What factors should be considered in taking high-quality food photos?

If you want to take high-quality food photos, you need to consider several factors: set board, light source (natural light, backlight), composition, desktop setting, shooting, prop selection and post-stage. Try to use natural light. You can choose to shoot by the window. In dark places, you can choose to increase ISO or large aperture. Bright light can make food colorful and delicious. Using flash will make some places dark and some places pale, so it is not recommended! Even if you really want to use a flash, don't hit the flash directly on the food. You should aim the flash at the wall or ceiling with "reflective flash" and project the flash evenly onto the food by using the principle of reflection. Shooting angle. All foods have different shapes. Don't shoot all the food from the same angle. Find out the angles of different foods and take good photos. Close-up, sometimes in addition to shooting the whole food, you can also close up the details of the food. At this time, a macro lens or telephoto lens will come in handy.

Props can be used to highlight the theme. Props can be food, utensils, napkins, plates, dishes, flowers, kitchen utensils and so on. And the author himself likes to use milk as props. Grasp the time, the food just cooked is the most attractive, the first ten minutes of food cooking is the prime time for shooting, and the luster of food will decrease with time. Preparing the layout in advance can shorten the shooting time. Small details make the picture look different. Don't ignore some small details. Always remember that using a knife and fork with a clean plate can make ordinary food interesting. In addition to the appearance of food, the internal texture and color of food are sometimes more attractive. For example, cutting cakes and showing different levels of food.