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#73 - The #1 lighting mistake in moody photography


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Let’s say you have a friend who loves your photography..

..but they don’t really understand the technicalities.


One day you post a moody photo

And they absolutely love it.

So they ask, “how did you create it?”


And you get excited and start telling them all about light and how light creates mood.


But how confident are you about your understanding of light in moody photography?



What if I told you that the most common mistake photographers make while creating moody photography is in the lighting.

And that is majorly because of one huge misconception that has risen from social media. Many photographers teach this technique to create moody photography and those who learn don’t even realize that the technique is not really accurate.


This week’s episode is inspired by that one misleading advice about lighting in moody photography that we see all over the internet.


In this episode I describe the different moods in food photography, what creates mood, lighting basics for creating mood and the biggest lighting mistake we make in moody food photography.



Light is the backbone of photography and it is made up of a ton of subtleties. Having a good hold on these subtleties allows us to take our photography to the next level. 


Understanding brights, highlights, shadows and darks is essential to be able to create a powerful food photo especially, if we want to create a specific mood in that photo. 

When we have a deep understanding of the components of light we can create different moods with exactly the same composition by working on the lighting alone.


And if someone asks “how did you create it?”

We understand lighting for moody photography well enough to be able to answer in the most informed and technically correct way..

… And with full confidence!  



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