
Kate Blohm is a Food Photographer and Videographer working with food brands all over the world. Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Forbes and The New York Times.
www.kateblohm.com
This lecture will cover the basic equipment utilized in creating food videos. You will learn how to set up an overhead rig, DIY backdrops, white balance, different levels of microphones, and what is in Kate's camera bag at all times. I have linked everything below.
Styling is a game changer when it comes to creating clean and beautiful food content. In this lecture you will learn budget friendly ways to elevate any setting or tablescape.
Lighting can make or break a video or photo. Utilizing natural light and artificial light, this video demonstrates the variety of tools and techniques to make the most of what light is available.
In this last section you will see all of these lessons put into real life practice. We will walk through the creative process and execution of previous projects.
I hope that through this course you are able to have some takeaways that you can now implement into your own work flow.
Thank you for watching!
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www.kateblohm.com
In this course, you will learn the basics of Food Videography and Photography to create clean, timeless food content. Each lesson is designed to guide you through the creative process from start to finish. We will explore the different levels of camera gear, rigging for overhead videos, how to shoot beautiful content with your iPhone, the basics of prop styling and food styling, and the variety of ways to elevate your lighting in any setting. Each lesson builds off of the previous, showing you a variety of ways that these tips and techniques are put into practice.
Lesson 1 : Introduction : Overview
Lesson 2 : Equipment
Overhead rigging
Phone mounting
Backdrops for every budget
White balance
What’s in my camera bag at all times
Different tripods
Lesson 3 : Styling
Cutting techniques
Mise en Place bowls
No branding (unless sponsored)
Easy backdrops
Lesson 4 : Lighting and Shooting
Bouncing light
5-in-1 reflector
Different angles
Close up shots
Still photographs for title cards / promo
Lesson 5 : Examples
Overhead cook through video
Recipe video
Utilizing A roll and B roll
Cocktail video
While there is no experience required for this course, my hope is that these lessons can add value to any level of content creators. Through these short and condensed lessons you will be able to implement these new skills to create cleaner photography and videography within the day.
I hope you enjoy!