Culinary Product Photography
Technical Certificate · 18 credit hours · 2 semesters · Division of Food, Fermentation and Culinary Production
Studio photography of prepared food for packaging, menu, and advertising use. Lighting for reflective and matte surfaces, food styling, stand-in construction, and technique for gelatinous, custard, and suspension products, which do not hold under continuous light. Session scheduling accounts for this; practicum shoots for those product categories are completed within the first ninety minutes of the studio block.
Students supply their own camera body. Acceptable models are listed in the program handbook. A refundable equipment deposit is required for use of studio lighting and grip equipment.
Curriculum
| Course | Title | Credits | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHO 110 | Studio Photography Fundamentals | 3 | 1 |
| PHO 120 | Lighting for Reflective and Matte Surfaces | 3 | 1 |
| PHO 130 | Food Styling and Stand-In Construction | 3 | 1 |
| PHO 180 | Product Photography Practicum | 3 | 2 |
| PHO 210 | Digital Workflow and Client Delivery | 3 | 2 |
| PHO 220 | Advanced Technique for Unstable Products | 3 | 2 |
Graduates
Custard does not hold under a hot light, and nobody tells you until it collapses on set. PHO 130 told me, and made me build a stand-in. That one lesson pays my studio rent.
Nadia Kolb, ’24 — Commercial photographer, food and packaging
Facilities and instruction
Instruction is delivered in the facilities of the Division of Food, Fermentation and Culinary Production. Additional photographs are collected at Campus photographs.
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