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Photographing Your Cakes Well!

All Cakeheads Tutorials • 52m

How to quickly take GREAT photos of your work and then edit them to make them even better!

Notes: When the sound got funky while recording, it was because I was showing the setup and mentioning how I could easily move the light stands around.

The editing software I use is Picmonkey.com.
The DSLR camera I use is an old Canon, model EOS 30D, with a (usually purchased separately) 50mm lens.

What we covered: rotate, crop, levels, dodge, colors (including white balance picker), airbrush, clone, vignette, focal soften, textures, and adding your logo (using "add an image", fade, color via eye dropper), then resize & save.

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LINKS & SUPPLIES

Related tutorial: Live! All About Photography! (Camera settings and more): https://www.cakeheads.com/tutorial/live-all-about-photography
Picmonkey (photo editing software): https://www.picmonkey.com/

SUPPLIES
- Canon EOS Rebel T7i DSLR Camera 18-55mm Lens + Carrying Case: https://www.amazon.com/Canon-Rebel-Camera-18-55mm-Carrying/dp/B07JQGHHC5/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1TEU478DECUP1&keywords=canon+dslr+camera+t7i&qid=1569598250&sprefix=canon+dslr+camera,aps,268&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=mcgcak-20&linkId=2d38edca657c076ce236ea5673144f91&language=en_US
- EOS 30D camera (model referenced in video): https://amzn.to/37FQFFw
- 50mm lens: https://amzn.to/2Dkow9m
- SH Background Stand: https://amzn.to/2XMbGtQ
- Photo Studio Portrait Seamless Collapsible Backdrop Background Paper (White): https://amzn.to/2DlfGbi

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