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Because we care about helping you improve your skills, these following tips and tricks will bring you closer to achieve your food photography goals in no time! You don’t have to believe us, you have to believe them, the food bloggers.
These ideas are simple, easy to follow and to understand, fairly cheap to make, and most importantly, effective. You don’t even need some incredibly fancy camera to be able to create the most visually appealing photo.
But, for you to understand these secrets, you’ll need some basic knowledge of photography, and you need to be comfortable with your camera. We know how any beginner needs the best information told in a simple manner, that’s why we did our best to find the best for you.
Ready, gorgeous? Let’s get started!
5 Awesome Food Photography Secrets you need to know
1. HOW TO MAKE WOOD PHOTOGRAPHY BOARDS, from Love Grows Wild
The background of every photo is very important. The simpler the background, the bigger the impact of your subject. For food photography, a wooden background has a very big impact.
It’s clean, simple, but not boring. And it can be done so easily!
Source: Love Grows Wild
2. THE 10 BEST FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY PROPS TO IMPROVE YOUR FOOD PHOTOS, by The Endless Meal
Props. Everyone uses them, everyone needs them for achieving a good photo. BUT, you don’t need to go overboard with them – don’t spend tons of money. For food photography, the best props are actually surprising, and you may already have them!
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Source: The Endless Meal
3. 10 Tips for Food Photography & Styling, from Drizzle and Dip
Now that you have your base and your props, let’s get into the details. You need to know how your camera works, how light works, how to set the mood of your photo and how to arrange your subject.
Styling is very important and also, how you present your subject, in this case, your food is very personal, but there are a few tricks that help you in that area as well, for the best impact.
Source: Drizzle and Dip
4. 5 Ways to improve your food photography with artificial light, by Pinch of Yum
What do you do when natural light is just not good enough for you? Or you’re living on the shadowy side of the neighborhood and you never have good lighting? You must learn the do’s and don’t of artificial lighting.
It’s easier than you think!
Source: Pinch of Yum
5. PHOTOGRAPHING COLD DRINKS, from Food Bloggers of Canada
Summer is here, and cold drinks are everywhere. The trick is to make yours stand out from all the others. How can you do that you ask?
There are a few simple things to do, like using ice cubes, freezing the glasses before the shoot and using natural light to its full potential.
Source: Food Bloggers of Canada
Using these tips and tricks will improve your food photography, but the most important things you have to do to actually achieve your goal is to put love into your art and practice, practice, practice.
Experiment, test, create. Go wild, but not too wild.
We hope you enjoyed our 5 awesome food photography secrets!
Our question for you is: What other secrets do you know and use?
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