Capturing Food Photos becomes a pivotal part while traveling to any destination nowadays. Social media especially Instagram worthy food moments is trending big time. Holidays open up possibilities to grab the perfect essence & culture of a place through clicking food pictures that make the trip memorable. By following simple tricks, anybody can click appealing food photos. Here are a few pointers which will be helpful:
Turn the Flash Off
Yes, please. Flash has all the power to overexpose the little details around food, and it turns out the texture of it by giving an unrealistic glow which is not desirable in food photos. So, make sure that you’ve turned off the flash of your mobile/camera before capturing any photo. Use ambient light as much as you can.
Natural Light is best
Try to shoot food in natural daylight. If you’re dining in a restaurant, find out a natural light source and take your plate there to capture a photo.
Get candid with your Food
Be casual with that plate of pancakes or the glass of cold coffee. Let the holiday vibes soak into your pictures. Stay candid when you want yourself into the food frame or anytime you’re adding human elements with food try to get an all-natural shot.
Use the table tops
You’re having lunch in a café, right? And the tabletop is wooden, so, it would be perfect for those flatlay photos. Arrange the plates a bit, make your partner spoon out the risotto and take a shot. Interesting surface, different set up of the tabletops add great character to food photos.
Find live food
While holidaying try to visit local markets and capture people making food at street-side eateries. Most interesting photos born like this.
Make sure your Lens is Clean
Whether it’s mobile or camera always check out for the cleanliness of the lens. Keep it dust-free, wipe out fingerprint impressions with a lens cloth if any.
Use different angles
Don’t restrict yourself with only top & close-up food shots. Try taking pictures with different angles, preferably side angles, the blurry background always adds up the character into photos.
Edit photos
It’s important to edit the food pictures. The actual colour and texture of food often missed out in photos due to many reasons. But thankfully we have App/Softwares now to enhance the picture quality. Use Snapseed, Lightroom, VSCO editing Apps for phones and Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop to edit camera pictures.
And lastly, keep on clicking whatever you eat during the Holidays! 🙂
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