Finding Your Light

with Valentina Solfrini

Finding Your Light

a

Food Photography Workshop/Retreat

at Relais de Camont

Created by Valentina Solfrini ( https://www.instagram.com/valentinahortus/) to inspire and instruct you in discovering your style and approach to food photography while basking in the rustic light of the Relais de Camont’s 18th-century French farmhouse—a perfect marriage of place and time.

Each day is an intensive exploration of contemporary food photography, focusing on putting new work into practice under the experienced eye of Valentina Solfrini. Individual work is supported by small group portfolio revues and networking opportunities within the Relais de Camont’s resident cohorts.


Finding Your Light

Food Photography Retreat

May 27- June 1, 2025; 5 nights/4 days of active retreat workshop days

MAY 27 (TUE)— Arrival day

  • Welcome to the Relais de Camont with a generous apéritif-dînatoire with nibbles and drinks.

MAY 28 (WED)—Finding your Light
Shop the Lavardac farmer’s market with our cameras: choosing ingredients for food photography while the chef-in-residence shops for recipes.

  • Getting comfortable with our cameras: controls, settings, lenses for food photography

  • Creating in natural light: photographing the ingredients in situ and in the kitchen; making a recipe with them.

  • Choosing props & shooting surfaces from the Relais’s own Brocante Prop Shop

    MAY 29 (THU)—Composition & Color Theory

  • Creating a set in the charming French environment around us: using various sources of natural light from Camont’s kitchen windows

  • Theory of composition and color

  • Creating and styling a recipe to style for dinner, plating for photography

  • Photoshoot and table setting at sunset in the garden

MAY 30 (FRI)—Storytelling

  • Morning photo walk in one of France’s most beautiful villages.

  • lunch out - Dejeuner sur l’Herbe

  • Creating compelling photos: visual storytelling

  • Individual project: choosing and finding our own set and props to photograph a recipe 

MAY 31 (SAT)—Curating & Editing

  • Morning out at a Brocante Market

  • Sorting and editing photos through Lightroom & Photoshop for food photography

  • Review of work for French Portfolio

  • Celebratory Dinner Out

JUNE 1 (SUN)—Departure

  • Breakfast & goodbyes

Open for Applications and Booking, now through March 30, 2025. There is limited space for just six participants ( three at Relais de Camont, three at nearby Little French Retreat), Five private rooms with private baths, and one shared room with a private bath. Apply Below.

Single occupancy in a private bedroom with bath- 4200€ includes accommodation, all meals, and workshop tuition.

Shared twin bedroom with private bathroom- 3800€ includes accommodation, all meals, and workshop tuition.

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