The RD Entrepreneur Symposium

5 Steps to Create Gorgeous Food Photos with your Phone

with 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:

  1. Lighting
  2. Story
  3. Composition
  4. Styling with color
  5. 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