How to shoot vegetables? (major)

When I upgraded from a stupid fashion machine like Sony F77 to F7 17, I paid more attention to its large aperture. I just took a photo of delicious food at first, but I didn't expect it to be more and more addictive now. Every time I go to FB, I take DC with me. Recording the food on the plate can not only improve my photography, but also communicate with my friends and record my life. In fact, it is a very meaningful thing. Seeing that the Guangzhou community of POCO often organizes some food FB, I think we can also organize such activities, so that we can eat together, shoot together, exchange experiences together and improve together. I will share with you my experience and skills in picking vegetables in the past seven months: 1. Choice of light: When you enter the restaurant, if you plan to take pictures, you should pay attention to finding a place with good light, which is very conducive to ensuring the effect of taking pictures. There are two kinds of ambient light, the first is natural light, and the second is indoor lighting. Natural light is the best light source for taking pictures. If it's daytime, I usually find a window seat, and enough light comes in through the window to help me shoot. In short, the stronger the light, the better the position. Night is not a good choice. There are many kinds of lights in the dining room, some dim and some bright. You'd better find a seat with a spotlight at this time. Second, the shutter speed and sensitivity:

In a well-lit environment, try to avoid using flash unless the shutter speed is too low. Generally speaking, when the shutter is above 1/30 seconds, you can basically take a clear image. As long as you are familiar with your own machine and don't shake your hands, the picture will basically not be empty. If the shutter is below 1/30 seconds, you can also shoot at a fixed object (table, chair, etc.). ) or put the cup under DC. If the indoor light is really bad, I can only increase the shutter speed by increasing the sensitivity. Under normal circumstances, I only use ISO 100. When it is really not enough, I only use ISO200, and the quality above ISO400 is poor, which is not recommended. Third, the choice of white balance: white balance is also a place to pay attention to. Food pays attention to color, fragrance and taste, and color must be more pleasing to the eye. During the day or outdoors, use the automatic white balance mode. In indoor lighting, no flash is needed. Because of the variety of lights used in restaurants, it is not perfect to solve the color cast problem through the white balance mode of various lights of the camera. If your camera has a manual white balance function, you should try to measure the accurate white balance manually at this time. Fourth, composition method: shooting food can be roughly divided into two composition methods: macro close-up and overall performance. For local delicious food, you can take a macro shot and close up the most beautiful place, which will have a very attractive feeling. For dishes with distinctive features on the whole, such as thoughtful arrangements, combined with other tableware and other environments, wide-angle shooting with a larger perspective is used to describe the beauty of food and the atmosphere of the environment. Decorate your dishes. Maybe your friends can't wait to try every dish. At this time, you can ask them to help you pick up a piece of meat and then open the macro shutter to focus on it. The most important thing is to keep your hands steady and not shake. You can usually take attractive photos. If the food itself is not very beautiful, it is difficult for us to take beautiful photos, then we need to make some efforts to change it. For example, we can ask the waiter to sprinkle some colorful condiments such as peppers or shallots on it, which can help us take good photos. 6. In the late PS stage, we need to simply PS the photos. (Actually, my PS is not very good. ) Generally, I will adjust the color scale and add a little contrast. There will be too many changes.