Cheats of food photography

Want to take good-looking photos, has a lot to do with the photographer's skills. Here are some tips for food photography that I collected for you, hoping to help you!

Prepare food:

Brush food or vegetables with cooking oil with a small brush, and the food will look particularly bright under the lens; You can spray a mixture of water and glycerin on a glass or bottle with a watering can, and the sprayed liquid is similar to water droplets; Plastic ice cubes can be cut and processed by hand; Elmer brand glue can be used instead of milk in shot, which can prevent overflow of water in shot; You can also make your own "ice cream", which won't melt under the lighting of the studio. It is made by mixing sugar, mashed tomatoes, margarine and light cereal syrup, and then taking it out with an ice cream spoon. It should also be noted that from the shooting effect, uncooked food will be better.

Lens:

According to the final effect you want to achieve, choose wide-angle, standard and telephoto lenses. Macro lenses, or lenses that can be shot at close range, are necessary. You can shoot food with a telephoto lens, just like shooting a face, compressing the angle of view and producing a shallow depth of field. You can also use a wide-angle lens to create a messy aesthetic feeling on the screen.

Light:

In any case, don't use plane light and direct flash, use scattered light. The light source can be sunlight, window light and flashing, and other equipment can be studio umbrella lamp, point light source and soft box. You can use a reflector or a mirror to reflect the light to the subject, and use mirrors of different sizes to produce different effects, such as using a small mirror to reflect the light to a bean, and using a larger mirror to reflect the light to a bunch of objects to provide illumination.

Professional props:

Nowadays, more and more professional food photographers are employed to shoot food. These photographers prefer to use lighter equipment and soft light. In food shooting, you can use any related objects as props. For example, shooting simple silverware or glassware, you can use napkins with shapes and textures as props, or choose a textured wood or paper background.

Composition:

Traditional food photography tends to use a high angle, but now it is popular to use a low angle. When shooting at a low angle, you can use a shallow depth of field to defocus the background and separate the subject from the background. In this way, the bright main picture effect in the photo will be more prominent. In addition, dark objects can be placed on the edge of the picture in the background when shooting.