As a professional photographer, I can cook quite well, so I am very qualified to answer this question. You can check my certification.

I have uploaded more than 100 food tutorial videos in total.

Let’s look at a few pictures first, and the method will be explained later.

These are screenshots of food videos I made myself, and they were shot with my mobile phone.

First let’s talk about the equipment. If you use a camera to shoot, it will have high definition, good details and depth of field, but it is expensive and requires multiple lenses, a powerful lighting system, a powerful computer, and excellent post-production color correction technology. This is more suitable for team operations.

Now mobile phones can shoot 4K60 frame videos, which can meet the effect of iPad-sized browsers, so I choose to shoot with mobile phones and operate it alone.

Photography is the art of using light. Natural light is the most comfortable when natural light is available. If not, purchase lighting fixtures based on your own financial strength. Generally, you will need three lights: main light, fill light, and backlight.

The main function of light is to shape and highlight the texture of ingredients, not simply to illuminate.

The composition of food photography is very important. You should choose the shooting angle and scene size according to the shape, size and utensils of the finished product.

The three-dimensional ones can be shot flat, the combination ones can be shot from above, and the general dishes can be shot obliquely at a 45-degree angle.

Choose a scene based on the texture of the ingredients. For example, a cut steak can be given a macro lens to show the texture of the meat.

In short, take more shots of the scene and edit it to make it less monotonous.

Don’t overdo the color matching, utensils, and accessories. Keep the priorities in order. Don’t overdo the colors. It’s mainly to highlight the theme.

The tutorial video production process must be clear and easy to understand, as unobstructed as possible, and the process should be reasonable. The length should be set according to your script. Just explain it clearly. It is easy to be short but not long, so don’t be irritated.

Edit according to the script, and try not to overdo the color adjustment, especially if you add saturation to the extreme, it will be bad if it looks fake.

It must be eye-catching in the first ten seconds. If it doesn’t look good in the first ten seconds, no one will watch it later.

Finally, for food videos, food is very important. Good shooting is just to better display the food. If it is not done well, it will not produce flowers.