How To Photograph Food At Home

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How to photograph food at home. Photographs of food much like food itself can invoke deep-seated questions and anxieties about issues such as consumption aspiration and domesticity Susan Bright The best way to get inspiration on how to photograph food is to look at what has been done before us and the endless possibilities we can explore. The problem though is that you light food a little different than you traditionally light other forms of photography. Look at it with fresh eyes and just explore.

If you take the picture from above it lacks its three dimensions making the food appear flat. Always remember that the protagonist is the food. Image by Eaters Collective.

In this case I used a garden chair and tucked the bit of sheet between floor and wall under the chair legs. Lighting is still everything As with any subject it doesnt matter how beautiful the food youre photographing is if you dont have good light. There will usually be more focus towards the front of the dish.

Thats why the background of your photos should be as neutral as possible. This is one of my favorite angles as it shows so much beautiful texture. You can take the picture from above the food you can take the picture from the side including the close-up ie.

In food photography you can compose the image in any of the two ways. There are a few common angles you can use to successfully photograph food. You can either get a closeup of the food like the example below or show the aerial map of the placement setting.

However food tends to look the best when backlit and usually diffused. Try to let go of your ideas about whats good or bad about your space. If you want to take professional-looking photos at home you should opt for shots from above so that the table is the backdrop.