29 Quick Tips to Improve Your Food Photography
Want to improve your food photography? Read quick. 29 tips to improve your food photography.
29 Quick Tips to Improve Your Food Photography
- Read Your Camera Manual.
- Understand Your Camera.
- Understand Your Subject too.
- Answer this “What do I want to show in the picture?
- Use White Plates.
- Use White Background.
- Remove Distraction from Background.
- Move closer to the food.
- Adjust White Balance before you shoot.
- Use White card to set your white balance.
- Or try a gray card.
- Learn about Composition.
- Ingrain the rules of thirds.
- Plan for no shadows on the food you shoot.
- Use props in the background.
- Assemble yourself, before assembling the food.
- Use natural light as much as you can.
- No direct flash.
- And no direct sunlight.
- Focus properly. Focus manipulation in post processing is next to impossible.
- Move around or move the food. Take multiple shots.
- Try vertical frame.
- Use tripod.
- Use reflectors.
- Or use a small mirror.
- Take your next photograph as top view.
- Also, try at 45 degree angle.
- Inspire yourself.
- Learn food styling.
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Is using a white card as simple as pointing the camera at a very white surface, like my homemade, taped together, white cardboard panels that I use to reflect light back on my subject, or do I need to buy something special for this?
Generally that is what it is. Some people use a fancy card that is made in “white” color. There are some lens caps that can be directly used on the lens, but white balance can be adjusted simply by using a white surface as a reference or setting it in your camera.