10 TIPS TO MAKE YOUR FOOD LOOK DELICIOUS ON CAMERA

 

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Hi guys! That’s Cinefood (again)!
Welcome to our new medium article!

Today we talk about food photography and how to make your meal awesome for the camera!

So, let’s go!

10 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS TO MAKE YOUR FOOD LOOK DELICIOUS ON CAMERA

1 ) COOKING WELL

Yes guys, it may be trivial but that’s the base!
You can’t do a good food photography if your food is trash!

That means using the right ingredients, choosing the freshest ones and not doing things at random. So the process for a good food photography starts at the supermarket and continues in your kitchen where you have to be clean and precise while cooking.

2) DON’T OVERCOOK!

We advise you to don’t overcook food. It will make it look better in photos!
Cooking food “al dente” enhances the colors and textures of the ingredients.

3 ) WORK-IN-PROGRESS PHOTOS

It’s helpful in giving you more application options.
For example, you can make a sequence, and explain the cooking process like in a cookbook. Showing the cooking steps involves the audience more.
You can also take shots before and after plating.

4) FOOD STYLING

You can’t simply throw your food on a plate!
There aren’t strict rules about it but we can give you some aesthetic advice:

• Small portions: you don’t have to “feed the army”, as we say, so you can do small portions well plated.
• Simple crockery: use simple plates that don’t divert attention.
• Chromatic contrast: you can carry it out while you’re cooking or during the serving. In the first case you can have colorful ingredients and combinations of them. In the second case you can create color combinations decorating your dish.
• Be clean: be clean during the plating and avoid annoying spots (if you don’t want them).
• Exploits forms: use food and plate shape to create suggestive compositions.

5) WETTER IS BETTER

No, we’re not talking about sex! (You hoped for, eh? ;) )

A little trick to make your food look beautiful and tastier is wetting it. You can do this with water or oil (it depends on the type of food).
It can be very helpful to make your food look fresher, especially if you’re shooting for an hour.

6 ) CREATE YOUR SET

Make your dish the star of the show!
You have to prepare the perfect stage for your main character: choosing the actors, the extras, the scenography, …
The use of too many objects or putting objects in the wrong position will divert attention from your dish.

Even in this case there are no strict rules, but here are some tips:

• Related objects: place in the shot objects or raw ingredients that you used during the preparation (For example: if your main character is a pizza, you can put in the shot some tomatoes or a mozzarella).
• Simple tablewares: use simple tablecloths and towels. Choose them so that they fit into the type of imagery you want to create.
• Simple background: avoids the distracting elements from the scene.

7 ) GET INTO THE FOCUS

The best way to make your dish the protagonist is focusing solely on it , focusing on the detail. For example, you can focus only on the main plate leaving all the rest blurry or you can photograph only a detail of your dish.

8) PLAY WITH LIGHT SOURCES

To take good food photography the natural light is the most important element. . It’s best to arrange your dish near a window.

Then, you have to decide what kind of light and shadow you want to give to your dish. You can change the angle from which you shoot or soften the light using a softbox or a white curtain. That’s your choice to make!
You can also use other light sources (like a spotlight) to obtain different light effects.

9) SLICE IT!

Another great trick is to photograph the food sliced or from which a piece has already been bitten. This gives you a better idea of the consistency of foods and gives you a new perspective on food: from the inside!

We have to admit that it’s also a good excuse to taste what you are photographing! ;)

10 ) THE HUMAN FACTOR

This is your moment guys!

Adding a human element, like hands, in your photo will help the viewer to understand the size of your plate. The human factor is also more real and appealing to your audience.