Make good use of lighting and white balance to reveal food photography skills? Shutter speed: automatic setting
? White balance: manual setting
? Shooting mode: A or M full manual mode
? Driving mode: single sheet mode
? Aperture value: set automatically and manually.
? Lens selection: standard and fixed focus lenses.
? ISO sensitivity: depending on the shooting situation.
? Others: focus of your choice
Shooting focus:
? Lighting and white balance
A successful food photo, in addition to faithfully recording the current food, the most important thing is to let the viewer receive three sensory feelings of color, fragrance and taste at the same time, thus stimulating his appetite, as if the food is in front of him; To shoot delicious food, we should pay attention to the use of light and the control of white balance. As long as we can grasp these two points, the photo has been half successful.
Nikon d7000+af-s18-200mm f3.5-5.6vr105mm terminal. Aperture F/5.3, shutter 1/40s, ISO 1600, automatic white balance, aperture priority, RAW to JPEG.
? Lighting is the first priority.
Photography is the use of light to paint, and so is food photography. The source and direction of light will affect the presentation of food, so learning how to use light will be the primary topic of food photography. Generally speaking, the light source of food photography is nothing more than? Natural light? With what? Artificial light? Two kinds, eating during the day, try to choose adjacent window seats, so that natural light can be used as the main light source for food photography. Under this light source, the natural luster and color of food itself can be photographed without special adjustment of the camera; If you eat in a restaurant without natural light or at night, please try to choose a seat with enough artificial light, so that the food itself can get enough light, and with the composition and correct white balance, you can also take food photos that make people's index fingers move.
Center focusing photometry can focus on the center of the picture, which is suitable for food photography.
Whether it is an artificial light source or a natural light source, we must find ways to get enough light for food.
White balance is the key role.
In addition to light source conditions, white balance is also a key factor affecting food photography. Although the automatic white balance of D7000 can faithfully restore the color temperature of the scene, it is safer to use custom white balance or shoot with RAW files in an environment with too complicated light sources. The purpose of custom white balance is to let the camera distinguish the correct white. The white tissue, paper towels and mouth cloth in the restaurant are all good materials obtained locally. After the white balance correction is completed, the color temperature of the photos taken will be much more correct. Shooting RAW file is also one of the common ways, because RAW file can keep every piece of information recorded by the photosensitive element very faithfully, which is convenient for later software to adjust the color temperature more accurately.
As for how to use custom white balance on D7000? It's actually quite simple. Just press and hold the WB key on the left side of the screen while dialing the main command dial in standby mode until the control panel is displayed? PRE？ Word, then briefly release WB key and press it again until? In the control panel? PRE？ The words began to blink. At this point, fill the middle of the lens screen with gray or pure white objects, press the shutter button completely and let the camera measure the white balance. Then the control panel will flash? Okay？ Words, that custom white balance has been completed.
You can choose the appropriate white balance according to the type of field light source, and D7000 can even fine-tune the white balance.
Whether the white balance is correct or not will directly affect the visual taste buds that food photos bring to human eyes.
Emit attractive luster.
When light shines on food at an appropriate angle, it will produce an attractive glossy texture on the surface. Therefore, when shooting food, we also need to pay attention to the different angles of light sources, which will affect the gloss change and presentation of food itself. Generally speaking, most light sources are fixed and cannot be moved at will, so photographers should not only consider the direction of light source irradiation, but also look at the position and angle of food to find the best shooting angle; In addition, try to complete the shooting in the shortest time after the food is served, so as to avoid making friends at the same table wait too long and be rude. You can also take attractive photos of the food while keeping the ingredients fresh.
If you can photograph the glossy texture on the food surface, it will definitely add points to the visual effect.
Aperture controls the appropriate depth of field
The size of the aperture will directly affect the depth of field of the picture. The larger the aperture, the shallower the depth of field, and vice versa, so the aperture is also an essential part when shooting food. Taking the APS-C frame on D7000 as an example, when shooting with the aperture value of F2.8-F6.3, the performance of depth of field will be ideal. If the aperture value is greater than F2.8 (such as F 1.8), the depth of field of the picture will be too shallow because of the large aperture, but the viewer will not be able to distinguish the true colors of the food. Therefore, the aperture control should be appropriate and the depth of field should be appropriate.
Appropriate depth of field can not only highlight the theme properly, but also blur the background moderately to create a three-dimensional sense of the picture.
Make good use of high sensitivity and stabilize the camera
There are usually only a few artificial light sources and romantic candlelight when dining in restaurants that emphasize the atmosphere. At this time, the camera will slow down the shutter speed because of insufficient light to get more light, but it will also increase the chance of hand shock. At this time, you can take advantage of the purity and high sensitivity of D7000, moderately increase the ISO value in exchange for faster shutter speed, cooperate with the VR anti-shake of the lens, and use it together with the function of D7000 to reduce high ISO noise, which can effectively increase the success rate of hand-held shooting. At the same time, don't forget that keeping your hand close to the edge of the table when shooting is also the second way to stabilize the camera.
Even if you eat in a dim environment, you can take clear and unshakable food photos by improving ISO and stabilizing the camera.
There is no formula for framing and composition.
If you think that the food photos you took before are unremarkable, try to start from different angles! When the food is served, you can first turn over the plate in front of you and observe it from many directions, so you can definitely find out the most photogenic side of the food in front of you. In addition, banner and straight composition will bring different visual effects. Banner composition is safer, which is also the composition direction that most players are familiar with, while straight composition will make the theme have? Floating? The magic of the picture, coupled with the appropriate depth of field arrangement, can guide the visual focus to focus on the theme itself, but it is not easy for beginners to master its essentials. It takes more watching, shooting and thinking to easily grasp the most natural shooting angle.
As long as it can present the most beautiful side of food, there is no limit to what composition method can be used.
Try to fill the screen.
Sometimes you can try to fill the most delicious side of the food with 2/3 of the picture, and leave the rest13 blank, because this picture arrangement is the easiest to make the key points stand out directly, and at the same time, it can quickly catch the eye of the viewer. Therefore, when shooting food with a monocular camera, it is recommended to shoot with a medium focal length (about 35mm-85mm), which can not only avoid the deformation of the cylinder at the wide-angle end, but also make it easier to deal with the arrangement of the main proportion in the picture.
Let food occupy 2/3 of the picture, which can not only emphasize the theme, but also have eye-catching visual effects.
Civilian food is as photogenic as ever.
I believe many photographers will spend a lot of money to go to restaurants in order to take food photos. In addition to enjoying the dining atmosphere and delicious high-quality ingredients, the rich color matching of western or Hong Kong cuisine is also the main reason for attracting many photographers. However, in Taiwan Province Province, the food you usually contact most should be night markets and roadside snacks, but it is also a photographic subject that most people dare not challenge; The reason is nothing more than the poor quality of the light source. Most of the dishes on the table are soup and water, which lacks three-dimensional sense visually. In fact, as long as you make good use of light and dare to try, even before pressing the shutter, you can fold it up a little, or pull the sauce off the surface of the food to show its true colors, so that even ordinary food can be photographed extraordinary.
Roadside snacks and civilian food in the night market are guaranteed to make people drool as long as the lighting and composition are appropriate.