Check out my food photography and food styling tips by Martyna’s wonderful food blog at Wholesome Cook Blog. You will find a list of my tips for food photography techniques, food styling and how to improve your food images.
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Penelope Beveridge Workshop
Penelope’s 5 Great Food Photography Tips – Props:
1. Natural fabrics photograph better. You’ll be able to see the detail that will come through and complement the food. Try not to use paper or plastic.
2. When shooting glassware, try shooting low stem glasses because otherwise “nothing is the hero”.
3. If it’s a shared meal place more cutlery around the plate. Same with the bread. To give bread a casual rustic feel, use torn slices, for more stylized use slices, for kids use shapes.
4. White props should not be distracting from the food.
5. To make the plate and food the hero, go with something that matches the theme and use small cutlery to bring the food out.
Penelope’s 5 Great Food Photography Tips – Plating up:
1. To pour soup or jus around use a little funnel – that way you have more control of the splash and splatter area. Do not rush the process, do it gently. Always do it last, once your mise en scene is set up.
2. White gloves are great to avoid finger marks. Use cotton buds rather than wipe plates – the camera will see the wipe marks.
3. Cut out a small piece of paper towel to place under chicken or steak to hold the juices underneath – it won’t bleed onto the potatoes.
4. Add a pinch of salt to champagne, sparkling or beer to get the bubbles back.
5. Arrowroot will thicken up sauces and chocolate for the alluring chocolate drip shots.
Penelope’s 5 Great Food Photography Tips – Camera and lighting:
1. Avoid shadows and light reflections, especially in bowls. Turn off overhead light in low light situations or use light reflectors or boards to block out lights that interfere with your shot.
2. When judging if food is looking good only do so by looking through the camera.
3. Don’t zoom in too closely onto the food – you can always crop the image later to focus in, but you can’t zoom out if you have no surrounding space in the frame to start with.
4. If you haven’t got a remote release, use a self timer. Tripod is a must when photographing food, it keeps your images still.
5. Use a camera with interchangable lenses if possible, or learn the manual settings on your camera for better focus, white balance and depth of field.
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