Samsung NX Club: Food Photography Workshop

My wife tagged me on this event post in Facebook for a Food Photography Workshop sponsored by Samsung. 

Fortunately I was free for the event. I was curious what it was all about.

Everybody knows that Samsung creates smart phones and tablets that can stand against mobile mogul giants like Apple but other than creating excellent handy electronics, they also create other appliances and digital cameras.  They were very generous enough to have  a food photography workshop facilitated by Francis Rivera.

Sir Francis Rivera has been a commercial photographer in the country he has shot multiple renowned brands and companies like, Shakey's, Cravings, Kenny Rogers, Aristocrat, Kraft products and many many more.  The workshop was pretty straight forward as Sir Francis first breaks down things that we should keep in mind, like considering characteristics of food when shooting, light position has a certain effect on your subject.  Sir Francis also taught us some industry tricks like food stylists only prepare half-cooked food, and who would've thought that chemistry has some uses in food photography as well.  

Francis Rivera breaking down his lighting setup of the image on the screen.

During the later part of the workshop, participants had a mini photo competition.  We were very lucky to shoot food from Richmonde Hotel.  I just wish that we had more time to shoot and study more about food photography.  At the end of the mini photo-competition, we were allowed to eat what we shot.  I loved each morsel that I put in my mouth, I just wish I asked the name of the dish and listed down each and everyone of the food.

Got to try what I learned from the workshop

I just love shooting food and I get to eat it after.  Thank you Samsung NX for the workshop and Richmonde hotel for the delicious food!