Food photography

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It's unrealistic to take a camera with you every time. In fact, you need to pay attention to composition and shooting angle. The camera of mobile phone is universal. Grasping these two points, the overall photo has improved a lot. Cameras are better than mobile phones in color, image quality and blur ability, especially in low light environment.

Lighting requirements

If you are outdoors during the day, light is naturally not a problem. If you are indoors during the day, find a position near the window and shoot with natural light. If the location is difficult to find or the light is insufficient at night, you may need to fill the light.

shooting angle

There are roughly three shooting angles of food: directly above, sideways and obliquely.

One is to shoot from directly above the food.

If you want to shoot the whole picture of food and show rich feelings, you can shoot vertically from top to bottom and find some small objects to decorate it. Let's take pizza as an example You can take pictures of pizza from directly above, and only expose half of the pizza. It will be more stylish to decorate with snacks such as knives and forks.

Tips

At this angle, if the light is overhead or behind, there will be a shadow on the food and other light sources are needed to supplement it.

Double-sided head-up angle shooting

Desserts, such as cakes and ice cream, are highly vertical and have beautiful sides. You can try plane shooting, and you must pay attention to the background selection not to be too messy, on the other hand, you should avoid the interference of shadows.

Third, shoot from the top of the food.

Oblique shooting is the most commonly used shooting angle, which conforms to most people's shooting habits, and can capture the whole picture of food without shadow trouble.

Composition is often used to learn the angle of taking pictures, but only the most basic skills are mastered. Composition is the key to determine whether a photo is full or not. Decorate the picture with tableware.

You can't shoot food without chopsticks, knives and forks. We should be good at using these props. We can put these tableware next to the food as an ornament, which is more visual than shooting a food alone.

Often used to compose music

Learning the angle of taking pictures is only to master the most basic skills, and composition is the key to determining whether the photos are full or not.

It's easy to take only a part of the picture. The beauty of Venus lies in the imaginary space created by her broken arm. So is the food. I'm afraid the most beautiful part of food won't appear rigid. If you shoot too much, you can cut it all off through the editing tool that comes with your mobile phone to create an incomplete effect.

Keep the background as simple as possible.

A simple background can avoid visual interference, and a blank composition method can be used to deliberately leave a large blank in the picture to achieve a more prominent role.

Square composition

Sometimes the simplest is the most appropriate. The photo size is 1: 1, and the picture is quite stable, which makes people feel very comfortable.

Diagonal composition

For some foods served in long plates, you can try diagonal composition, and the main bodies are arranged diagonally, as shown below, which is not only more vivid, but also can guide the line of sight.