Key Information

		100% Online Learn at your own convenience
		Live learning and discussion with instructor every week
		50 Hours of Learning 10 weeks of study: 4-5 hours per week
		English Course offered in English

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Photograph food well for your intended purpose

• Apply understanding of light and composition to take the best photographs for your needs

• Build sets to take the best food photographs

• Work with studio, natural and artificial light

• Capture visual effects such as steam, smoke, and the beverage 'splash' in food images.

• Use Lightroom, or similar software, to catalogue images and manage editing efficiently

• Use Photoshop, or similar software, to retouch photos, adding lustre and shine to food images like a professional

This course aims to take your photography skills from beginner or elementary level to a more advanced level for professional output by enhancing your skills to manipulate light, create special effects and develop your editing and post-production skills.

Requirements: A camera, entry-level digital camera or upwards, is preferred. A simple tripod would be useful for efficiency and image stability. Access to image editing software, such as Lightroom or Photoshop.

Who is this course for?

Beginners and keen photographers alike may benefit from this course.

Food writers/bloggers, social media marketers/influencers, food producers, chefs, aspiring food photographers, recipe/cookbook developers and restaurant owners who want to extend and deepen their photography skills.

Instructor: Nelly le Comte

Food photography is Nelly’s passion! A graduate in Photography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, Nelly worked for various fashion clients and magazines before landing the job of Chief Photographer at a leading Dutch fashion, health and fitness magazine. Since 2006, Nelly has focused more and more on food photography and has built a broad client base including many of Australia’s leading magazines and book publishers, such as, Eat Well, Nourish, Plum, and Hardie Grant. Advertising assignments have included jobs for RFG, Brookfarm, BZYOO, Ink Gin, Sunburst, Zespri, Duck Creek, The Strand, Byron Bay Chilli Co and Elements of Byron. 

When it comes to food photography, Nelly works with both natural light and studio light and is a master of balancing both to create the best images for her clients, including the use of digital technologies to enhance the end product. Nelly now works from her studio, with a well-equipped kitchen and abundant natural light, in Byron Bay.

Career Opportunities

Food and restaurant photographers, food stylists, recipe developers, bloggers, social media content creators.