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Learn How to Shoot Food with Your Phone
Rating: 3.6 out of 5(11 ratings)
27 students

Learn How to Shoot Food with Your Phone

Basics of camera gear, prop styling, food styling and shooting with your phone
Created byKate Blohm
Last updated 4/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • In this course you will learn a variety of skills for shooting high quality food videography on your camera or phone. Basics of lighting, prop and food styling.
  • Food styling
  • Food videography
  • Prop styling
  • Cell phone videos
  • Overhead rigging
  • Studio lighting
  • Food photography

Course content

1 section7 lectures30m total length
  • Introduction0:50

    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

  • Equipment6:33

    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.

  • Styling8:17

    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 and Shooting5:09

    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.

  • Examples7:41

    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.

  • Thank you for watching!0:14

    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!

    Follow along @kateblohm

    www.kateblohm.com

  • Cheeseboard1:39

Requirements

  • Beginner friendly

Description

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!

Who this course is for:

  • Food photographers and videographers that want to take their content to the next level
  • Food photographers
  • Food Videographers
  • Restaurant owners
  • PR agencies
  • Influencers
  • Social media managers
  • Food brands
  • Farmers
  • Food lovers
  • Food bloggers