Food photography focuses manually to guide the audience's sight and highlight the color and texture of food. Think carefully about the depth of field and choose a clear focus in the picture, so that there is an obvious transition between it and the soft and fuzzy background. If you want the whole picture to be clear, even clearer than f/22 shooting, then you can try to use focus superposition. Take multiple photos in different focus points, and then put them together in post-processing.

2. High dynamic range imaging

When shooting Gao Fancha food, such as chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream, it is easy to lose the details of shadows and highlights. Take multiple photos of different exposure value by bracketing exposure, and then combine them in the image processing software to enhance the tone and image quality.

Step 3 light

When shooting food, the natural light outside the window is the simplest and best light. You can put a plate with food near the window so that the food is covered by indirect sunlight. If the light coming in from the window is direct, try to cover it with a thin cloth or draw a white curtain.

4, white balance

If the final image makes people lose their appetite, then it is meaningless to shoot food. Use manual or custom white balance settings to reproduce the color of food more realistically.

Step 5: lens

Fixed focus macro lens is an ideal choice for shooting food, such as 100mm or 50mm fixed focus macro fast lens. 100mm lens allows you to shoot when the camera is far away from the food, which is especially useful when climbing a ladder to shoot down. Using a fast lens with a maximum aperture above f/2.8, you can get greater depth of field and more flexible shutter speed control.

6. Soft box or umbrella

Whether using external flash or studio light (continuous flash or stroboscopic flash), you can use light control equipment such as soft box and soft umbrella to diffuse light.