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Photography tips for taking pictures of food
1. Horizontal view.

That is, 0° shooting. It is suitable for food that has a strong sense of volume itself, has a certain thickness and height, and is also rich in side details. For example, a stack of cookies, cups of drinks, and so on.

When shooting food from this angle, you need to pay attention to whether the environment behind the food is suitable for the camera; either use a large aperture to deflate the cluttered background, or place the food in front of a clean wall. Of course, you can also not far behind the food placed some side dishes or tableware, so that the picture has a sense of hierarchy near and far.

2, line of sight.

As the name suggests, it is the angle from which people sit at the table and enjoy the food. (About 45 ° shooting angle, is the most commonly used angle of food photography, it gives the viewer to see the food in the film a kind of food as if they are sitting at the table can immediately pick up the tableware to start eating a meal feeling. Therefore, this angle is also known as the most appetizing angle, more used in restaurant menu shooting.

3, line of sight height shooting.

Basically all the people who shoot food will start from this angle, this angle is the most common but also the most appetizing angle. So we need to think before we shoot - whether a different angle would make the food equally appetizing.

4. Three-quarter angle.

The three-quarter angle, to put it simply, is the angle from which people stand at the table and see the food. This is the angle at which most people see the food. This angle is usually used to show some of the flatter dishes, such as: shrimp eggs, steamed bream and so on.

When you shoot from this angle, you will basically capture most of the shapes of the dishes or cutlery you are serving. Irregular tableware is fine, and square, round tableware is likely to be deformed because of perspective, perspective deformation is a food photography taboo. Therefore, we must pay attention to the viewfinder before pressing the shutter to observe the picture is not already perspective distortion.

5, top view.

The top view is now the most popular food photography angle. It is because top view shooting can fulfill many needs in food photography.