Instagrammers who take their food photography seriously have something to learn from Assad Dadan
Assadu00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099s photograph of Truffle and English Carrot Dumplings at Yauatcha
The food arrives at your table — a feast of steamed white rice and fish curry. It looks and smells delicious but how do you photograph it?
In an Instagram-loving age, where food is first photographed, then eaten, it can become difficult to make a simple dish look good on camera.
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Assad’s photograph of Truffle and English Carrot Dumplings at Yauatcha
This weekend, food photographer Assad Dadan, 33, will host a workshop, his second in the city, to answer all food photography-related questions. “The workshop is for those interested in understanding how to photograph food using a DSLR. It’s easy to make a pretty plate of food at a fancy restaurant, with nice lighting, look good, but the real art is in clicking an average plate and making it look appetising, using props or correct lighting,” says Dadan, also the founder of culinary blog, Medium & Rare.
Assad Dadan
The workshop will cover various aspects of photography, including the importance of styling and framing, the use of natural and artificial lights, composition and framing, and post processing. You will also get the chance to practise — Dadan will be setting up his camera and photography equipment — on plates of dummy food, like pastries and breads.
“The idea is not to focus heavily on the food because food photography is more than that. It is about conveying a mood — where has it been shot, what’s the setting, what time of the day is itâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088and what is the weather like outside. All of these add up to tell a story,” he says.
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