How to take photos of food? In fact, the answer to food photography is far from complete. I have many categories for food photography, such as: 0°, 45°, 90° three-point food photography; shallow depth of field, deep depth of field food photography

;Natural light, artificial light food photography, etc.

Let me talk about this issue based on the easiest to master three-point food photography of 0°, 45°, and 90°.

The so-called 0°, 45°, and 90° three-point food photography is actually a photography technique that summarizes three commonly used food shooting angles. 0° generally refers to a low angle, 45° generally refers to an oblique angle, and 90° generally refers to an oblique angle.

vertical angle.

The three actually have a corresponding relationship with the depth of field, 0° is a shallow depth of field, 45° is a shallow depth of field, and 90° is a deep depth of field.

Since many people don’t know how to take pictures with a SLR while eating, I try to answer this question from the perspective of mobile phones and compact cameras.

1: 0° photography.

0° photography is the best angle to highlight a single object, such as the little cherry on the cake.

If the aperture of your mobile phone or card is large enough, you can look for point-like light sources in the background. After they are blurred, they can form a colorful aperture, which will add a dreamy color to your food.

Another advantage of 0° photography is that it can show the layering of food. What is the layering of food?

You can search for "burger" and you can see that almost all burgers are shot at the angle of 0°-45°. This is called the layering of food. If you shoot at 90°, well, you can try it (

The picture below uses an oblique composition. Sometimes the oblique composition works wonders, but it can give people a sense of instability. For example, in the picture below, you can seem to feel that the upper burger is about to fall down. If it were taken by me, I would not be skilled enough.

In this case, you generally don’t dare to use tilted composition).

Two: 45° photography.

This is the most commonly used, classic, and best-to-master shooting angle.

45° combines the sense of space (depth of field) and layering of 0° with the overall and overall sense of 90°. It is a very good technique for photographing food.

At the golden angle of 45°, it also has the most composition methods. Here I will introduce a few classic ones: 1: Simple composition: This effect is very good and the shooting is extremely simple.

Key points: Spread a piece of white cloth near the window. Why should it be near the window?

Because there is a gradient of light when facing the window, it will not be too hard and make the food lack texture.

Put the object to be photographed on a white cloth to appropriately increase the exposure. Using the technique of leaving blank space can easily highlight the subject and make it look fresh and elegant, which is popular among young people.

Of course, it doesn’t have to be white cloth, striped and colored ones are also good, but it must be clean and the background cannot be overwhelming. In this composition, the only thing that attracts the visual focus is the food.

2: Rhythm composition.

In fact, Wen Jia has already used this method. The so-called rhythmic composition is to make the food show a certain regularity and spatiality, so that people can feel the beauty of rhythm.

: Diagonally enter the composition.

The so-called oblique entry into the composition, the most classic one is chopsticks, and of course straws or whatever. It enters from outside the picture through chopsticks and other objects, which has the effect of breaking up the picture, activating the picture, and bringing it into the picture.

: Seek differences in similarities, highlight the subject, and create a vivid picture.

Three: 90° photography.

I feel that this kind of composition is the most difficult. It is not easy to grasp the picture. It is easy to lose the sense of layering at 90°, and it is even more difficult to combine when there are many kinds of food, so it is more difficult to take a good picture.

When it comes to a single object, it’s actually very easy to shoot. Just copy the previous simple composition and it’s basically OK.

As for when there is a lot of food, if you want to take a good-looking picture, you need to specially style it, otherwise it may be ugly. But if you are not specialized in food photography, you shouldn’t specifically place the food while eating, right?

So I won’t elaborate further.

Finally, some tips: 1: Steaming food tends to make people more appetizing (don’t mention ice cream to me, asshole), so you know.

2: Use less flash, it’s too hard.

3: You can take pictures by the window.

4: Choose warm and cold colors well. Warm colors correspond to hot foods, and cold colors correspond to cold foods.

5: It’s a good idea to use white paper as a reflective material to fill in the light. White paper is everywhere, right?

6: Do a good job of subtraction and eliminate factors that interfere with the line of sight and affect the aesthetic feeling.