Lindsay and Bjork from Pinch of Yum created an ebook called Tasty Food Photography.
It’s been such a hit that they expanded it and have recently relaunched it.
For anyone who needs help, guidance, advice, tutorials, practical, and real-life suggestions for improving your food photography, it’s such a great resource.
That’s pretty much everyone, right? Myself included.
I have a Photography page on my site, which includes what camera and lenses I use, my general approach to food photography, as well as links to resources, books, recommendations, and so forth.
Inside Tasty Food Photography, here’s what you’ll find:
There’s Technical Tips, like understanding your camera and what all those dials do, and what happens when you turn a dial a certain direction.
Suggestions about Composition
Real life Editing examples that help illustrate that white balance and brightness are not the same thing. Nor are exposure and brightness.
When I was first learning about photography, it all blurred together, and I wish I would have had an ebook like this to reference.
Aside from the book, Lindsay recently posted, Ten Household Items That Can Improve Your Food Photography, and it’s one of my favorite posts she’s ever written.
It’s extremely informative, practical, nothing hard to find or expensive. I love that she and Bjork are sensitive to those things.
If you want to buy Tasty Food Photography, Lindsay and Bjork have extended a coupon for 25% off the normal price of $19. So the ebook will be less that $15 bucks. What a deal.
Enter code ac25 at checkout. Coupon expires 8/2/13.
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P.S. For the Peanut Butter fans, check out my cookbook, Peanut Butter Comfort
My biggest struggle is with styling and/or taking a dark and moody shot.
I struggle most with lighting with my food photography
I want to improve lighting with my photography!
I struggle with indoor lighting.
I struggle the most with making the most of indoor lighting. Most of my pictures are taken late at night so natural lighting is not an option.
For me I struggle the most with lighting. I live in a tiny NYC apartment with a tiny kitchen. I’d love to learn ways to utilize the space I have and work with the natural light that I have.
Your photos are so beautiful in their clarity and simplicity. I would love to learn from your expertise as I explore the world of food staging for my own business.
What I struggle with is actually developing decent photos from my iPhone. Three of my point and shoot cameras have given up on me and I have not been able to make up my mind on what dslr is best for me, especially since I do not have a lot of experience with dslr.
I struggle with the not using auto/flash aspect
I’m totally embarrassed that, although I use my dad’s DSLR camera for food photography, I still shoot in automatic. I know how bad that is, but finding the time to sit down with a camera that isn’t even mine and learn how to REALLY use it has been tough. (Excuses, excuses…)
This would be great to own! Even though I am a home cook, I often take pictures of what I cook/bake. The pics could use a lot of improvement :)
I just started my blog a little over a month ago. I would love to improve on my pictures. I have an SLR that I used years ago, but haven’t used for my blog pictures yet. I would love to learn some techniques on lighting, and relearn how to use my SLR for food photography.
I am going to go ahead and purchase the ebook, I need all the photography help I can get!! P.S. I made your Peanut Butter Dessert Hummus from your book the other day – LOVED it!! even my 5 year old daughter who doesn’t like anything!! Thanks!!
Thanks for buying my book and for making the hummus! And of all things that a 5 yr old would like…the hummus! Thank God for small miracles, right! :) Normally it’s the cookies, brownies, etc but three cheers for the hummus!
And I think you’ll really enjoy the ebook, too!
I always love learning new things about photography! :)
I have a hard time with composition. Getting everything to look right in the frame is tough!
I need help to improve my photography and lighting.