Food presentation has now become an art form! Learn how to photograph that culinary delight before you devour it!

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Rates

Photographer: $129

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Duration

2 hours

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About

For those of us who love to take pictures, it is VERY hard to be confronted with a visual culinary delight in a fancy restaurant and not take a picture! You’ve been there, right? Food presentation has now become an art form. That gorgeous dessert dripping with sauce and calories just HAS to be photographed before it is eaten, right?

But it is not easy to do. The picture does not do justice to the dish: it comes out too bright, or too dark, or too blurry, or the wrong color. Or you have committed an even worse sin by leaving your camera at home or eating the food before shooting it!

Help is now on the way from professional food and restaurant photographer E. David Luria. Director of the Washington Photo Safari, working in cooperation with Tikka Restaurant in the Forest Hills area of Washington, DC to show you how to get the best food pictures with your camera or phone..

Washington Photo Safari is one of the country’s largest photography instruction programs, having trained over 46,000 amateur photographers from 50 states and 71 countries on 6,900 photo safaris.

Tikka, a very popular new Indian restaurant in northwest DC offers an authentic blend of North Indian and Nepali cuisine, combining tradition with innovation. Their menu showcases signature tandoor dishes and our famous tikka masala sauce, delivering bold, vibrant flavors rooted in heritage.. Led by award-winning Chef Suman Pradhan, known for his bold approach to “tikka” and mastery of sauces

Tikka will serve the first of 3 plates, all included in the fee, Before you dive in to taste the samples served by the restaurant, Mr. Luria,( who has photographed over 300 restaurants for the Entertainment Book,) will provide tips on camera settings , white balance, ISO, depth of field and composition and camera stability so that memories of your experience in the restaurant will exist not just in your stomach but in your camera as well, a VERY valuable skill to have on your next vacation!

Here are the dishes that will be served on this safari for you to photograph and then eat:

Plate 1: Starter: Mango Palok: Baby spinach leaves and Mango chaat, (REALLY delicious!)

Plate 2: Main Course: choice of Tikka Masala, chicken, lamb, goat dishes , vegetarian menu available

Plate 3 :Dessert:, Mango ice cream or Gulab Jamun (fried dough balls soaked in roe-flavored syrup)

Side: Garlic Naam Bread

For this safari any camera will do, even cellphone cameras, but cameras with adjustable apertures, shutter speeds and the ability to shoot on Manual are highly recommended to give you the maximum benefit from the safari. Lenses such as 18-55mm are fine, wide angle lenses (i.e. 10-20 mm or 11-16 mm) give broader coverage for interior shots, 60mm or 105mm macro lens capability is also desirable for food close-ups that blur the background. . We also suggest a table-top tripod or a handy Gorillapod for stability, but we will also show you what to do if you DON’T have one.

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What to Bring

• Camera
• Lenses
• Extra memory cards
• Extra charged battery
• Tripod
• Accessories such as filters, remote release
• Weather appropriate clothing

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Where to Meet

Meet inside Tikka Restaurant at 4221B Connecticut Avenue NW, street and garage parking is available. Closest METRO is Van Ness/UDC, one block away.

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Your Instructor

Architectural photographer E. David Luria is founder and director of the Washington Photo Safari, which has provided over 6,700 photo safaris for 46,000 amateur photographers – an average of 5 people every day, 365 days a year, since it was founded in 1999.

“You taught me several important points and helped me better understand not only photography but also my own camera. I've taken photo classes at the Smithsonian, Glen Echo, and the Washington School of Photography. You've been the best among all the teachers I've had.“ David Lassiter, Olney, MD

Trained in Paris by a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mr. Luria is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers and the Society of Photographic Educators and has had his images of DC appear in over 100 publications, calendars, and postcards and on 30 magazine covers.