technical part 1. Application of light 1. It is a very good choice to use natural light to shoot food. When I shoot food for fashion magazines and other media, I mostly choose natural light to shoot. But try to avoid direct light, because it will cast a dazzling shadow on the food. Don't use a flash (the camera comes with a flash) unless you want your food to look wet and greasy. But when shooting barbecue or something occasionally, the effect may look cool and fashionable. Try the scattered soft light coming through the thin curtains and use it as backlight or side backlight, and you will find that the food is very beautiful. 2. didn't the flash just say don't use the flash? Yes, don't use the flash that comes with the machine. The flash here refers to the professional flash. The lighting arrangement of food photography should show the three-dimensional sense of dishes. The basic lighting is to use the top light with a slight sense of reverse light, combined with the main light on the side and the auxiliary light with personality. Soft light covers and honeycomb covers are commonly used. Soft light is the main food for shooting snacks such as bread and cakes; However, the greasy food such as braising in soy sauce and frying needs a hard light source to avoid the food from being too flat; Shooting cooked vegetables, drinks and other foods with good transparency should show its transparency, and then it is very effective to use backlight and contour light. Lighting is dead and people are alive. In the face of different foods, creative use of local light sources will achieve surprising results. The use of lighting is a complex topic, which can only be simply explained here. Interested POCOer can try different light applications and be familiar with the characteristics of various light sources to use them flexibly.