The Art of the GOBO | Creative Lighting for Food Photography

In this video, I explore an area of creative lighting for food photography: GOBOs. I talk about why they're unique and how to properly use them.
Hope it helps!
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This is what happens when creativity meets photography skills.
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Thank you for these amazing content.

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Been using gobos with theatrical lights with my other business for about 35 years, but I learned a lot from this video about how to apply the concept to photography and flash. Great job and thanks!

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The best channel by far for creating the best layouts and shots! I watch you ALLLL THE TIME to get ideas on how to best light my food photography. I love that it's step by step and explained so well! Hopefully i can become half as good!!!!

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Such good video 🎉🍋 specifically helpful to me was how you explained how a small light source v. large light source affects the sharpness of the shadows, plus ensuring the GOBO actually highlights your subject 👌👌👌

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