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Food Photography




What is Food Photography?

Food Photography is a still life specialization of commercial photography, aimed at producing attractive photographs of food for use in advertisements, packaging, menus or cookbooks. Professional food photography is a collaborative effort, usually involving an art director, a photographer, a food stylist, a prop stylist and their assistants.

What are the tricks used in Food Photography?

Making the food look tasty and tempting is the creative challenge for all food photographers. Here are some simple tricks to tease your beholder's tastebuds and build your "food stylist" portfolio:







Mood: Decide on the mood you want the food to project. Examples: a) An elegant, whimsical or mysterious mood. b) A cuisine associated with a particular season c) An ethnic fare that conjures dreams of faraway places.

Backdrop: Select backdrops that complement your chosen theme. Examples: a) A white linen or ecru lace tablecloth for an elegant meal. b) A wooden plank for a barbeque

Props: Choose display plates that provide contrast to the food that's going to be placed on them. Position the plate or bowl of food against the backdrop. Add utensils, glassware, wine bottles, or any other props you feel enhance the overall image.

Lighting: One of the best places to photograph food is by a window where there is plenty of natural light - perhaps supported with flash bounced off a ceiling or wall to give more balanced lighting that cuts out the shadows.

Quick: Food doesn’t keep it’s appetizing looks for long so as a photographer you’ll need to be well prepared and able to shoot quickly after it’s been cooked before it melts, collapses, wilts and/or changes color.

Balance: Pay attention to the balance of food in a shot (color, shapes etc) and leave a way into the shot (using leading lines and the rule of thirds to help guide your viewer’s eye into the dish).