1. Keep the background clean! Make the background contrast with the color of the food as much as possible. Do not use a background that is similar in color to the food. For example, strawberries on a red plate will make the theme less vivid. Also, the background should be clean. If you're not sure, use a white plate.

2. Adjust the white balance! Adjust white balance based on the food you're photographing. For example, when photographing meat, it is best to use warm colors. The meat photographed under a bluish fluorescent light environment must be quite scary.

3. Shoot with natural light! Anytime you photograph food, it’s always good to use natural light. During the day, you can choose to shoot near a sunny window; at night, try to avoid using flash that shines directly on the food as a light source. Such light is very unnatural. Even if you use a flash, you should use a flash that reflects through the ceiling or wall.

4. Cut! Segmentation! In addition to the appearance of food, the inner texture and color of food are sometimes more attractive. For example, cut the cake open to reveal the different layers of deliciousness.

5. Use food temperature! This is the most easily overlooked concept. As long as food has an optimal eating temperature, many catering products often have "temperature misalignment". This is especially true for hot food being photographed as cold food, boiling and scalding, and barbecue and scalding food. , grease bubbles on the surface, and surrounding smoke effects.

Warmth - Warmness is a visual temperature that is difficult to grasp and can easily be expressed inaccurately. It is generally suitable for soothing soup-like foods with fine smoke and bubbles on the surface, giving it a viscous texture. Cool - cool, suitable for some desserts, vegetables, and sashimi, reflecting the cool "freshness". The typical technique is water droplets plus smoke.

6. Surface embellishment! Surface decoration includes pouring juice, brushing oil, particle decoration and line decoration. Pour sauce on top of food to enhance appetite. It’s best if the food itself has a rough surface to contrast well with the sauce. The sauce itself is best if it is thick and granular. Brush oil, brush oil on the surface of food to achieve a stronger reflective effect, and to enhance appetite by hinting at oil. Even fish, raw beef and other items can be enhanced with this technique to enhance their luster and appetite.

Particle decoration, common ones include sesame seeds, peanuts, red and green pepper segments, minced garlic, fried puff pastry, shredded squid, etc. It is best to use granular red and yellow embellishments to enhance appetite. In some foods that are too greasy, green vegetables and chopped green onions can be used instead. For line embellishment, use strips such as green scallions and bean sprouts to decorate the surface of the food. In Japanese cuisine, sauce is also used to squeeze into lines. Suitable for foods with a single color and shape. It can make the picture look more "rich and informative", thereby enhancing the sense of appetite.

7. Highlight the color of food! Red is a very special color for food. Red and white texture, the most versatile food color, red. The red and white colors of meat are represented by snowflake beef. Imitating or presenting this red and white texture can enhance appetite to a certain extent, and can also be regarded as a red surface embellishment. Milky white, milky yellow, unique visual experience of porridge and milk, accompanied by graininess, viscosity, etc. White latex can be used instead in photography.

It can be decorated with lines and red and yellow particles to enhance appetite. Brown and burnt, common in barbecue and baked products, such as bread, cheese, and roasted suckling pig. Judging from long-term eating experience, slightly browned food tastes crisper and more delicious. In many food photography, food is deliberately burnt to give it a burnt color.

8. Use food background skillfully! Wood is the broadest background treatment. It is versatile and has strong affinity. It is the first choice when you don’t know what to use. Including wooden base boards, bamboo weaving, baskets, etc., and occasionally adding spices such as chili pepper, peppercorns, and star anise. For flames, try not to use a single color or pure black background, which will appear unfriendly.

Background flame is the most intuitive way to induce appetite, and is mostly processed by PS. Wheat ears are a versatile background for staple foods such as pasta, potatoes, and rice. The dry, grainy feel and golden color can easily enhance the overall atmosphere. The Chinese themselves are also familiar with the image of wheat ears and can easily associate it with their appetite.

9. Make good use of shooting tools! Use a tripod. Food photography is mostly done indoors and the light is not very good, so it is best to use a tripod.

If you get closer, you can use macro photography to take part of the plate containing the food. Getting closer to the subject can show the finer parts of the food, making it more interesting and thought-provoking.

Shoot from all angles, try various angles, don’t always look down at the food like a bird looking at us. Change your perspective by moving left, right, up, and down, and you can also adjust and change the position of the food.