5 Tips for beginners to photograph food perfectly
Where there is light use it
Never use overhead lights or lamps or the built- in flash. Always use the natural light and click photos under it. It is a simple yet powerful tool that every beginner can use to their advantage since professional photographs use artificial light and beginners don’t have to learn all the technical lighting equipment or which light to purchase. Every beginner in photography should learn to manipulate the natural light to their expertise.
Try new different angles
Some dishes look better from certain angles, for example such as pizza from the top angles or from the side angles for burgers. Try to experiment in various angles so you can choose your favourite afterwards.
Find the best source of light
Move around to find the best source of light because keeping yourself limited to one space isn’t enough. You can move around different areas to find better light for example since the lighting in your kitchen may not be great, but it may be the best in your bedroom in morning or living room in the afternoon.
Change to Black and White
Try to switch up from time to time with the monochrome effect, not only does the lack of colour simplify the image but also works well to reveal the contrast, highlights, and shadow. You can also try to edit it black and white after clicking raw pictures in post-production.
Design it with a bite
Go ahead and take a bite from your dish to give it a sense of authenticity and to give it a feel of deliciousness and attracts the viewer to take a bite the food for themselves in which you have succeeded in creating a scrumptious food photograph.