Professional photographers teach you to take good food photos with SLR.

Lead: Food photos, as the name implies, take food as the shooting object, such as ingredients, wine, utensils, baking, production and processing. , and food-related images all belong to this category. Let's take a look at the food photo tutorial.

Shooting and lighting

Lighting is very important for all kinds of photography. A qualified food photography work should at least satisfy the presentation of food texture and visual appeal of food, and then talk about artistic conception after reaching the standard, so the importance of food photography lighting bears the brunt.

First, correct a concept. Some friends who have seen my photos will be surprised and say, I thought the master would use a lot of light to take pictures. Why only two have been extinguished, and one has not been powered on! At this time, everyone will have a big question mark in their hearts and think of the posts they have seen. People need several lights to shoot a dish!

Can you do it?

Ma himself heard that a colleague photographed a dish with seven lamps. Wow, isn't that a little exaggerated? I think it may be that everyone's homework habits are different.

For example, the background and ambient light of the following photos are created by multiple lights:

▲ Multi-lamp creates light effect ▲

However, how to create a rich light effect atmosphere with one or two lamps?

All the essence of light use is integrated into seven words: three-point lighting and seven-point gear.

If you understand and use these seven words, you are a well-deserved master.

▲ Use an object to block a single lamp to create a lighting effect ▲

▲ Highlight dishes by blocking the background ▲

Well, since shading is so important in creating a lighting atmosphere, let's master the following two points.

1, auxiliary fittings

Auxiliary accessories can be roughly divided into the following categories: translucent, shielding and atmospheric.

A translucent: translucent colorless paper (such as sulfuric acid paper with different thickness) and white cardboard with different thickness.

▲ white cardboard, sulfuric acid paper ▲

B. Occlusion category: black cardboard

▲ Black cardboard ▲

C. atmosphere: anything that can create different light and shadow.

For example: different colors of paper, cloth, branches, perforated boards, etc. These things can create different atmospheres through the projection of lights.

▲ Colored cardboard, perforated net and branches ▲

2. Light source

There are also many kinds of light sources: continuous light sources and electronic flashlights.

▲ Continuous light source (spotlight) electronic flash ▲

The light source I have been using is the electronic flash in the picture, which is highly recommended.

Tips: Advantages of electronic flash

Small size, easy to carry, stable output and stable color temperature, which will not be affected by the temperature emitted by the lamp itself.

So remember the above two points, change your lighting direction and win at the starting line without buying expensive equipment.

Direction of use of light

Dishes belong to rich themes. In general, side light, side backlight and backlight are recommended to express it. The light in these three directions was used up, and the film immediately went up a step.

If you are still using Guang Shun or Dapingguang, I am sorry to inform you: Sorry, you have already lost. |

Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't do this up there!

Let's take a look at tiramisu, almond cake and strawberry cake under the backlight (the texture of light ingredients is easier to express)

You only need one direction to make your picture three-dimensional in an instant.

Flash parts

It's not enough to have a flash. If you want to make lights with different textures, you need to use some flash accessories, such as flash standard cover, soft umbrella, reflective umbrella, soft box, soft board, reflector and so on. The specific application of these accessories should be treated according to the specific shooting object and the desired effect.

What is the combination recommended by Ma himself? Standard cover+soft light board?

Note that the horse also plays with the secret of the soft board: the closer you get, the gentler you are, and the straighter you stand, the tougher you are.

The distance and inclination angle of the soft light plate from the disk surface completely determine the texture of the light.

The closer the soft light board is to the dish, the softer the texture of the light. When the soft light plate is upright (that is, when the angle with the dish is 90 degrees), the greater the contrast of the dish (the darker the color tone), the more tough the film is; On the contrary, the soft light plate falls to one side of the disc, and the smaller the angle with the disc, the softer the film will be.

▲ cheats diagram ▲

▲ The soft light board is far away from the hard light and imitates the morning sunshine.

▲ Soft light closer to the soft light board.

▲ The soft light board is kept upright to obtain greater contrast, which makes the relatively flat ingredients more stereoscopic. The shallow small texture on the leaves in the background will be more stereoscopic under such light.

▲ The surface of wonton is relatively flat, and the light passes through the vertical soft light board, which makes the surface look more layered.

▲ The included angle between the soft light board and the dishes becomes smaller to obtain less shadows and lower contrast, highlighting the freshness of the ingredients.

It looks like the same thing, but the different effects are within a few millimeters, so the distance and angle of the soft light board depends on everyone's experience in practice.

That's what the so-called three-point light and seven-point file means.

Too professional knowledge may be a bit boring. If there is an opportunity, I think it would be great to go to the studio to experience it with Ma himself. Zhang Su, what do you say?