Keep food fresh If you want to make everything look fresh and juicy, you can subjectively add a little sauce to the food. If it is a food without sauce, you can brush some cooking oil.

If you want to photograph food that is easy to spoil or will lose 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 food to replace the real food for lighting, and wait for the lighting to

Okay, let’s quickly switch to real food photography.

Pay attention to the light source selection. Food is different from metal utensils. When shooting, you should use soft diffuse light as much as possible to show the softness and edibleness of the food.

It is also possible to use a hard light source, but the food taken will give people a plastic feel, which will greatly reduce people's appetite.

It is recommended to use natural light, because it is the easiest light source to obtain and the simplest operation: find a window and complete the shooting next to the window. Use a reflector to fill in the dark parts.

If you use flash, you can use the combination of lights to achieve a detailed shooting effect.

Generally, two flashes can be used to achieve basic photography of food.

Here, a method that can accomplish almost any food photo shoot.

The method is as follows: (1) Prepare two studio flashes with soft boxes.

(2) Place the food well, and shine a light from a higher position behind the food to illuminate the edge of the food, create outline light, and increase the attractive luster of the food.

(3) Another light shines from the left or right side of the camera position at a lower angle to illuminate the details of the food.

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The brightness of this light is lower than that of the outline light. This combination can make the food look more three-dimensional.

Selection of camera height Generally, the common camera heights are as follows: full-angle overhead shot. Full-angle overhead shot appears more in Western food with more exquisite presentation.

Not only can it show the whole picture of the food, but it can also facilitate designers to design on the image.

45° overhead shot The 45° overhead shot, which is the perspective from which we sit at the dinner table every day, is also the most consistent with human visual habits.

Generally used for Chinese food or food photography with front and rear backgrounds, which can better show the texture of the food.

Use a macro lens or open a wider aperture to create a shallow depth of field.