The RD Entrepreneur Symposium
5 Steps to Create Gorgeous Food Photos with your Phonewith Malena Perdomo, MS, RDN, CDE
5 Steps to Create Gorgeous Food Photos with your Phone
Malena Perdomo, MS, RDN, CDE
Hola, I am Malena Perdomo a Colorado dietitian and a certified diabetes educator. I am from The Republic of Panama and I love cooking and eating Latin foods. I have an online nutrition business and I create recipes for clients.
What we’ll cover:
5 steps to better photos
How to inspire, motivate, and engage with your photos
Favorite editing apps + lightroom mobile preset
Highlights:
Tips and tricks professional photographers use
How to inspire, motivate, and engage with your photos
Favorite editing apps + lightroom mobile preset
Better workflow
Photos for handouts, blogs, social, etc.
7:54 5 steps:
- Lighting
- Story
- Composition
- Styling with color
- Editing
8:09 Basics + camera apps
9:06 LIghting. Natural light, near window, reflector/diffuser, light from the side or back.
21:14 HDR vs non HDR, use tripod with HDR
23:17 Storytelling: inspire, motivate, educate. Mood of the story, season. Audience sees your photo first, caption second.
Before and after, process, hands.
27:11 Composition. Angle, portrait/landscape, S curve, grid, rule of thirds, 5 grid, golden spiral.
34:55 Styling. Color theory (tone, tint, hue, complementary colors, near each other, triangle), garnishes, props, texture, layers, repetition.
42:56 Editing VSCO, Snapseed, Lightroom Mobile, Afterlight, Polarr, Darkroom, Pro Camera+2, ProCamX, InShot
Editing examples