Choosing the Right Food Photography and Styling Workshop For You

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There are many workshops being conducted and organized. With such a bloom in number of workshops it becomes critical to choose the right workshop. This post provides some insight on how to choose a food photography or styling workshop.

Choosing the Right Food Photography and Styling Workshop

Digital Photography School published a great article on choosing a workshop or photography class. Peter shares four things that you should do before enrolling in the class:

1. Write Out What You Want To Learn
2. Start Searching
3. Check The Syllabus
4. Review the Instructors Photos and Feedback

Read the complete article on Digital Photography School.

Checking syllabus and content of the workshop is important to manage your expectations from the workshop.

With so many food photography workshops being organized these days, it is important that you research the instructors and review their portfolio before signing up. Look for the photos and also see how long an instructor has been teaching or taking photographs. If bio is unavailable online, ask the organizers to provide one.

In past few weeks, I have come across some outstanding workshops. In my opinion, these workshops are taught by some top notch professionals in the industry.

Ongoing Food Photography and Styling Workshops

In the upcoming weeks there are some great food photography workshops being conducted near you. Here are few of them:

1.  Digital Media Playground in San Francisco, CA – Denise Woodward has been organizing food photography workshops and great food photographers have been teaching in these workshops. Danielle Tsi will be teaching in an upcoming workshop on 26th February. Read more.
2. Plate to Page Workshops in Europe– Meeta Khurana (Read food photography interview) from What’s For Lunch Honey, Ilva Beretta (Read food photography interview) from Lucullian Delight, Jamie Schler from Life’s a Feast and Jeanne Horak-Druiff from Cook Sister have formed a coalition and created “Plate to Page”, a series of workshops related to food photography and food writing.
3. Real Food Styling and Photography Workshop in Long Beach, CA – Matt Armendariz (read how Matt became a food photographer) and Adam Pearson are top food photographer and food stylist. They have been teaching photography and styling and recently launched, what seems to be a regular series of photography and styling workshops.

While this list is not a complete list of outstanding food photography workshops, it is a good start. If you know of any other food photography workshop or food photography class that are ongoing, please leave a comment below.

Some other food photographers that have conducted workshops in past include:

1. Clare Barboza’s Raw Food Photography Workshops – Listen to Clare’s interview here.
2. Lara Ferroni’s Food Photography Workshop – Listen to Lara’s interview here.
3. Helene Dujardin’s Food Photography Workshops
4. Diane and Todd from White On Rice Couple

Other Food Photography and Styling Workshops

Have you attended a food photography workshop? Who taught that workshop? Are there any other workshop that should be added to this list? Please leave a comment below.

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