Wedding photographers capture moments as they happen.
Landscape photographers capture landscapes as they appear in nature.
While those definitely require technique, creativity and skill, I feel food and product photographers have an extra role to create a scene/story when they photograph the subject.
We don’t have a ready-made scene to capture but instead need to create one from scratch. As food photographers we are visual storytellers and the most powerful way to tell a story is by creating a mood. Mood is the key to evoke emotions & make a viewer feel like they’re present in that scene.
Today’s phenomenal guest, Haniyeh Nikoo shares everything about dark and moody food photography. Former graphic designer, based in Berlin, Hani is a full-time food photographer for a local company and inspires the food photography community by sharing her personal and professional projects on social media.
Photo by Haniyeh Nikoo
Here’s what the episode includes:
- Haniyeh Talks about her photography style and how it has everything to do with light & mood.
- Haniyeh talks about the importance of shaping the light for dark & moody photography.
- She makes a point to balance highlights, shadows and contrast in photography.
- Haniyeh takes us through the planning and process of a photoshoot.
- She talks about how she decides the mood of a food photo.
- She shares pro tips on how to create dark & moody photos.
- Hani highlights some common mistakes photographers make while creating moody photos.
- She talks about the importance of editing in creating moody photography.
- Haniyeh shares how she draws inspiration for her beautiful images.
- Haniyeh and Dyutima talk about how dark & moody photos perform on social media.
Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haniyeh.nikoo/
Website: https://www.haniyehnikoo.com/
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Thanks so much! Glad it was helpful.