Keep the food fresh

To make all the food look fresh and juicy, you can subjectively add a little sauce to the food. If there is no sauce, you can brush some cooking oil. If you want to shoot foods that are easy to deteriorate or lose their texture after being left in the air for a period of time (such as cooked food and frozen food), you can first find some simulated foods to replace the real food for lighting, and then quickly change into real food for shooting when the light is well distributed.

Pay attention to the choice of light source

Food is different from metal utensils, and soft diffuse reflection light should be used as much as possible to show the softness and edibility of food when shooting. It is also possible to use a hard light source, but the food will give people a plastic feeling and greatly reduce people's appetite. It is recommended to use natural light, because it is the easiest light source to obtain and the operation is the simplest: find a window and finish shooting by the window, and the dark part can be properly filled with reflector. If you use a flash, you can use the combination of lights to achieve a subtle shooting effect. Generally, two flashlights can be used to achieve the basic shooting of food. Here, I introduce a method that can complete almost all food shooting. The method is as follows:

(1) Prepare two studio flashlights with soft boxes.

(2) Put the food well, and a lamp will be put out from a higher position behind the food to illuminate the edge of the food, create contour light and increase the attractive luster of the food.

(3) The other light is shot from the left or right direction of the plane, with a lower angle, to illuminate the details of the food. Pay attention! The brightness of this lamp is lower than that of the contoured lamp, and this combination can make the food look more three-dimensional.

Selection of the height of the airplane seat

Generally, there are the following kinds of airplane seat heights:

All-angle overhead shooting

All-angle overhead shooting, which is more common in western food with more emphasis on plate setting. It can not only show the whole picture of food, but also facilitate designers to design on images.

45-degree overhead shot

45-degree overhead shot, that is, the perspective of sitting at the table every day, is also the most consistent with human visual habits. Generally used for shooting Chinese food or food with foreground and background, which can better show the texture of food. You can create a shallow depth of field with a macro lens or a larger aperture.