{"id":2544,"date":"2020-07-20T21:47:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T03:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2020-07-20T21:52:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T03:52:06","slug":"food-photography-series-part-1-how-food-photography-can-help-rds-with-nutrition-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/food-photography-series-part-1-how-food-photography-can-help-rds-with-nutrition-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Photography Series Part 1: How Food Photography Can Help RDs with Nutrition Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We are excited to start our four-part Food Photography Series with Rebecca Clyde! Follow along for the next 4 weeks as Rebecca shares how she became a food photographer, tips for taking beautiful food photos, equipment she uses, and her favorite RD food photographers! Rebecca will also be answering your questions in Part 3 of the series so be sure to comment your questions!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you been motivated to make a recipe after seeing it on a beautiful food blog or after seeing a beautiful food photo online? These beautiful photos make cooking seem approachable, even complicated baked goods\u2026 only to turn out nothing like they look in the photos. This isn\u2019t about making complicated recipes look easier than they really are, but about how dietitians can improve food photography skills to show consumers how delicious different foods can look & imply how great they taste. It\u2019s a way to promote your nutrition philosophy and encourage healthful eating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great food photography skills can obviously be used on food blogs, but they can also help you show students the delicious food being served in the cafeteria at school, or showcase healthy options at hospital cafeterias, workplace cafeterias, and other locations. If you want to promote healthful eating and show how yummy your food is, learning a few basic photography skills will get you on your way to draw people in to try that food and also educate the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post, I\u2019ll be sharing how I became a dietitian food photographer and I\u2019ll share 3 general tips to get started. Over the next couple weeks, keep an eye out for 5 game changing photography tips, basic equipment you\u2019ll need to get started, and last but not least, what other RDs are doing with their photography skills. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ok, so now I\u2019d like to quickly introduce myself. My name is Rebecca, I\u2019m a Salt Lake based RD, and I own Nourish Nutrition Co. I started my nutrition business about 4 years ago and currently help people cook for one. I am a freelance food photographer\/videographer as well, and actually, that\u2019s where a majority of my current income is from. I started my business when I couldn\u2019t find a good full-time job after finishing up grad school. In fact, I started my very first blog after finishing my internship and not being able to find a full-time job. Plan B has been awesome for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I became interested in photography when I started my first food blog. I had a fancy (or what I thought was fancy) DSLR camera, I\u2019d practiced general photography, and was excited to show the world my excellent photo skills on my blog. I wrote about the experience in a post on my biggest food photography mistakes, you can read it<\/span> here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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