Lighting requirements for food shooting

Four angles and lighting options for food shooting

Gourmet shooting

In fact, it is based on different foods.

Different backgrounds

Choose the right shooting angle.

As long as there is proper lighting.

Today, I will share with you the choice of shooting angle and lighting!

Compared with portrait shooting, food shooting is relatively simple. After all, food is still, and there are four shooting angles: head up, line of sight height, three-quarters angle and overlooking.

look straight ahead

That is, level 0 shooting is suitable for shooting foods with strong sense of volume, certain thickness and height, and rich side details. Such as hamburgers, drinks in cups, etc. When shooting from this angle, pay attention to whether the environment behind the food is suitable for entering the lens. We can blur the messy background behind the food with a large aperture, or put some side dishes or tableware not far behind the food to make the picture layered.

height of sighting line

The line-of-sight shooting angle is about 45, which is the most commonly used angle for food photography. Approaching the angle of the person sitting at the dining table watching the food can give the viewer a feeling that the food is in front of him. It is the most appetizing angle, and the restaurant menu is basically shot from this angle. Sight height is the most common shooting angle, and basically all people who shoot food will start from this angle.

Three-quarters angle

Three-quarters angle is the angle that people stand at the table and look at food, which is also the angle that most people look at food. This angle is suitable for shooting some relatively flat dishes, such as steamed dumplings, fish, shrimp and so on. Shooting at this angle will basically capture most of the shapes of utensils or tableware. Irregular tableware is no problem, and square and round tableware are likely to be deformed because of perspective, which is a big taboo for food photography. So be sure to pay attention to whether the picture in the viewfinder has been perspective deformed before pressing the shutter.

neglect

Looking down is a very popular food shooting angle, and shooting food from above can show various desired effects.

1. Nowadays, many cuisines are made into various shapes and styles. When shooting from other angles can't present the whole picture, it is necessary to show the perfect shape of the whole dish by overhead shooting.

2. There is no obvious primary and secondary relationship between the contents to be filmed. It is necessary to display a variety of foods and create dazzling visual effects, such as a rich dining table filled with food.

3. You need to photograph food in a deep container, such as soup in a deep bowl or completely flat food, such as pizza.

To shoot vertically, you need to stand in a higher position and look down. While paying attention to safety, we should also ensure the stability of cameras and lenses. When shooting a disc vertically, the focal length of the lens is easily changed under the action of gravity. If you press the shutter at this time, the photo will become blurred.

According to different cuisines, we will choose different shooting angles, but there is no fixed standard. So you can shoot the same food from different angles, and then choose the photo with ideal shooting effect.

Besides shooting angle, lighting is also very important in food shooting. Lighting with good color rendering can make the picture even, bright and undistorted. Usually, when shooting food, LED lights with high illumination are usually selected, and a soft light cover or lampshade is installed as a ceiling lamp, and the light coming out is very soft. With 200W spotlight as the main light, the shooting effect is very good.