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Westcott U Contributor Steve Hansen

Steve Hansen

Westcott U Contributor

An award-winning photographer specializing in food and beverages, Steve Hansen brings an artist’s eye and a chef’s perspective to every image he creates for his clients. Steve draws upon his prior experience as a food stylist, professional chef, and digital artist to every shoot where he creates vibrant and impactful images that consistently resonate with the senses.

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How to Light Glasses & Cocktails

Steve Hansen
Lighting Tips
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In this video, award-winning photographer, director, and CGI artist Steve Hansen breaks down his approach to lighting cocktails and other beverages. Using the FJ400, the FlexiGels, and the Optical Spot by Linds...
Food Photograph - Freeze Motion

How to Freeze Motion for Eye-Catching Food Photography

Steve Hansen
Lighting Tips
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Want to capture food photographs that will stand out from all the rest? Instead of capturing the typical overhead still shot, you can deconstruct your dish or add some movement to your image for results that ar...
Food Photography by Steve Hansen

How to Create Environmental Food Photography

Steve Hansen
Lighting Tips
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Seattle-based photographer Steve Hansen has a knack for creating food images that pop. Standard food photography is often times flat and lifeless, with minimal props and color. Steve avoids boring imagey by add...
Final Food Photography Shot

Creative Lighting for Food Photography

Steve Hansen
Lighting Tips
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Seattle-based food photographer Steve Hansen shows photographers how to use creative lighting for professional food photography in this video tutorial. Creating an interesting image can be difficult when shoot...
Food Photography Lighting

Food Photography Lighting in Tight Spaces

Steve Hansen
Lighting Tips
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Seattle-based commercial photographer Steve Hansen shows us the essentials food photography lighting for tight or confined spaces in this tutorial. For this clean shot, Steve needed to light the interior of a ...
food styling for food photography final image

Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

Steve Hansen
Lighting Tips
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For photographers new to photographing food, food styling may seem a bit daunting. People can make a successful career out of styling food for magazines and blogs. Luckily, Seattle-based food photographer Steve...
Continuous Lighting with the Skylux - Wine Shoot

Capturing Food & Beverage Photos with Continuous Lighting

Steve Hansen
Lighting Tips
10809
The Westcott is a superb solution for photographing beverages. In this video, I will demonstrate my go-to lighting setup for photographing glass bottles. I prefer this method when photographing any glass or bo...
Adding Dimension to Food Photography

How to Add Dimension to Food Photography

Steve Hansen
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Award-winning Seattle food photographer Steve Hansen captures stunning food photography images with amazing depth and dimension. This can be extremely difficult when working with flat surfaces, as the camera is...
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