Lead: For people nowadays, if they can't even take good food photos, how can they mix on social networks? Let's take a look at some shooting techniques!

Shooting food under natural light

Natural light has good color rendering. Compared with the photos of recipes that require strict light, many photos in food magazines are taken by photographers using natural light, which can also achieve good results.

when using natural light, you should pay attention to choosing soft light as much as possible. Generally speaking, the location near the window is ideal, because the glass window can soften the light to a certain extent. If the light is too strong, you can use a translucent gauze to soften the light. At this time, the subject in the indoor shadow is often dim in the picture. At this time, you can easily find the white paper in the room and let it temporarily act as a reflector. Generally speaking, food photos taken with natural light are closer to life, more real, and therefore more intimate.

When shooting with natural light shining into the room, the photographer should control the white balance setting of the photo because it may be affected by indoor lighting. Because the automatic white balance function of the camera may not be able to completely and accurately restore the real dishes, the photographer can use the white plate as a reference to set the custom white balance.

for different dishes, photographers can also choose to adjust the white balance appropriately according to their different characteristics to enhance the color expression of photos and create cold and warm tones. At the same time, if the photographer wants to change the portrayal effect of light, he can change the shooting position. The change of shooting position will change the angle and direction of natural light irradiation on the subject in the photo at the same time, thus producing different effects.

It is better to shoot western food in natural light, because western food often has better color and texture.

Like many other photographic subjects, food can be shot by various conventional composition and lighting techniques. According to the characteristics of the subject, when shooting food, photographers often use the shooting angle from the upper side. At this time, by controlling the depth of field, the main body of the picture can be highlighted, creating a good three-dimensional sense and a sense of focus.

Using large aperture and close-up method, two of the three elements of depth of field are satisfied, which can effectively reduce the depth of field of the picture and highlight the subject. When the colors and shapes of the subjects are similar, it is very necessary to selectively highlight the key points of the picture, which can make the messy picture orderly and highlight the layering of the picture better.

It is not suitable to depict all the delicious food by contrasting the virtual and the real. When many subjects are important, the photographer needs to use a small aperture and a sufficient depth of field to clearly show all the subjects.

Take pictures of cakes by contrasting the virtual and the real, so that the picture has a clear subject.

The texture of food comes from the photographer's grasp of light. Whether it is natural light or artificial light, the texture of food can be shown by controlling the angle and direction of light.

Under normal circumstances, sidelight has a good performance effect in food photography. Whether using the light from the restaurant window or using artificial light source, the light from the side can show the three-dimensional sense of food.

It should be pointed out that the side light is often not the main light, but the auxiliary light in food photography, and sometimes the photographer has to face the situation that the indoor light works with the natural light projected outside the window. But as long as there is side light, the picture will not lack enough texture. When necessary, props such as reflectors are needed to fill the shadows in the picture to enhance the overall effect of the photo.

the side light shows the texture of the food' incisively and vividly'

Diagonal composition

The composition of the dishes depends on the demand. In general, an oval plate or a long plate is set at 45 degrees to the left or right, and the picture is more vivid and not rigid. The square disk is placed in the right position, and it is trapezoidal after shooting, which is very generous. Special-shaped disk depends on the specific situation, the composition should not be too straight, and there should be some inclination to add interest to the picture. Before shooting, you should pay attention to check and remove the foreign objects on the edge of the dish to make the picture clean. On the left, the dishes are fresh green with a hazy red background, especially the dishes are placed diagonally, and a vivid and warm atmosphere is created by composition and color matching.

create a diagonal composition by changing the shooting angle and placing dishes

curve composition

Many times, shooting a single object will make the subject look thin, thus losing its texture and attraction. At this time, you can consider increasing the number of subjects. As shown in the picture on the right, crispy tortillas can be placed more, and the curve shape can be placed according to the trend. By relying on the group effect and the expressive force of the curve, it can attract visual attention and induce people's appetite.

for the artistic conception of the picture, you can also decorate the red flowers and green leaves under the yellow theme, so that the color is not monotonous and the feeling of perfection and richness is increased.

Using the curve layout to improve the form liquidity of food photos.