Lead: In this issue, I will introduce a beautiful food photographer who swims to the fish in the blue sky. Her works are all shot in natural light and do not depend on the later stage. Read the content to learn how to use natural light to shoot attractive and high-quality food works, and the style is still a little healing.
1. Her shooting equipment
D7 24-7 F2.8 45mm ISO2 exposure compensation .33
Body: D7, K1d, 55D
Lens: 24-7, Ricoh 5 1.8f, 5 2.8f
tripod: Bainuo
24-7 has the advantages of convenient composition, good color reproduction and sufficient sharpness, while Ricoh 5 1.8f aperture is large enough, which can make food works look more glamorous.
second, what is the most favorable location for shooting at home?
D7 aperture: f/2.8 exposure time: 1/13 ISO: 32 focal length: 62mm
when taking food pictures at home, you need to choose areas with sufficient light, such as balconies and windows. But don't do it in direct sunlight, such as this one. Jiangnan Style on the tip of the tongue, when shooting, the light is relatively stiff, the light ratio is relatively large, and the shadow is heavier.
third, how to find the natural light that is favorable for shooting in the restaurant?
Try to choose a place with sufficient lighting
Shooting in a restaurant is easily limited by the venue. If you can choose to sit by the window, it is naturally the best. If not, you can only try to choose a place with sufficient lighting.
Most western restaurants have dim lighting, which is difficult to express food clearly. In addition, when many people dine, the table will inevitably be full of dishes, plates and other items, so it is difficult to avoid the messy background in general. At this time, you can choose to shoot down, express the dishes cleanly and purely, and put the exquisiteness and elegance of western food into the lens.
Fourth, use a white cloth or a white paper towel to measure light
For people who don't have exposure meter, you can first adjust different parameters by experience. I once saw an experienced photographer who used a white towel to measure light. Specific measures, because I don't have pure white towels at home, I have to make a demonstration with paper towels.
The specific method is to rub the paper towel (just put the towel at random) and put it in the scene you plan to shoot. I don't know what file you use when you take pictures every day. I usually use A file (aperture first) to automatically balance the white.
The shadows are heavy and the highlights are not bad.
It can be seen that the shadows are heavy and the highlights are not bad, so the details can be seen, and the overall temperature is warm. It is necessary to increase exposure compensation, place a reflector in the shadow and slightly raise the color temperature.
5. Know your camera, accurately expose
D7 aperture: f/4.5 exposure time: 1/3 ISO: 2 focal length: 48mm exposure compensation: +.67
First of all, know your camera. When I used to use pentax, the normal exposure was usually dark, so I had to add one exposure. Of course, this exposure was necessary. Usually, because I usually use side backlight, I will add some exposure.
VI. How to pose and compose food to attract people?
Jiugongge composition method
The most commonly used method is Jiugongge composition method, which can put food on a monochromatic background, such as clean table linen, so that the vision can be focused on the subject. Figure 1 In order not to make the picture look dull, the focus of food is composed to the right. Although other objects are added to the picture in Figure 2, the main body can't let people know clearly what food is inside.
4:3 composition
4:3 composition, and appropriate blank space can increase the tension of the picture. The small bamboo basket in Figure 1 plays an extension role, which is carefully placed by the author, forming a consistent tone with the white background and highlighting the key green dishes, so that it can be clearly displayed in the picture. There are too many foods in Figure 2, and the composition is too full, which weakens the subject to be expressed and gives people a sense of oppression.
K1d aperture: f/2.8 shutter: 1/2 ISO: 25 focal length: 5
Use light to create healing effect. The light at sunset is soft and warm, which just creates the feeling of warm sun in winter. Seeing such a food map will make you feel better.
make the picture spiritual. Through some flowing substances, the picture is more dynamic. Are the last two photos more impressive than the first one?
VII. Share her works in the later stage
Her works don't need to rely too much on the later stage, so she can simply adjust the curves (brightness and contrast) with ps, and sometimes add some sharpening. The photos of pentax and cannon are generally soft (related to the lens and fuselage), so it is necessary to sharpen them properly. A photo, from the completion of shooting to the presentation in front of everyone, usually goes through the following five simple and quick steps.
comparison chart
adjustment of brightness and contrast
the first step is to adjust brightness and contrast through appropriate curve adjustment. Reach a better level.
USM sharpening
the second step is to use the quick mask to select the main part of the photo and USM sharpen the selected part to make the details more clear.
Re-composition of the photo with the cutting tool
Step 3, if necessary, re-composition of the photo with the cutting tool, and cutting out some unnecessary scenes can make the subject stand out more.
the fourth step, sometimes, in order to make the picture more deep, bring some lomo effect, or add shallow dark corners to the picture. Create a new layer and use the circular gradient tool to pull out the white (center)? Black gradient, and then select? Linear deepening? The overlay method, adjust the transparency of the layer, to achieve the ideal.
finally, personalize your picture, add a unique logo to it, and put it in an appropriate position, which will neither hinder the subject of expression nor make people ignore it. It is best if it can increase the aesthetic feeling of the picture.