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CHAPTER 4Studio Equipment for Food Photography

Once you have learned the basics of food photography, what comes next? There are photographers who never want to learn artificial lighting, but to be a commercial photographer, you have to. When you are being paid to work as a professional photographer, you can’t bank on the fact that Mother Nature will provide you with the perfect light. Most of the time, you have to create the light yourself. Budgets on commercial jobs are large, so you’re expected to produce results. If you aren’t ready to execute the job the day of the shoot, you will have a problem. Your reputation as a photographer is on the ...