Four angles and lighting options for food photography

Food photography

In fact, it is based on different foods

Different backgrounds

Choose the right shooting angle

Pair it with the right lighting

Today, FLEX would like to share with you the choice of shooting angle and lighting!

Compared with portrait photography, food photography is relatively simple. After all, food is static, and there are four shooting angles: eye level, eye level, three-quarter angle, and top view.

Head-up

That is, 0° horizontal shooting. This shooting method is suitable for shooting food with a strong sense of volume, a certain thickness and height, and rich side details. Such as burgers, cup drinks, etc. When shooting from this angle, you should pay attention to whether the environment behind the food is suitable for the camera. You can use a large aperture to blur the messy background behind the food, or you can place some side dishes or tableware not far behind the food to make the picture more interesting. A layered sense of distance and nearness.

Eye-sight height

The sight-view shooting angle is about 45°, which is the most commonly used angle for food photography. It is close to the angle of people sitting at the dining table and looking at the food. It can give the viewer a sense of It feels like delicious food is right in front of you. It is the most appetizing angle, and restaurant recipes are basically shot from this angle. Eye level is the most commonly used shooting angle, and basically everyone who shoots food will start from this angle.

Three-quarter angle

The three-quarter angle is the angle from which people see food when standing in front of the dining table. This is also the angle from which most people see food. This angle is suitable for shooting some relatively flat dishes such as steamed dumplings, fish, shrimp, etc. When shooting from this angle, most of the shapes of the vessels or tableware will be captured. Irregular tableware is okay, but square and round tableware are likely to be deformed due to perspective. Perspective deformation is a taboo in food photography. Therefore, we must pay attention to whether the picture in the viewfinder has been perspectively deformed before pressing the shutter.

Looking down

Looking down is a very popular angle for photographing food. Taking pictures of food from above can express various desired effects.

1. Nowadays, many delicacies are made into various shapes and patterns. When shooting from other angles cannot show the entire picture, it is necessary to use overhead shots to show the perfection of the entire dish. modeling.

2. There is no obvious primary and secondary relationship between the content to be photographed. A variety of foods must be represented, and a dazzling visual effect must be created, such as a sumptuous table full of food.

3. You need to take photos of food in deep containers, such as soup in deep cups, or completely flat food, such as pizza.

Vertical shooting requires standing at a higher position and looking down. While paying attention to safety, you need to ensure the stability of the camera and lens. When photographing a plate of dishes vertically, the focal length of the lens is likely to change under the influence of gravity. If the shutter is pressed at this time, the photo will become blurry.

Based on different food dishes, we will choose different shooting angles, but there is no fixed standard. Therefore, you can take photos of the same food from different angles and then choose the photo that works best for you.

In addition to the shooting angle, lighting is also crucial for food photography. Lighting with good color rendering can make the pictures taken evenly colored, bright and without distortion. Generally speaking, when photographing gourmet food, a LED lamp bead type panel lamp with high illumination is usually installed, and a diffuser or lamp cover is installed. It is used as a ceiling light, and the light coming out is very soft.

Coupled with a 200W spotlight as the main light, the shooting effect is very good