Learn How To Do
Food Photography Like A Pro!
Food Photography
Food Styling
Prop Styling & More!
This online course will teach you everything you need to know to get started with your food photography journey.
25 Year Food Photography Professional Christina Peters, teams up with her favorite food stylist, Alise Arato and prop stylist, Amy Paliwoda, to give you this all inclusive online course so you can learn to shoot like a professional food photographer.
Get A Jump Start On Your Food Photography!
What You Will Learn:
- Food Photography Foundations
- Lessons about Cameras, Lenses, and Tripods
- Essential Camera Settings Explained
- What is White Balance & How to use it
- Composition and Camera Angles
- Food Styling Foundations For All Foods
- Styling Soups
- Styling Sandwiches
- Styling Pastas
- Styling Desserts
- Prop Styling Foundations
- 3 Easy Natural Light Setups
- How To Modify Natural Light
- Bonus – Intro To Editing In Lightroom and shooting tethered
The image to the left is from the back light demo that you will see in the course. Christina talks about the lighting and walks through how to do a shot like this on your own.
Finally Get Control Of Your Camera!
The Course
This course will finally get you comfortable with your camera in manual mode and using natural light for your food photos. The technical instruction is made easy to understand. Not only will you get to learn how to use your camera but you’ll learn several food and prop styling techniques, tips and tricks to make your food look fabulous.
We will talk about the best ways to use natural light to bring out the best in your food. There are three natural light demos showing you how to set up your shots for back light, side light and how to do an overhead set. There will be several food and prop styling demos as well.
This course was filmed live with a professional video crew. We spared no expense – seriously, the production cost $30,000. There is a multi camera set up so that you can see everything going on, including close ups of what the instructors are working on. Each instructor has their own microphone so you can hear everything as if you are right there.
Who It's For
FOOD BLOGGERS – usually half of our students are food bloggers. If you have a food blog, you must have great food photography. If you start taking great images of your food, you could start doing sponsored posts and getting paid to blog. Many food bloggers do professional food photography as well.
CULINARY PROFESSIONALS – Whether you are trying to grab images in the kitchen, or get a beauty shot of your dish, photographing your food is extremely important to show what you can do.
FOOD COMPANIES – Christina has taught several food companies how to take pictures of their food.
COMPLETE BEGINNERS and HOBBYISTS – Are you just starting out? This course is perfect for you. It will save you time by teaching you exactly what you need to learn so that you can get control of your camera, use natural light, and prepare your food beautifully. We’ve actually had several photographers do the beginner workshop who have experience with other photography disciplines and learn a ton about food photography.
Your Instructors
Christina Peters – Food Photographer
Christina first picked up a camera when she was 8 years old. After her 2nd photography degree, she settled in Los Angeles and has had a successful food photography career for more than 25 years. She has a wide range of clients from magazines, ad agencies, design firms, restaurants, food manufacturers, the list goes on. Christina has also been teaching food photography workshops since 2011.
Alise Arato – Food Stylist
Alise Arato is a Los Angeles based Food Stylist with 20 years of experience in Editorial + Advertising, Print + Motion projects. Her clients include major brands, corporations as well as editorial & boutique businesses. Alise's extensive background in art & design + cooking informs a clean, balanced & graphic aesthetic. Always looking to stay current she is continually experimenting & researching new ways to reimagine food culture today.
Amy Paliwoda – Prop Stylist
Amy is a prop stylist and art director based in Los Angeles, specializing in tabletop, food and cosmetics clients, and have been working in the industry for twenty years. Amy's work is fresh, clean, and witty, with the aim of inspiring the viewer in a stylishly approachable way. Amy loves to collaborate with a team, playing with visual puzzles of composition, and creating a narrative that tells a story. Amy is also the co-owner of The Surface Library, a prop house located in Hollywood, CA offering tabletop surfaces and set dressing for food, product, and lifestyle shoots.
