How to shoot a creative food blockbuster?

You can see countless photos of flat food on the internet, and it may be difficult for photographers to stand out from their works. Let's introduce the behind-the-scenes shooting preparation of food creative photography, understand how it is done, and let's learn the shooting preparation skills!

EOS 5D mark iii, EF50mm f/ 1.2 l USM, f/8, ISO 100,1/60,50mm.

Symmetric composition: A simple and effective collage technique, which creates a symmetrical pattern by placing the main object (or plate) in the center of the image or picture and using other elements. In the photo, the plates are surrounded by similar rice bowls and chopsticks, and the composition is simple and clear, so that viewers can easily identify the focus in the image.

Contrast: There are many contrasts in the image. In contrast, white rice is in harmony with the colorful main course. A more subtle contrast is the use of green vegetables and red vegetables in the main course to increase visual interest, make the main elements stand out in the image and attract the attention of the audience.

Neutral element: an element that does not attract attention. Almost the same color as the background, only for the purpose of telling stories.

Contrast and framing: using light and shadow, this photo was taken on the edge of a white table, in sharp contrast to dark wooden floors and chairs. This is a creative picture, using a neutral background to make the food on the white table stand out.

(tables and wooden floors) in sharp contrast to colorful plates and plates.

Texture: notice that everything in the picture looks smooth except food? This makes the food look more stereoscopic and more appetizing. Of course, light also helps to produce a moderate amount of shadow on rice.

Off-center placement: Although it is effective to center the theme, in fact. However, moving the subject slightly off the center will produce an interesting asymmetric balance in the image, because one side is more important than the other, which adds more interest.

EOS 70D，EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM，f/8，ISO 320， 1/5s，29mm

Character composition: Add characters as elements to a flat image.

It makes the image more humanized and makes people feel involved, and it can also make life vivid by taking action on the image. This is an example of visualizing life by pulling cheese!

Storytelling: Use elements such as cranberries and leaves. It is related to food and adds content, emotion and joy to the image.

Tip:

1. If you are not a food preparer, you don't have much control over the colors appearing in the main course, but you can use controllable elements. For example, props, backgrounds and composition, try to choose props to tell stories, and add stories with color matching to the image to make it appear bright in contrast or monotonous in the same tone.

Lying flat is not suitable for all kinds of food, and some dishes will look better from another angle. However, you can still try to place food as needed. For example, you can stack hamburgers, cut them in half, face up and show food from different angles.

3. Use a tripod, so that you can shoot from it without holding the camera, so that you can watch the screen comfortably (when shooting on the Internet, mobile phone, tablet or computer), and make more accurate adjustments while helping to compose the picture. You can put your hand in the picture like this.