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Food Photography for Beginners - Novice to Pro on a Budget (Udemy.com)

Learn How to do Profeesional Food Photography in the Most Budget Friendly Manner

Created by: Kush Sharma

Last updated January 2026

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What you will learn

  • How to shoot professional looking food shots
  • Learning about the different lighting techniques in food photography
  • Understanding the six elements that make up a food shot
  • Learning about the photography gear to be used in food photography
  • Learning about the camera settings to be used in food photography
  • Learning how to create DARK and MOODY food shots
  • Learning about the editing and post-processing techniques for food photography
  • Learning about the props/styling to be used in food photography
  • Learning about the surface/background/backdrop to be used in food photography
  • How to do food photography on a budget

How it compares

Against the other 275 rated Udemy courses in Photography on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 31% of them
  • Reviews29#263 of 276 by number of reviews
  • Length5 hourslonger than 72% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2026more recently than 80% of them

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Course Description

Do you want to learn how to food photography?

Do you want to become a professional food photographer and start charging potential clients/cafes/restaurants/hotels?

Then you've come to the right place!

I have created this food photography course in such a way that even if you are complete beginner, you will be able to easily understand and apply everything!

At the same time, it's also perfect for intermediate level food photographers who really want to take their food photography skills to the next level!

The best and most unique part about this course is that we take a LEVEL BASED APPROACH!

That means we start from the basic LEVEL 1 shot and keep increasing the difficulty and professionalism of shots with each level.

This makes your learning very linear, easy and practical!

In this course we focus on the following six elements of food photography:


  • Photography gear to be used

  • Settings to be used in the camera

  • Surface/Background/Backdrop to be used

  • Props/Styling to be used

  • Type of Lighting to be used

  • Editing and Post-Processing of the food shot

With each level, we will increase the difficulty of these six elements and that will mean we see our food shot getting more and more professional as we add more things.

Let's briefly go through these six elements:


Photography gear

In this course we will be mainly focusing on using DSLR or Mirrorless cameras but this course CAN also be followed using phone cameras. We will also be using other shooting gear like prime lenses, tripods, etc.


Settings

Once we start moving up the levels, our main focus will be on using the manual mode of the camera. We will be focusing a lot of the three settings of the exposure triangle - Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO and seeing how to get the best combination of these three settings to get the best food shot.


Surface/Background/Backdrop

We will be using different types of surfaces/backgrounds/backdrops as we move up the levels. You will be pleasantly surprised to see how cheap it is to get your hands on "professional" looking surfaces and backgrounds.

Props/Styling

As  we move up the levels we will start to incorporate more advanced props and styling to our food shot which will make it look more professional.


Type of lighting

This is a very important part of this course because lighting is perhaps the most important of the six elements of food photography. We will be learning how to manipulate the lighting using various techniques which will ultimately enable us to get those DARK/MOODY looking food shots that we see on the internet.


Editing and Post-Processing

No food shot is complete without editing. And as we move up the levels we will start going from basic to advanced editing. The best part is that wherever possible, only free editing software will be used. We will learn all the techniques professional food photographers apply to their shots like selective adjustments, faded look, exposure correction and so much more.


You will also be getting your hands on a document which will contain all the food photography equipment and accessories shown in this course so you don't have to research anything on your own.

The best part about this course is that everything that is shown is either very cheap or in most cases can even be made at home with some hacks (DIY stuff).

Food photography is truly a skill that once mastered can easily be used to make an earning since it's a skill that is always in demand because food industry is one industry which will always keep growing.

A side advantage of learning food photography is that you can apply most of the things to product photography too.

So you learn two genres of photography in one go.


Who am I?

I'm Kush Sharma, a professional photography and videography instructor and I have taught over 45000 students form over 160 countries. I have been teaching photography since 2013.


So if you like the sound of all this, then don't wait any longer. Sign up right now and we'll get started straight away! :)







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Instructor Details

Kush Sharma

Hi there. I'm Kush Sharma. I'm a photography, videography, editing and digital marketing instructor based out of Pune, India.

I've been an online entrepreneur since 2012.

I run two online businesses where I create and sell online courses.

The first one is called Creative Pad Media. This is a photography and videography training business where I share my knowledge in the field of photography and videography.

The second one is called Click Trainers. This is where I teach people how to create and run an Online Course Business just like the one I have at Creative Pad Media.

I hope my courses here have a positive impact on my students.

Looking forward to serve you.

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Reviews

4.4

29 ratings on Udemy

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By Wayne Ramsay on 3/26/2025

Good delivery, easy to understand.

By Krish Lele on 4/22/2024

fantastic course. I loved the use of pvc paper as background and surface because it's cheap and still looks real.

By Ruchika Malhotra on 4/21/2024

till now its been really good and my skills are improving. i am on level 4 currently in the course.

By Darryl Barnes on 8/30/2023

Very good deliverance and teaching is plain and simple.

By Manav Hoodlikar on 11/8/2022

im really liking the level based approach on this shot because when i saw level 1 shot i thought wow this looks bad but as kush keeps going on to higher levels the shots get more n more professional and its mind blowing...this is how every course should be structures..really makes it easy to understand and follow

By Pearls of Life AB Skeppargatan 67 SE-556 on 10/4/2022

Not clear What he says

By Sanghamitra Goswami on 4/3/2022

lovely course... I am gonna try these skills very soon.

By Caro Baring on 3/31/2022

Kush always provides a lot of detail, but in a simple and easy way to understand.

By Tapashi Banerjee on 3/30/2022

A superb course as always. The coffee beans look so tempting. I hope I will master photography someday. Thank you!

By Cynthia Fernandes on 3/28/2022

Amazing, always Kush Sharma develops a content which really keeps you hooked and make you crave to learn more. I have never been so impressed by online courses but Kush Sharma's courses are just superb

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Overall Score : 88 / 100