If you haven’t heard about it already, this weekend is Penny de Los Santos‘ creativeLIVE workshop about food photography. I love creativeLIVE’s workshops. I’ve watched so many wonderful photographers give their knowledge freely, and have learned so much from them. When I saw that Penny was going to do a food photography workshop, I was super excited. Food photography is a hobby for me, something I do strictly for fun. I’ve been a fan of Penny’s work for a while. It is just stunning, a true feast for the eyes (pun intended).

When I tuned in today, I was hoping to pick up a few tips and tricks to make my food photos better. Boy, was I underestimating it. Penny really brought it.

Everything she said today was absolute gold for all genres of photography. Perhaps the most helpful part to me personally was the critiques with her photography editor from Saveur Magazine, Larry Nighswander. They really broke down the photos and pointed out things that my eye isn’t trained enough yet to see. And even though the photos were of food or food culture, the critiques would apply to any type of photos, whether wedding, portrait, travel, or just snapshots.

I can’t wait for the rest of the workshop this weekend, especially since they will be actually getting down to the nitty-gritty and doing some food shoots. A huge thank you to all of the creativeLIVE crew. They deliver this outstanding content to us for FREE. I can’t say enough good things about them. And a special thank you to Penny for taking time out of her life to fly up to Seattle and for giving of herself so generously to share a little about her passion for food photography and food culture.