Food Photography Bundle

Great work!

Very informative! Andrew Scrivani is an amazing artist who is very generous with all the information in this course. I feel motivated and more confident in my work. Food photography has so many layers, and Mr. Scrivani peeled it back like an onion.

Loved watching this and found it interesting and helpful.

AWESOME. So creative and so relevant in food photography. The models also do match with the style of the restaurant. Color pallet and shadows got my attention in this photo shoot. Thanks!

This class is the best class on photography on Creative Live, and is not only about food. Mr. Scrivani is a great artist and a great instructor, who generously shared his knowledge, experience, and expertise with students.

I have a feeling that I lived through a story together with the presenters. This class gives a great insight into the food photographer's life - good practical aspect of how everything is working around. Many valuable tips and definitively inspirational ideas. Thank you!

Outstanding course! Although at first I wondered if I wanted to do a 14-hour course that my busy life would mean breaking up into smaller sections, I was so pleased at how each time I started up again it felt continuous. The instructor is really a great teacher, and his shared experiences were invaluable. I was sad when the course was finished. Thank you!

Big comprensive course about Food Fotography, Teacher/photographer is an expert in food photography. I think this course helps owners, bloggers or photographers/marketeers/creative agencies. The course does not become too technical, which is great. The course goes in all different area's preparation, the actual shoot, editing. It's complete big course and goes in detail.

This is my initial impression as I am 1/3 the way through this course. I glanced at the reviews and am a bit surprised to see only 89% so I looked at some of the negative reviews. It always strikes me as funny when people say that the work of someone who is one of the top photographers in the field doesn't "cut it". That's like me, a medical nobody, criticizing a neurosurgeon on their technique. Others complain that it's too basic but apparently failed to notice the crowd that actually physically attended the class, many were only able to use their cameras on auto mode. so obviously the class was presented at the level of the attendees. I have a lot of experience using cameras so I skipped the one truly basic lesson without feeling cheated. This is a business of aesthetics in that there are guideposts but hard rules? Not so much. He has his methods and artistic values which include a high degree of integrity (all food that he shoots could be eaten afterwards, in other words no fake stuff, no toxic substances used). I respect that. I believe this would set a good foundation for a student to build upon to create their own style, just like mastery of any art has always been accomplished throughout history. Notable errors in terms of the video and audio only, from time to time the sound level drops out quite a bit and in lesson 19 around minute 11 to 12 or so , I have to ask if the pro camera person took a break and handed it to a security guard or something? The framing is all over the place and the zooming in and out could make some need motion sickness meds. Thus far no other issues.

This course is excellent! I liked it so much. I got a lot of ideas. And, compared to other courses from other companies this one makes it easy to follow. And, of course the instructors are fantastic. They have the charisma I like to see in an instructor. Thanks!

Really engaging, personable and practical approach to teaching. It's often easy to forget that photography should be a fun activity when we're obsessing over getting 'a perfect shot'. Todd and Diane's advice is extremely practical, appliable and helpful. I absolutely loved watching and listening to them, and my photography, styling and preparatory skills have vastly improved since taking this course.

A good course by Mr. Scrivani and he provided alot of helpful information.

It is difficult to review this couple, she is very present but thats for a reason. She is amazing for her vision at styling. He is mostly repeating her ideas and comments. So a big tip: if he can be more focussing on the techinal details for example, lenses, aperture etc. (similar like the internet questions) this course can be one of the best courses.

My favorite food photography class on Creative Live

Good lessons for starter like me. Thanks a lot!

Andrew's class is excellent, through-and-through. The mere handful of negative reviews focus on the underwhelming results of his test shots in the class -- they're kind of missing the point. The instructor's test shots aren't about the final product, they're used to tell about the process, and boy does he do that. This course is comprehensive and concise. Scrivani talks about the ins-and-outs of the job itself (how much is styling, how much is buying the food or preparing it yourself, how much is just pure photography) and furthermore gives insight as to the nature of the business and pricing. He is clearly a strong teacher with an ear for student input, and it shows. He explains things in stages so that he doesn't 'lose' a novice student, but doesn't dumb it down so much that he's wasting the time of veteran photographers. Within each lesson (let's say he's describing the function of aperture, something most photogs already know) he's keen to pepper in little details about equipment, styling, or lighting so that there's useful information for a broad scope of the audience. The other courses, taught by Penny De Los Santos, are a joke compared to this one. De Los Santos I'm sure is a nice person, and she produces wonderful work, but her course provides little practical information and she effectively ignores her audience saying only "yeah this isn't good", making some unnamed adjustment, then "yeah okay this works" while the audience just sits there wondering what's even going on. Andrew Scrivani is very different. In one student-photographed shot, he recognizes that a more experienced pupil can easily snap his 'handheld' photo challenge, and so he throws them a curveball -- take an additional shot with a different background or styling -- and communicates clearly to the audience why he's changing the task and what the significance is. For a novice pupil, he assists her with the camera and explains to the audience the importance of getting settings right. All told, I had been unimpressed with CreativeLive's tutorial offerings until I stumbled upon this fantastic instructor. Yes, some of the information is dates (iPhone photography has taken giant leaps forward since 2013) but the practical information (lighting, budget options, business advice) is all salient and relevant. Andrew, if you by chance read these reviews, I'll say once more what was true the moment I started watching -- this course is excellent.

Loved them! really enjoyed this class

Fantastic class! I don't understand those few who say they are disappointed in the course, or that it's somehow 'outdated' - the principles outlined in this course are valuable no matter how technologies change through time. Mr. Scrivani's world-class credentials as a food photographer put him in the upper 1% of the genre. I learned so much from going through this course that I will need (and want) to revisit it many times in the attempt to fully retain all that he offers here. I am now seeking out more of his training and am inspired to begin attending his workshops! Absolutely recommend! 5 stars!!

I'd hire Andrew. I've watched the first half and I find that this is a good class and conversation about the commercial photography business, Food Photography or otherwise. It is also a classic case of being authentic and making that a part of what you offer as a photographer. I really appreciate hearing what I did from another New Yorker. There are things, either indirectly suggested or not said at all, that resonate with me, as another person from the area, that piqued my interest and resulted in holding my attention longer.

Really enjoyed watching how Todd and Diane work. Got a lot of inspiration for food styling, lighting options (especially learning to play with different angles), creating variations in mood and emotional connections.

I took this class thinking I would pursue food photography, and while I decided my passion doesn't lie here I learned so much about photography, passion and seeing the unique in everything. I appreciate that this class was more about seeing and learning than the technical aspects (which are learned by practice anyway). Thank you.

While I generally like Andrew's classes, I feel he's not really addressing solutions to problems but gives very simple answers that dont seem to reflect the top photographer knowledge he considers to have. Also I never heard a please or thanks towards his collaborators which I find disrespectful. He did not answer correctly some questions. This is a beginner class.

I got excited when I saw this class as I love to learn more about food in motion but watching the free class intro ended it for me... I found it very irritating and distracting to hear so many "um's". When he starts a new sentence it's like waiting for a mozzie to bite . Sorry but I couldn't handle it, others may not have a problem.

Steve Hansen's jobs are very sophisticated but I couldn't see in this class it is very very basic and inadequate, when I was looking student jobs they are much more interesting then telling on class. I would like to take back my payment if possible

This was not the information I was wanting to learn . The trailer was not helpful in determing the actual content of this video. Although it is well done if this is the information one is wanting... Was not helpful for my needs...