CHAPTER ELEVEN

Shooting Food on Location

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Sounds like fun to photograph food on location, right? But have you ever done any job out of town? It’s stressful to work in unfamiliar surroundings, but when you put the added physical element of transporting yourself and the tools of your trade, it can be overwhelming. Taking a photography enterprise on the road is similar to moving … twice in one day. Photographing food outside the studio often means without a kitchen. Even shooting in your neighbor’s backyard is lots more work than styling and shooting in a studio where you have a full kitchen to prep and style the food.

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