Each week, we challenge ourselves to create high-quality AI food art as part of our Food Art Fridays series. This project explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, food photography, and visual storytelling, helping us refine prompt engineering techniques to produce realistic, high-end food imagery.
This week’s focus is on gourmet food photography with a cinematic touch. The challenge: generate an AI-created image based on the following detailed prompt.
Prompt:
“A gourmet plate of beetroot carpaccio topped with fresh raspberries, microgreens, crumbled goat cheese, and candied walnuts, drizzled with a balsamic glaze. Served on a matte black plate. Shot with an f/2.8 aperture for a shallow depth of field, focusing on the texture of the beets while subtly blurring the background. Soft directional lighting from the left highlights the glistening glaze and textures, creating a moody fine dining ambiance. High-end food photography with a cinematic touch.”
This challenge is about more than just generating AI images—it’s about mastering AI-assisted creativity, digital aesthetics, and advanced prompt design. By experimenting with different food styling techniques, lighting effects, and composition principles, artists gain deeper insight into AI-generated photography, texture realism, and depth of field simulation.
We encourage artists to refine their prompts, explore alternative visual approaches, and analyze how AI interprets luxury plating, gourmet presentation, and modern food styling.
Special thanks to the OpenAI Researcher Access Program for supporting our exploration of AI-generated food photography, creative AI applications, and digital media literacy this year.
About our Winter 2025 Arts program
Our fall and winter 2025 program in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is focused on exploring the intersection of digital skills, storytelling, creative entrepreneurship, and leadership in the arts. We’re dedicated to equipping artists with the tools and knowledge to navigate the evolving digital landscape, empowering them to bring their creative visions to life in new, innovative ways. This program is a space for collaboration and growth, where artists can sharpen their digital skills, explore the potential of emerging technologies, and build the leadership capabilities needed to drive their own creative ventures forward. This year’s program activities are supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program and the Manitoba Arts Council.