Aperture: 2.6
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/33
Shooting Mode: Single
Scene Mode: None
So, when do you know you have taken a nice picture of your food? It is when people felt hungry and drooling over your pictures!
In this post, I will share some of my thoughts and experience about taking a mouth watering photo of your food.
But firstly, I won't like to clarify that I'm not a professional
photographer or a food expert. I'm just sharing some experience I gained
when taking pictures of my food by using my camera, as well as phone.
Aperture: 2.6
ISO: 125
Shutter Speed: 1/25
Shooting Mode: Single
Scene Mode: None
First of all, lighting is
very important when shooting food. While natural light is the most
desirable source of light, man made lights are sometimes useful as well
to create a warm feeling for your pictures. Food are better shot in
warmer colour tone than cooler colour tone, having a food picture with a
blueish tint doesn't really seem appealing at all, at least for me. So, it is important for you to get a good source of light like sun light or yellow lamp. Fluorescent lights are least desirable when taking pictures of food, just go and try and you will know why. With good lighting and colour temperature, you will have good exposures for your picture and thus reduces noise and increases quality.
Next will be composition. Most food are best taken in portrait orientation, which is the default orientation when holding a phone, because it is able to represent your food and with a little background. Horizontal orientation also works for some cases like taking pictures of pizza, or a bowl of noddles. Sometimes shooting directly from the top is also a good perspective to show a bird's eye view of your dishes. My recommendation will definitely be portrait orientation for most cases, and then change to horizontal if portrait orientation doesn't work for you.
Aperture: 2.6
ISO: 125
Shutter Speed: 1/20
Shooting Mode: Single
Scene Mode: None
To compose a good food picture, always fill up two-thirds of your frame with your dishes/food and then manually focus on the most attractive item within the dishes, for example, the chili in the pasta attracts the attention of the eyes first, and hence the focus is on the chili. This is very important when shooting with a camera with wide aperture lens for the narrow D.O.F. but not so important for a phone camera because most likely everything will be in focus. Nevertheless, there is no harm to manually select the focus point to achieve best results. The other one-third of the picture will be reserve for any background objects or the background itself. This is to show the environment and the surroundings to create a better feel and connection to the food.
Aperture: 2.6
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/33
Shooting Mode: Single
Scene Mode: None
Due to the wide D.O.F. of the phone camera and wide angle, it is important to frame your food properly to avoid your background to interfere with the interest of the picture. Try shooting from a higher angle to expose more of the area of the table instead of the disturbing background if present.
Another factor will be the white balance as it governs the colour of your picture. By default, the auto white balance works quite well and I do get a desirable image from it. Occasionally a bit too warm sometimes as shown in the example below. Always check your screen prior to shooting for the best colours, and do not get fooled by your SAMOLED screen!
Aperture: 2.6
ISO: 640/800
Shutter Speed: 1/17
Shooting Mode: Single
Scene Mode: None
All the tips and recommendations are just for your reference only. It is your freedom and creativity to explore any style of food photography that you like. And to compile your food adventure, I would recommend you to download an app called Evernote Food which is able to compile all the information for your future reference. Or download Million Moments to compile all your pictures in a nice collage album.
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