Your instructors have food photography clients such as: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Bath & Body Works, Brookside Chocolates, Bumble Bee Tuna, Campbell's Soups, Cici's Pizza, Kraft, Libby's, Marriott Hotels, Nestle, Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt, Taco Bell, McDonald's, Burger King, Dominos Pizza, Whole Foods Market, Walmart, Weight Watchers, Anheuser Busch, Bon Appetit, Conde Nast, Dole, Epicurious, Food Network, Glamour Magazine, Anthropologie, Harlequin Publishing, Harper Collins Publishers, Hershey's, JC Penny, Martha Stewart, Pizza Hut, Sunkist, Target, Vegetarian Times, Absolut, Carnation, The Cheesecake Factory, Chobani, Coca-Cola, Dreyer's, Farmer John, Frito Lay, Herbalife, Hilton, Hostess, Jack In The Box, Kellog's, King's Hawaiian, Lawry's, Purina, Red Robin, Rubio's, Sizzler, Snapple, Starbucks, Tyson, and, Uncle Ben's, just to name a few.
What You Get – Four Modules Plus Two Bonuses
MODULE 1 FOOD STYLING: There are five sections in this module covering all the basics of food styling along with four food styling demos.
MODULE 2 PROP STYLING: There are three sections in this module covering all the basics of prop styling broken down into three parts.
MODULE 3 FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY: There are seven sections in this module covering all the basics of food photography in an easy to understand way.
MODULE 4 BONUS LIGHTING DEMONSTRATIONS: There are two sections in this module. Christina, Alise and Amy show you three different natural light demonstrations from start to finish with loads of info along the way.
MODULE 5 BONUS BEGINNER EDITING IN LIGHTROOM: This workshop would not be complete without teaching you how to edit your images in Adobe Lightroom. This is the final step in creating beautiful food photos.
MODULE 6 NEXT STEPS: This module will talk about what your next steps are with your food photography, what to learn next, and how to get ongoing support.
There are no strangers here; only friends that haven't met yet.
Start Your Food Photography Journey Now!
Digital Workshop 7 Day Money-Back Guarantee
We give you 7 days to check out the program. If it's not what you were expecting, just email Christina for a full refund.
Online Course
Learn To Do Food Photography Like A Pro!- 10 hours of video content ($999 Value)
- PDF of the Course Workbook ($49 Value)
- Bonus Natural Side Light Demo ($149 Value)
- Bonus Natural Back Light Demo ($149 Value)
- Bonus Overhead Shooting Demo ($149 Value)
- Bonus Beginner Editing In Adobe Lightroom ($399 Value)
Testimonials From The Course
Frequently Asked Questions
How long do I have access to the course?
You will have access for the lifetime of the course – which will be at least 3 years from the time that you enroll.
What if I don't have a camera yet?
Perfect! If you don't have a camera yet, Christina will let you know what are the most important settings to look for when picking out a camera for photographing food.
What if I hate my current camera or lens?
Perfect! If you hate your current camera or lens, Christina might show you some settings on your camera to make you love it again. If you really just want a new camera or lens, Christina will let you know what are the most important settings to look for when picking out a camera and/or lens for photographing food.
Many students have taken Christina's courses in the past thinking their camera was broken and it just turned out that one setting was set to something that made it very difficult to take pictures. The goal here is to teach you how to use what you have. Not to up-sell you into spending more money. Honestly there are awesome cameras that are $400. So, unless your camera is 15 years old, chances are, Christina can make your camera work for you.
What kind of support do I really have?
This is the first time Christina is offering this: If you buy the course during the enrollment period, you will be given dates that Christina will do a weekly program with you via Zoom for four weeks to help you get through the program. Each week you will cover one module's content with a live Q & A. If you buy the program after enrollment, you will be allowed to join the next round of live zoom calls when she offers them, at no additional cost to you.
I still have questions. How do I get them answered?
Just email Christina with any questions that you have cp@foodphotographyclub.com