How to shoot high-end atmospheric food?

Lead: Every night, no matter in Weibo or in the circle of friends, there are always a lot of people who like to use delicious food for late-night newspaper (Fu) and Hui? Bad friends? If you're hungry, it's definitely a million volts crit. Taking pictures before eating has become a common practice, and it has even become an important consideration for whether the meal is pleasant or not. If you get a lot of praise comments in your circle of friends, you will definitely eat more fragrant. Learn from me!

How to shoot high-end atmospheric food?

But sometimes, even if you eat in a high-end restaurant, you may not be able to capture the texture of the food, but friends who can take pictures and eat simple meals at home can capture people's appetite. Why?

The above are beautiful pictures and shooting scenes taken by several INS photographers. Seeing these, I can only say that there are no beautiful pictures that I have taken carelessly. If you want to take mouthwatering newspaper food photos, try the following methods!

Come a little closer.

When the threshold of vegetable picking equipment is low, the requirements are not high or the light is good, the mobile phone can take many good-looking photos; If you want to record food details well, or have high requirements for picture output, a macro lens such as SLR+Canon Budweiser (100mm F2.8L is USM) is the best. In addition, because food photography is mostly still life photography, light has a great influence on the color of food. Therefore, bringing a flash or fill light can sometimes make food more attractive.

The food just served is the best time to sell, which is one of the reasons why everyone is rushing to eat. With the passage of time, the surface luster of food will darken or even change color. Before that, we should turn on the macro mode and get as close as possible to the details of shooting food.

Natural light is good.

As mentioned earlier, if there is a flash or fill light in the equipment, it will make the food look better. Because the light is uneven or the light source is small, the plate holding food is prone to shadow, and the atmosphere with large light ratio is not suitable for food presentation.

We usually use natural light when shooting, choose the position near the window when eating, shoot against the outdoor light, and pay attention to the direction of the light. Many times, we can use the change of light and shadow to shoot three-dimensional food. If the light is uneven, you can use a flash lamp and a soft light board or use the reflected light from the wall to hit the food. In addition, fill light (including LED and screen light of mobile phone) is often used as a supplementary light source for low light surface.

Change the background of different materials.

The beauty of the desktop of the shooting table greatly affects the impression of food photos. Sometimes changing the desktop is a bit complicated. At this time, you can choose to change the tablecloth and saucer, which is more flexible.

Moreover, we can change the desktop background of different materials according to the color and category of food, and at the same time, we can match the tablecloth suitable for the atmosphere according to the principle of contrast color and contrast color, which will make the picture more interesting. However, we should also be careful not to let the background usurp the role of the master. If you really can't choose, remember that black and white solid background is omnipotent ~

The principle of composition is also universal.

Don't think that there are only big close-ups of food. In a limited space, we can use different angles such as back shot, side shot and front shot to present different food states. Generally speaking, you can shoot from three angles: first, the overhead shot perpendicular to the desktop, which is used by most people, is suitable for shooting the whole picture of food, and it is absolutely necessary to express a hearty meal; Then the line of sight and the desktop are at 0? -90? Angle photos can highlight the key points through blurring of different aperture sizes, and this side shot method is also easier to express the three-dimensional sense of food; Finally, the angle parallel to the desktop is suitable for highlighting a certain side of the food, and it will be very atmospheric when matched with the background.

? In fact, food setting is also a category of composition, but because there is a lot of knowledge about color and space collocation, we won't talk about taking ready-made food here. Composition mainly refers to symmetrical, centered and triangular stable composition.

Props add story.

Although photography follows subtraction, the less things in the picture, the simpler it is, but this is not absolute. Many times, if you add props, it will definitely make the picture more interesting and the theme more prominent.

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Commonly used dishes include auxiliary dishes, plates, napkins, flowers, knives and forks, etc. If the Tao has some dynamic movements, such as stirring and tasting, the picture will be more story-telling.

Retouching is a great tool.

If you think that your food photos are still too common through the above tricks, then this time you should use the big trick of retouching. Using mobile phone retouching and shooting software with filter effect, we can easily render the atmosphere and make the photos stand out.

? ? Butter camera can not only replace the appropriate filter, but also apply font template conveniently.

Easy-to-use food retouching software includes food colors, gourmets and butter cameras. These softwares all have built-in filter modes for rendering atmosphere, and you can get all kinds of filters that meet the food atmosphere just by clicking Select. Templates like butter camera, which can add literary fonts, are also very popular. After loading, you can easily send accented graphic photos to your circle of friends.

Summary: In fact, there is a lot of attention to taking appetizing food photos. From setting the plate, composition, lighting to matching props, it takes some care, but since it is a beautiful life sharing, the process cannot be too complicated. Therefore, this tutorial is also based on the principle of random photos, sharing tips that can be completed without using multi-professional equipment and props.