These tips work regardless of whether you are using a DSLR camera or your smartphone.
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Here are 3 tips that you can use to instantly take your food photography to the next level:
1. Use natural lighting 🌅
For naturally beautiful photos that are perfectly lit, you can't go wrong with taking your food pictures near a large window flooded with sunlight. But make sure your subject isn't placed in direct sunlight as this will not give you great results, rather place your subject near the window out of direct sunlight but covered in diffused light.
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2. Use a Tripod
A tripod was something that instantly gave my photography an upgrade. It gives you the ability to choose from where the viewer's eye will be looking at the photo so you can easily craft the image exactly how you want to.
Using a tripod allows you to style to the camera. When you don't use a tripod the image constantly changes as you move the camera with your hands, this means you never get a consistent image and therefore it is much more difficult to get the "perfect' shot.
As a result of using a tripod, your composition skills will improve significantly!
Using a tripod will also reduce motion blur, giving you a sharper overall image.
3. Choose the Right Angle 📐
A pizza and a burger need to be shot from completely different angles. The burger needs to be shot at a 0 or 45 degree (side) angle as most of the burger's detail is on the side. On the other hand, pizza has all of its detail on the top and therefore a 90 degree (top) angle works better here.
This pizza was shot at a 90 degree angle:
These fruit cups were shot at a 0 degree angle to capture all of the detail of the fruit layers:
BONUS TIP: Edit Your Photos
Editing your photos makes a big difference. I use Lightroom, there is a desktop and free mobile app that makes editing your photos quick and easy.
Here’s a photo of my chickpea tuna sandwiches before editing:
And after editing with Lightroom:
Massive difference right?
Please let me know in the comments if you would like more info on how to take better photos or how to edit your photos.
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