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Learning the visual elements of design:

Freelance food photographer and food writer Sylvie Shirazi gives an insight into the masterful world of food photography. An article well worth reading from the food maestro herself:

At the core of all photography lies subject, composition and lighting. If those three things are poor, no amount of post-processing work will fix it. It won’t matter what your aperture, f/stop or ISO is if you don’t have an interesting subject, good composition, and great lighting. Without these, a photo will lack impact. Learning how to effectively read a photograph will give you better insight into how to achieve those crucial elements in your own work. Reading a photograph is the study of how a particular image was created and the thought process of the photographer behind it. Photographers constantly make decisions about lighting (quality and quantity), composition (the arrangement of visual elements) as well as content (subject and meaning) when taking photographs…

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