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How to take the best food photographs ?

admin July 31,2017

Step into the restaurant, when choosing menus, you usually point your eyes at intriguing and eye-catching pictures. When we see the delicious food, we can not stand and it causes us to swallow saliva! That is the art of “Food photograph”. In order to capture a beautiful picture that creates that invisible attraction, you also need a good sense of art and technology. Let’s find out the basics!

Just surf on Pinterest with the “food photography” or on Twitter or type #foodie #foodporn, you’ll see a lot of food photography enthusiasts and many dishes are shared. Even on Flickr (the popular photo site today), there are thousands of community groups that post their snapshots of food & nothing else but their food images. What an endless passion? So let’s start to find out how to get a good picture for your stunning foods

It’s important to hurry up!

If you do not hurry to capture, your dish will not be as delicious as the very first moment. Tip to capture food is obviously more difficult than shooting objects. So, try to capture the first few moments when the food is hot or crunchy.

Layouts, shooting angles and lighting

These are the three things that always go together. The same arrangement but trying to turn the camera to many other angles will see the beautiful picture in a certain position. The arrangement of food and decorations can also make the angle of the picture more beautiful. Therefore, you can try to change the arrangement and decoration of food and many accessories. This is based on the look and feel of each person, there is no clear definition or rule for this.

White Balance: Even if the shutter speed and aperture match, you may not be able to capture beautiful, crisp, accurate colors. The lighting in restaurants is often influenced by incandescent or candles that often make the picture yellow unless you adjust the white balance (WB) of the camera

Apply some layout rules such as rule of thirds or golden rule. It’s a simple yet useful concept, although we like to think of it as a hint more than a practical principle. The rule of thirds gives the viewer a natural, comfortable and balanced feel. If you notice when watching movies, you will see actors often stand in one-third of the screen, not in the middle. The subject highlighted in the image should be placed in one of the intersection points.

Always remember to bring Tripod. This is an indispensable equipment of the food Photographers, which makes it easy to take shots with more angles, and also avoid the hands of the ladies holding heavy DSLR cameras.

Natural light is an ideal environment! It makes your dishes stand out and fresh, so it’s a good idea to take a picture as soon as you get to the oven. Never turn on the camera’s flash, try to take advantage of the available light, it will look more natural.

If the inner corners are not bright enough when there is natural light, you can turn the studio lights on. Only use flash when you do not have conditions to shoot in natural light. Create a separate corner with the studio light. Of course, this advice does not apply to all cases, but there are many experts think Studio light is better. Because you can control it, depending on habits and feelings of each individual. You should also try and make your own choices.

For those without a professional DSLR camera:

If you love shooting with your smartphone and do not have the camera, then you can use the mobile apps. These are applications are the most popular: Hipstamatic (iPhone) and Snap Dash (Android) available programs. Automatically run background techniques to make your photos look delicious and beautiful. So no need to struggle to learn the technique of professional DSLR camera, you can create your own image.