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Food Photography: Capturing Food in Your Kitchen
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(3,328 ratings)
94,469 students

Food Photography: Capturing Food in Your Kitchen

With DIY Food Photography, you'll be taking better photos in no time with what you have in your own kitchen!
Created byPhil Ebiner, William Carnahan, Video School
Last updated 1/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Take beautiful photographs of food in your home.
  • Compose a variety of mouth-watering food photographs that tell your food's story
  • Create a unique setting and style for your own food photography
  • Control natural light in your home to shoot better photographs
  • Edit your food photographs to make them look even better

Course content

6 sections • 38 lectures • 2h 56m total length

  • Course Introduction | Food Photography Course1:21

    Welcome to the DIY food photography course. In this video, Will introduces himself and what this course is all about. We're so excited to have you on board and can't wait to see your new photos!

  • Course Setup: Join the Student Photography Community0:29
  • PhotoDash: Photography Education + Entertainment for You0:40
  • Choose a Location | Food Photography Course3:15

    Before you even think about snapping your photos, the first thing you need to do is choose the best location for your setup. In this lesson of the food photography course, Will gives you tips for choosing the best location in your house.

  • Design Your Food and Setting | Food Photography Course5:38

    The next step in food photography is to prepare your food for being photographed. This includes setting up your food with a nice background, adding accents that relate to your main dish, and moving things around to look nicely.

  • Tips to Improve Your Course Taking Experience | Food Photography Course1:06
  • Light Your Food | Food Photography Course6:06

    When it comes to food photography, lighting is king. Lighting is very important for making your food look appetizing. But you don't need a fancy studio or expensive lights to get great lighting. We'll show you how to use what you have at home (or can buy for $1) to get great lighting.

  • Camera Options: Smartphone vs. Fancy Camera | Food Photography Course2:44

    Before you get caught up on what camera model to use for your food photography, we'll show you how to take amazing photos of your food with just a smartphone camera. In this lesson of the food photography course, we'll also cover the benefits of using a more professional camera like a DSLR or mirrorless camera.

  • iPhone vs. Mirrorless Camera | Food Photography Course0:17

    Here are the two photos, uploaded so that you can see and compare them better.

  • Camera Settings (for people with cameras that can contro manual settings)3:58

    For people who have a DSLR, mirrorless, or other type of camera with manual settings, this lesson of the food photography course covers the basic settings we use for our own food photography.

  • Compose Your Shots | Food Photography Course5:25

    There are 4 main types of shots that you should get with every food setup. In this lesson of the food photography course, we'll cover the basics of all 4.

  • Edit Your Photos | Food Photography Course11:10

    Make your photos look even better by editing them. In this lesson of the food photography course, Phil walks you through editing your photos. Whether you're using Lightroom, Photoshop, your smartphone, or any other type of photo editing application, we'll cover crop, color, and exposure - the three main ways to improve your food photos.

  • Exercise: Photograph Your Next Meal | Food Photography Course0:26

    It's time to take action. Join in with other students in this course, and practice the skills you've learned by taking a photograph of your next meal.

  • COURSE BREAK: Check Out Our Ultimate Resource for New Photographers2:23

Requirements

  • Students don't need any experience with photography or preparing food.
  • Students should have a smartphone or camera that they can use to practice shooting their own food photographs.

Description

With DIY Food Photography, you'll be taking better photos of your food in just an hour.

Every lesson is hands on, and shows you how to use resources right in your home to create delicious, mouth-watering images. We'll walk you through the entire process, and we're available if you have any questions along the way.

Whether you're a food blogger, self-proclaimed master chef, or just an Instagram foodie, this course will give you the skills needed to take professional food photos.

Impress your family and friends with great photos of your food creations!

Steps to great food photography that you'll learn in this course:

  1. Pick the best location for your photos. 
  2. Prepare and style your food and setting.
  3. Light your food with inexpensive tools like a white sheet and $1 poster board. 
  4. Choose the best camera and settings.
  5. Compose 4 types of shots to get all the best angles.
  6. Edit your photos to make them look even more tantalizing!

Tell your food's story!

Our goal is to teach you how to take better photos of your food with any camera, wherever you are. After walking you through the basics, you'll see us shoot 5 different food and drink setups that will inspire you to take your own food photos.

Bonus: Everyone who enrolls gets a composition cheat-sheet that shows how to compose your shots.

Enroll now to get started! We can't wait to see you inside!

Will Carnahan & Phil Ebiner

Who this course is for:

  • Food bloggers
  • Foodies - anyone that loves food
  • Home chefs - anyone that loves to make food
  • Photographers looking to learn how to shoot food photographs
  • This is NOT a course about fancy studio shoots. This is a DIY food photography course for anyone that wants to learn how to take better photos of their food at home.

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