How to shoot delicious food?

Taking good-looking food photos is a skill that modern people who are active in social networks must master. How to make photos of yourself eating explode in the circle of friends every day is a big problem. Jane Chang has been engaged in food photography for more than four years and has photographed more than 2,000 restaurants with rich experience. Today, we will follow this professional food photographer to learn how to choose the angle in the process of shooting food!

What is the best angle for food photography? There is no standard answer to this question. Different situations have different adaptation angles, but in general, they can be divided into three types: low angle, 45 degrees and overlooking.

When shooting food photography, observation is very important, such as studying the environment of the scene (choosing a beautiful desktop and an atmospheric corner) and the light of the scene (how the light is distributed). Then the observation of the food on the table. How does it set the dishes? Which side looks better? Its meal shape and container characteristics. According to the characteristics of the food, decide what angle to shoot.

For those who are still learning, including myself, when they are beginners, they must walk from top to bottom and from left to right, and then compare and choose, and analyze which angle is the most suitable. As shown below, you can see the height of pineapple from a lower angle; Up about 45 degrees, you can see the sense of space before and after this pile of pineapples; Pineapple overlooking has a special sense of interest, which makes the geometric shape or light and shadow form an abstract contrast.

First, choose the side of food that you think is the most beautiful for you, and then turn your perspective to observe the neglected side. Maybe there will be unexpected surprises. Even when shooting, you can move chopsticks slightly, adjust the position of the food, and concentrate the stuffing on one side of the food, which looks more delicious!

At a 45-degree angle, you can see the complete appearance of the food:

Low angle can see the thickness of food and the light perception of light penetrating food;

Let's take a strip of dessert as an example. As shown below, the left corner is low, and the level of dessert can be seen, but the audience will lose their perception of the size of food; On the right, you can see the overall length, width, height and decoration of the dessert. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages, so what you should consider is: What is the point you want to show? Is it grade or weight?

First, low angle

Used to show tall, thick, layered food, or food photos that can highlight the background environment. For example, common layered dishes, exquisite desserts and so on.

Of course, it is also suitable for shooting drinks and tower-shaped desserts, with a little background at a low angle, and even shooting at an angle close to 0 degrees from bottom to top.

Low-angle integration into the background can not only shoot delicious food, but also bring atmosphere to the dining environment.

Shooting at a low angle has more details and layering on the vertical picture. It can capture the dynamic behavior in the vertical direction and photograph the moment when the seasoning is spilled.

If it is a mirror table, you can even take a clear reflection at a low angle. However, it should be noted that the low-angle shooting of Mingmen is a plate with edges, which will block the bottom details of food.

Second, 45 degrees.

45 degrees is a good adjustable angle, and because of this, it has the widest applicability. It can not only show the three-dimensional sense of space of food, but also capture the context of the main meal on the table, and also add humanistic elements.

Using a wide-angle lens with a 45-degree angle can not only display food, but also display some desktops and chairs on the dining table. Coupled with the sense of space on the wall, this is actually the habit closest to human observation. Wide-angle lens can accommodate more details, but the disadvantage is that if there is an upright object in the picture, it may not be vertical, and the food or tableware near the edge of the picture will also be deformed.

Third, shoot down

If you play Instagram, you will often see such a composition. It gives people a novel perspective and a harmonious and tidy feeling. All three-dimensional food plates are abstracted into plane geometric elements.

The interesting thing about looking down is that if you keep it absolutely vertical, you can cut the photo into squares later and rotate it at will, and there will be no sense of disobedience at any angle. The only factor that may cause trouble is probably the shadow. Controlling absolute verticality and shadow is the key to the composition of overhead angle.

50mm and 85mm focal length, but as long as there is a little tilt, it will make the picture skew and increase the time of post-correction. Wide-angle lens has higher fault tolerance, can accommodate a larger picture and is convenient to cut, but its disadvantage is that it is easy to produce edge distortion. No matter what kind of focus, it is best to exercise at the beginning and keep the level.

Overlooking is very suitable for showing the rich food on the table, or the feeling that many people eat together. As shown above, the cups around the desktop will be perspective deformed due to perspective. In order to avoid this situation, the cup can be placed in the middle of the picture as much as possible.

It is also a good choice to take a bird's eye view of the process of cooking.

If your tableware is beautiful, you might as well highlight it from a overlooking angle.

Separate color blocks to achieve abstract geometric composition.

Or use the desktop as a canvas, extract the color and shape of food, and combine them to paint.

There is no best angle, only a more suitable angle. Everyone has his own aesthetic habits, and the key point is to try more and make new progress. When practicing, try to create a composition from different angles according to the same dish. Say goodbye to a single perspective, and you are one step closer to dominating the circle of friends! Pick up the camera and try it!

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