In the past, when eating, I would only pick up my mobile phone in a restaurant and take pictures of the exquisite utensils and plates. And on the few days a year when I cook at home, I only think about the taste and don’t spend an extra minute thinking about how to pat them properly.

Until recently, because of fitness, I often cooked healthy meals at home, and had to send them to the fitness group for the coach to check. Taking pictures like that every day, I really can’t shamelessly post them.

There is no truth without pictures, such as this one: I took a photo of fried steak and fish fillet one night.

How about comparing it to the photo of a dinner table with chicken steak on Instagram? Isn't it much more refined? (Envy face.jpg)

Later, after watching too many blockbusters shot by others, I learned to tidy up a little while cooking dinner, and it became like this:

Outside of work I spend the most time eating, eating, eating. Being able to take good photos while enjoying delicious food also gives me a great sense of accomplishment. After looking at a lot of beautiful photos on Instagram, I have summarized some tips to make your photos more beautiful!

?Table flags/tablecloths/old newspapers, placemats, bread boards; (you can find a bunch of them if you search on Taobao)

Using old English newspapers as the background is the simplest and easiest way It’s an easy way to create effective settings

Breadboards are also a particularly easy prop to create films. Logs will make your food react with "nature"

? Dark and light solid color tableware set. Black, white, and wood colors are commonly used colors for photography (I need a darker set, can anyone send me a gift?)

The wood and white tableware looks very clean when photographed, and the picture looks neat.

?Use smaller cutlery.

Using small tableware not only looks better, but also promotes weight loss, which will virtually make you eat less!

?Other decorations (flowers, books, favorite dolls, your pets)

A bouquet of flowers, a book, an ornament can add the finishing touch to the picture effect.

?Don’t have too many colors, three colors is better.

When taking pictures of desserts, pay special attention to not having too many large blocks of color, which will make people feel dazzled

? Set a theme for each photo.

At the same time, you should think about the overall color system and make sure that the main body or the small items used to match it will not exceed this range. You can also add a small amount of contrasting colors or black, white or metallic decorations to brighten the picture.

This is a typical earth tone, which has a gentle and comfortable feeling, and is very suitable for taking home photos.

?Triangle Principle

Triangles can make the key points of a picture prioritized and not boring. Four is too much (it will inevitably look square when placed), Two too few (face to face, symmetrical or oblique are common methods) are not embarrassing situations.

?Central composition: suitable for situations where the subject is single.

Place the photographed object in the middle. It is best to be symmetrical. Sometimes you can put some ingredients of the food scattered next to the central object. For example, if the central object is a wildberry cake, you can put it on the white background. Just put a few wild berries on the edge of the plate. Don’t shoot the whole thing, just half or three-quarters of it

Sometimes, for beginners, placing the main body of food in the center of the picture can easily result in a bland picture and make other picture elements lose their effect. . Just moving the camera slightly, shooting only part of it, and moving the subject off-center will give the whole picture a different flavor.

?Use natural light

The light is good enough and the whole picture is very bright

?Morning and evening are the times when the light is best

A typical example of afternoon tea. If there is not enough natural light in the lazy afternoon sun, you can use A4 paper as a reflector, otherwise you can use a photo editing APP (the filters of Vsco and ins are extremely powerful).

If it is at night, it is recommended to find a yellow light and a more transparent vessel.

?Flat Lay:

A particularly popular food photography method on Instagram. Search the keyword #Flatlay on Instagram and you can find nearly 750,000 results. An overhead shot is a bird's-eye view. This method is very suitable for taking pictures of multiple plates of food. It can give a more comprehensive display of the food as a whole. It can also include the surrounding table decorations, tableware, etc. to show the momentum of the entire table of dishes.

The Flat Lay shooting method is the most suitable for shooting the entire dining table.

?Tilt 45 degrees

You can pay more attention to the details of the food and appropriately expose part of the surrounding background. If the surroundings are cluttered and the table is too lazy to set up a large area, why not take a high-definition close-up of the food and lower the lens.

?Partial close-up

The partial close-up of tuna sushi can highlight the food itself and blur the messy background.

? Frontal/horizontal angle

This frontal/horizontal angle is more suitable when your food has rich layers.

Also, if there are multiple identical items, placing them at 45 degrees is also a good angle.

Is anyone hungry? But the more I write, the hungrier I get. I hope everyone can take beautiful photos of the food and dining table.

After all, we are all great beauties~