Food photography skills

Food photography skills are first of all environment and lighting ~

The most important thing in family shooting is the environment and lighting ~

I don't use flashlights or lights when shooting at home. First, it's troublesome. Prepare a lot of food before shooting. The food to be shot may be cold. After all, it's home-made, and we eat not only props, but also food. How troublesome it is for the second person to shoot with a flash or light ~

So you don't need a big place to shoot food, just a table, flat and clean, and don't have too many sundries next to it. I choose the balcony.

In terms of lighting, I only like natural light, and I don't recommend taking pictures under fluorescent light.

Natural light is soft and the most convenient light. I set aside a place on the veranda to put the table and props for shooting. As long as you choose in the afternoon or evening when the sun is not direct, you can take good-looking photos.

These were all taken on the balcony.

After reading a lot of posts in the gourmet kitchen, I can catch my eye with bright photos, at least I can see what the food is at a glance, and most of the bright photos are taken in the daytime sun.

After some posts are opened, people have the impulse to close the page, because those photos were taken in a particularly dark kitchen, and the light itself is not bright enough, plus yellow light, which makes the photos dark and noisy, making people lose their appetite.

Background fabric:

Background is the most important thing to shoot food. The disturbing messy background will greatly reduce the photo, and no one wants irrelevant household chores to be placed next to food.

So make sure that there are only delicious things in the photos, and don't shoot irrelevant things, especially the pots and pans that have not been cleaned up before. Trust me, they're not pretty.

The simplest thing is to find a piece of white flannel, and be careful not to choose reflective materials such as silk with smooth texture, which will make the whole photo feel hard and uncomfortable.

Choose a white flannel, short plush will produce very soft diffuse light, which will make the whole photo very bright.

If you can't take pictures at all, remember that as long as you take clean and bright food photos, your food will be upgraded.

These photos were taken on a white background with no other props. I made fudge cakes. The cake itself is bright in color and beautiful in shape, which is a good shooting material.

A relative said that I cooked ordinary home cooking, not such a bright and beautiful cake. It doesn't matter, home cooking is coming ~ ~ ~

This is a home-cooked dish shot on a white background. Home cooking also has its own characteristics, such as the last red shrimp, which is beautiful in itself.

Braised pork with plum vegetables is dark, and it won't be dark when photographed in bright places. This kind of dark cooking is especially taboo in dark places such as the kitchen.

Besides, I told you, I shot dessert, so it doesn't matter. This is a dessert, the most common light cheesecake, and it can also be photographed very well ~ ~

Another parent said, I can only take pictures under fluorescent light, what should I do ~

Then I provide some photos of the most common fluorescent lamps I have taken under fluorescent lamps.100W.

On the same white background, fluorescent lamps are not more comfortable than natural light, but they can also make the picture clean and tidy.

These pieces of bread are dark in color and have a great contrast with the background, so they simply become a pure white background and only highlight the main body.

Bread can be shot like this, highlighting only the bread and ignoring the rest. You can add some words, and the effect is good.

Background 2- Dark background:

Personally, I prefer photos of food with dark background, which can highlight the characteristics of some foods better than white.

The following group is my favorite dark color system to do the old effect.

What the dark color department needs for the old effect is an old desk, an old elm desk in your house and a log desk. Be careful not to use a desktop with a bright surface paint.

If you don't have an old wooden table at home, you can also buy wooden props specially used for shooting. There are a lot of tuberculosis.

There are thicker boards and this soft imitation board I showed.

Background fabric:

There are many kinds of background cloth, and this English letter is the most common one. Sometimes I use it to shoot delicious food.

Props:

Good food needs beautiful utensils.

I have always found this sentence particularly reliable. Buy some beautiful plates and props, match the composition, and you can make your food photos on the next floor.

Show some plates and props ~

First of all, my favorite, this lotus leaf plate, this textured plate can set off the color of food, and its texture is also very photogenic.

A variety of large bowls, used when shooting rice or noodles. Don't forget to match a pair of beautiful chopsticks and a wooden spoon.

All tableware should not be pure white, which will look a little white and useless. Choose something with a little pattern or classical.

This special plate is usually prepared.

Prepare a small bowl with a nice bottom, which can be put aside for composition when shooting delicious food.

There should be plates of all shapes and sizes, and square plates should not be missed. I also need a rectangular plate. I haven't found anything I like yet.

Blue-and-white disc is very classic, and it looks good when shot. If they are the same, the effect is also very good. But don't choose bad quality, the color must be moist.

Cutting board, this is a must, and it looks good with vegetables.

Choose a log cutting board, preferably with wood texture. When I bought it, I specifically said that the wood grain should be obvious in depth. As a result, the final lines are still not obvious enough.

Prepare all kinds of cloth, linen is a must. Blue-and-white plaid napkin cloth is also a must, and patting bread looks good ~

Props:

I bought dried green bristlegrass Pull some out to dry.

Log pieces are cute as props.

Composition:

The composition deviates greatly from the theory. I have read many composition methods, but I haven't remembered them. I think it is how to look good with yourself and how to form an irregular triangle with large and small plates.

Aerial photography, perpendicular to the food, makes you feel full of composition.

Put the subject in the upper or lower part of the overlooking angle, leaving enough space for food to be photographed, which can make the theme stand out.

Close up:

Highlight the object to be photographed.

Focus question:

Different focal points shoot different feelings.

It is achieved by full-time manual focusing. What I want to say here is whether each lens supports full-time manual focusing. Read the instructions, don't come to me if it's broken ~ ~

Mix with all kinds of vegetables to add color.

All the ingredients used in cooking food can be used as decoration, and shallots and peppers are a good match. By analogy, many spices can be used as decoration.

It's the same when making dessert. You can sprinkle powder such as sugar powder and chocolate powder for decoration.