.
The gorgeous Tuscan Villa we stayed in, Lucca Boccella, had a bit of store on the correct facet of the property. Tucked away amongst the veggie backyard and winery. It offered jars of preserves from produce grown on the property, olives and olive oil, plus handmade presents.
I couldn’t resist making an attempt out the olives. Taking props from the kitchen and utilizing the brand new hors d’oeuvres decide I obtained in our prop swap and taking pictures it on the beautiful marble surfaces.
Combining the picture with a dawn shot of the Tuscan countryside, and the jar of olives within the arduous afternoon solar.
I like my job!
Thanks for studying via the recap of the Meals Pictures Workshop in Italy and savouring the entire lovely picture essays. For those who’re eager to attend a workshop with me, please shoot me an e-mail or join my e-mail listing. Any of the freebies on this web page will get you on the listing.
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