How to Shoot FOOD with Just Window Light | Food Photography

Learn how to shoot stunning food photos using just window light in this tutorial on natural light food photography at home.
Discover the best photography lighting techniques to make your food look appetizing and appealing. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, these tips will help you capture mouth-watering images of your culinary creations!
In this episode, my first instructional video, we're just using the simplest of setups with a window light and a reflector to get a beautiful shot of a salmon dish.
Tips and tricks for food photography. Join us as we discuss food photography, lighting techniques, food styling, composition, editing, gear, props and so much more.
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[@paulcookphotography]

Watching you build that plate was a thing of beauty! And well done on that salmon sear too, looked amazing! Very cool to watch the process behind this and the best tip was watching the distractions in the background. Sometimes I look at food photos and wonder what they were thinking, or not thinking, with the background. Great first video Chris! Look forward to more of these!

[@ChristopherCina]

Thanks Paul! This was honestly the most difficult video I have ever done. Was a lot of fun though, thanks for watching. I’m sitting here in a plane about to head to Arlington and just saw you were in CO!! Hoping the download finishes before we take off! Thanks again!

[@n10sityr]

Great suggestion on that DIY reflector. So glad I found your reddit r/foodphotography post and subscribed right away. Keep up the great work. I'm a beginner amateur food photographer and I hope to learn from your channel.

[@ChristopherCina]

Glad you found it and took something away, thanks for watching! Best of luck with your journey into food photography, it is something I love very much.

[@suecook8379]

Great photos. When you deal with customers, do you supply actual physical photos or just the digital files? And what if the printout they want is too big and you get a "grainy" printout - what then? Thanks, enjoying your channel.

[@ChristopherCina]

Hello again! I use a service called WeTransfer to send the files digitally, it's quick and easy and I get a confirmation that they have actually received them. Regarding the printouts, the question should be asked up front if any of these images will be printed, and here are the acceptable print size parameters. You could easily get away with a 24' x 36' in print from a 24 MP sensor, all that said, it's not something I have ever dealt with for a client.

[@suecook8379]

@@ChristopherCina Thanks again. I like that you take your time with you videos. :)

[@mustafapehlivanli4357]

Great tutorial! please keep up 🤩

[@ChristopherCina]

Thanks for watching, more videos coming!

[@deanbush]

An excellent demonstration! 💯Thank you for sharing your expertise!! 🙏

[@ChristopherCina]

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching!

[@littlesaviours1632]

Thank you! Very helpful :)

[@ChristopherCina]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching and glad you got something out of it. Cheers!

[@smalldrunkturtle3447]

wow great job!

[@ChristopherCina]

Thanks for watching! Cheers!