Done Karl Taylor- Karl Taylor Photography - Cheese still life

Cheese still life


Part of the latest series of food photography classes with professional food photographer Anna Pustynnikova, this course looks at how to style, light and photograph an assortment of cheeses.

In this class Karl aims to recreate the feeling of the historical Dutch Master paintings using a careful combination of lights, including a DIY lighting modifier to add small pockets of light. You’ll learn how to style and light items that have similar color and texture and understand how to achieve balance while still highlighting particular elements of the shot.
Course objectives:

• Learn how to photograph food
• Food photography lighting setup examples
• How to photograph items with similar texture and color
• Food styling tips and tricks
• DIY lighting modifiers for studio photography
• How to guide the eye using shapes and lines

For this rustic cheese still life image I wanted to create the feeling of the old Dutch master paintings, which I knew would require careful styling and lighting.

The first step of the shoot was to select a background. Our initial choice, however, turned out to be too glossy. We tried to reduce the shine by burning the surface and also applying dulling spray, but in the end we decided to use a different board altogether.

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