Lights, Camera, Food!

 This week we attempted to dabble in a little bit of Food Photography. There are two things you need to focus on when making pictures of food.

• Lighting  This is probably the most important thing to focus on when dealing with food. Food needs  bright warming colors to attract the viewer. If your photos are out dark or the colors seem under saturated you may want to focus on getting some better lighting. You may notice that whenever you go into a restaurant they typically use warm bright color to entice your hunger. The same concept applies to your photos. Click here to check out a website that talk more about how food and colors work together.
• Placement Where you line up your shot can make or break a photo. You want your food to seem life-like and appetizing. For this shoot we stuck to using a macro lens to pick up all the ingredients and details. Ingredients are everything and the viewers love to see them. How else do they know what they are ordering in a restaurant or if they are following directions correctly from a recipe book.

Well we had a ton of fun with this practice shoot and learned so much. The best advise I can always give is to practice, practice practice. You may not get the shots you envision the first time around so just take notes and what worked and didnt. Have fun with it and best of all you get to enjoy your tasty treat when you finish. What more can you ask for, YUM!