This class will be well suited for serious photographers as well as foodies and food bloggers who simply want to learn to take the best possible food photos and enjoy a great meal with fellow photographers.

What to Expect:

Join editorial food photographer Rob Andrew at The Wooden Spoon restaurant for a meal and 4 hour class in the fundamentals of food photography. You’ll both photograph and eat a meal prepared by Chef Jesse Paul to get the real life experience of shooting great food on location. The Wooden Spoon focuses on fresh, seasonal, local, farm-to-table recipes,  as delicious as they are beautiful. Each student/guest will be served a prix fixe menu including an entree, a salad or appetizer and an adult beverage or soft drink to enjoy as part of the package. We will be shooting stand-in plates, while the plates to actually eat are being prepared.

Chef will discuss food preparation, styling and plating for the camera as well as be on hand to answer your cooking questions.

The Details & Order of the Class

Rob brings years of experience shooting food for magazines, small businesses and brands. He will discuss:

1. Preparation for shoot/consulting with chefs before a shoot.
2. Understanding different types of food photo clients and when to apply various techniques (editorial, commercial,, PR firms, restaurants small businesses).
3. The essentials of nailing the shot like, lighting, camera techniques, equipment and the proper setup.
4. Basic food styling on how to make the food look delicious.
5. Tethered shooting to instantly see your work on the big screen to make sure details are tack sharp.
6. Lots of hands-on shooting will be the primary focus of the class to give you plenty of real world experience shooting food.
7. Q & A and critique to follow.

What to bring

• Please bring a DSLR or mirrorless camera that allows you to change lenses and manually control your settings.
• If you have a macro lens or a close focus lens you will want to bring it. Otherwise a midrange zoom anywhere in between 18-200mm would work just fine.
• If you would like to bring any of your own lighting or accessories to use you are more than welcome to do so.
• Bring your preferred method of taking notes.
• Most importantly…bring an appetite 🙂

Don’t miss this new and unique niche opportunity and sign up below before this class fills up!

Instructor Information

Rob Andrew rob@robandrewphoto.com

Rob Andrew is San Diego based commercial photographer. He specializes in lifestyle, food and portraiture and has worked for brands and publications like Westways Magazine, John Deere, Razer Electronics, Woman's World, Vista Print, Gordon Rush, San Diego Home and Garden, Costco and more. When Rob is not shooting or teaching you can find him hiking or snowboarding in the mountains or playing guitar in and around San Diego.