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The Brief

For this brief, you have been asked to create an image that will be featured in a recipe book.

Image

For this recipe book photograph you need to create and image that represents Spaghetti in a bowl.

Some key requirements to this image are highlighted in the brief sketch such as:

  • The lighting must be soft and natural looking.
  • The position of the items in the shot must be relatively close to the provided brief sketch.
  • The depth of field should be mostly sharp across the spaghetti area.
  • The depth of field should still allow the viewer to understand the foreground and background.
  • The bowl must be predominantly white (the bowl in our sketch has a grey edge).
  • The cutlery style will be up to the photographer.
  • The amount of olives will be up to the photographer.
  • The scale of the olive oil bowl and the parmesan bowl should be similar to the sketch.
  • The serviette should not be white.
  • Basil leaves must be on top of the spaghetti for some green colour.
  • The table top should be a very light tone.

A Pinterest mood board can be found here.

It is the job of the photographer to understand the brief and deliver an image that meets the requirements above and is similar in layout to the provide brief sketch.

Submit Your Image

The deadline for entry is 1st September 2025. Karl will review all submissions in a follow-up LIVE workshop.

To view the entry form login or non-members sign-up here to join Visual Education.

Please note all images will remain copyright to the original photographer, but Visual Education reserves the right to publish them within its website and on social media.

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Comments

  1. PoppyPix

    hi, I just saw the Live recording and I noticed my image on the disqualified board 🙂 the submission was an honest mistake, I subscribed to the Online School recently and added this photo because I thought we can get a feedback generally on a shot, what to improve and so on. I missed completely (somehow – maybe it was too late in the evening) that this submission was for a specific brief and not a general submission area. so this is how that happened. Good start here 😀

    1. Hi Poppy, welcome to our platform and thanks for joining us, I’m very sorry to hear that and I understand that this was a genuine mistake, luckily it’s only a one point deduction. Take some time to familiarise yourself with our platform and navigate around some of our other live shows, brief challenges and critique shows so you understand how it all works. If you’ve then got any questions just let me or one of the team know, you can find our direct contact details on the ‘meet the team’ page under the ‘Resources’ menu. All the best Karl.

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