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My biggest tip is always to try and make your food the brightest part of your image. Flat light without shadows or highlights is a photo killer. You want your food to pop off the background, and having that subject be the brightest element in your image will make it stand out from the scene. Another simple tip is to use just a single light source, whether that’s your window or some artificial light, make sure there is only one light from a single direction entering your photo. This will make sure you have appropriate contrast with no mixing of different types of lights and color temperatures. Q: Editing plays a big part in food photography – with everything from image selection to fine adjustments playing a big role to help the subject look its best. process. Can you walk us through your usual process? My usual editing process starts with image selection. I typically use Capture One to shoot tethered from my camera to my computer, so the images appear as I take them (which I have a custom button now on my Loupedeck CT that fires off my camera when I press it!) After the shoot comes the long process of selecting the winning shots; sometimes I know right away and I rate the shots as I take them, but other times I’m sifting through 500 or so images per shoot. After I’ve made my selections, I’ll start to develop the images using the sliders either in Capture One or in the Lightroom develop module. I usually create a general adjustment with things like white balance, exposure and contrast then sync those basic adjustments to all the other images I took during that session. After the RAW images are processed, I’ll move over to Photoshop to remove blemishes, pieces of food that got out of place, or to do more advanced composites combining multiple images together. Q: What were your first impressions of the Loupedeck CT? It’s a beautiful product, I mean just looking at it, it looks great on the desk. I’m not going to lie, it was tough at first because I only have ever used the keyboard. However, after testing it out