5 Flat Lay Lighting Tips for Food Photography
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2018
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Love this! I'm a total beginner and I'm learning so much with you💕 Thank you for sharing all your knowledges so nicely ⭐️
Thank you for the great tutorial -- especially for the suggestion of creating diagonal shadows with your lighting. I think that makes all the difference in the world!
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This makes so much sense!!! and now i can look back and see why a number of my photos in the past didn't look right.
Love the tips on flat lay lighting -- so difficult to get it just right. My favourite extra is the where you say you'll play around with the composition for another twenty minutes as I keep playing with angles, story etc. Only I measure it in hours!
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Great tips! The lighting tips in your videos have been invaluable to me. Aperature and depth of field is so important in food photography. Thank you for touching on the subject. I have a food photoshoot this Thursday, so I am reviewing your videos. You are a good teacher and have a great personality. Thank you!
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Hi Joanie, Oh my god....I have watched almost all your videos in the last week and I have been playing around with the tips that you give. I have also tested some shots in Manual mode as opposed to Auto or others, and I almost want to cry....from happiness....The difference is night and day, I could never imagine that a photo can be so affected by certain things...Really I want to cry and jump around screaming from joy..Thank you. I wish I could show you the before and after pictures and how your advice and guidance has improved my photos. I don't do food photography, I do clothes flat lay photography right now and your information applies 100%. I'm so happy. Thank you thank you thank you. I also love your vibes and watching your videos is pretty addicting, you are so funny, beautiful and fun. :)
I love your videos so much! Not only are they so informative but you have a way of making the techniques so much less intimidating! Thank you so much!
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Great tutorial. The door in the background brings back great memories. Thank you.
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Being a Foodie myself and following Photography as a Passion, I feel blessed to come across your channel.
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Love from India. 😊
This is so helpful thank you Joanie - I’m loving all your videos 😊 and your little boy is soooo cute
Thank you for this! I love taking flatlays, mine are of craft projects (I crochet) but the concept is largely the same in the sense that the objects I'm photographing have a lot of detail and not much height. Thank you for your helpful tips about fill light and diagonal shadows!
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Thank you so much for the wonderful flat lay lighting tips! I especially enjoyed the little cutie at the end of the video:)
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Super helpful. I have a food gig coming up in a few days, and this gave me some great direction. Thanks for posting.
I have just found your channel and now I'm ready to go all the way for my food photography. Thank you 🙏
Thank you for your tips. I've been watching several of your videos as well as others, and I just finished my first flat lay project.
When the light was coming down from the top of the frame, all of the items looked really good, but I had very long shadows. When the light was almost directly behind the camera, the shadows looked good but the products looked awful. Unable to strike a happy medium, I comped two shots in Photoshop. I was pretty happy with the results. I wouldn't have been able to do that if I was just standing on a chair holding the camera. You helped convince me to invest in a C-stand. So thanks for that as well!
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Absolutely great videos No confusions And no complications thanks a lot ..
absolutely great video as all the ones you do! THANK YOUUUUUUUU Besos from Spain!
Awesome lighting tip...
Loved the part where u talk about diagonal shadows
Just a simple stuff but I never noticed it
You r really awesome
I love your videos, they are so useful to me, also you have a great personality and charisma. Keep going.
Probably the best food photography channel out here!
Your son is adorable! An you are one fun teacher! Regards from Ecuador
Keep it up! Looking forward to the 20 layer cake at 20,000.
Perfect choice for the backdrop. Just like the iconic pink doughnut box.
Photography video is usually intimidating, but ur videos brings me to more confident to learn!!!! Thank you so much
I actually liked the sprinkles everywhere, it gives it more character!
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so helpful as always!! I can't wait to back the backboards from last time and use these tips
Thank you for an amazing video, learned a lot
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As always, great tips! Keep 'em coming! THANK YOU!!!! Hi Calvin cutie! :)
End was lovely
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Love your work and video !!!!
Thank you for this video!! I do flat lays of merchandise I sell and the lighting is the part that drives me nuts!
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Hi Joanie, love your tips...
Thanks, very helpful!
Good job, thank you for sharing the experience :)
OMG he's a doll what a sweet child you have. Great video and tip about the shadows that is a great one to look out for.
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This video is super helpful!!
Great video, Thank you
New subscriber! I love your energy!
specular highlights- love it! also i'm pretty sure this is the reason i woke up wanting rainbow donuts this morning.
I'm such a bad influence!!!
This helped! thanks.
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Great video, Joanie! Now I want my donut fix. Your son's so cute!
Nice tips. Thank you 😘
You are a great person!
I love flat lays... and I love donuts. So that means that this is a great video! :))
Love!
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Adorable ending.
Aww haha Joanie nice video as always and I have a thumbnail in one of my video it's just I am explaining that how you can help some of our Indian lady for shooting cooking videos 😊😎
wowww this was SO HELPFUL. my pics already are WAY better. I did exactly this (but by a window) and it came out so good
So glad to hear!!!
Love your videos!! Regarding the 5 Flat Lay Lighting video, What type of lighting are you using?
Love it
thank you so much
Thanks for another great video Joanie, where can I find that bounce card. Haven’t been able to find it at the regular stores (B&H, Adorama, Samys etc.)
cool vid! donuts make me go nuts! i just did and antipasto flat lay today! :)
So fun! All the great colors in antipasto!
Any suggestions on how to create budget friendly lighting setup for cooking videos pls.. your way of explanation is very nice.. and very nice hair color..
You saved me 600 dollars. Thank you pol
Okay, I'm sold on the flex light. I need more lighting for my food shots in 60 fps. I shot one camera with a Sony a7s thats good in low light, and then a 5d mark iii for 60fps slow mo shots but I keep shooting a low aperture to compensate for the light. Anything that recreates natural light, I'm interested in...Also when I started with artificial lighting, I started out with one diffused speed light and bouncing it off a white wall to shape my light like a window. So I agree, simplify your lighting, Thanks Joanie, another awesome video!
I sure do love the flex light. For how often I use it, it's been worth every penny. And yep, would definitely rock for those epic slow mo shots. I had to do some for a client last week and they were super pleased with the results. Rock on, amigo!
Thank you so much for this video! I was wondering if you(or anyone else for that matter!) has a lower cost LED panel recommendation other than the Westcott? I don't need any other colors/bells & whistles. Just bright "window" light to diffuse & reflect the crap out of. Thank you very much in advance!
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*Great tips*
Good job 👌