10 WAYS TO GET BACKDROPS FOR FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY IN 2022

10 WAYS TO GET BACKDROPS FOR FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY IN 2022

Backdrops can make a huge difference to your food presentation. They can be the crucial detail which brings your food to shine and make your image special or leave it in averageness. The right background can help to pop the colors of your food. Finding the right background for your shot doesn’t have to be difficult. You can find photographic backgrounds almost everywhere at home. Most of them are completely free of charge.

FOOD STYLING BASICS

FOOD STYLING BASICS

Food styling represents 50 percent (or even more) of food photography. Some basic food styling skills are essential and needed to be developed by every food photographer. I tell you 8 easy steps for how you can improve your food styling skills.

HOW TO TURN ANY LENS INTO A MACRO LENS FOR FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

HOW TO TURN ANY LENS INTO A MACRO LENS FOR FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

An extension tube is practically a spacer between your camera body and your lens. It will shift the minimum focus distance of your attached lens towards your subject. That enables you to get closer to your subject and you can begin taking great macro shots even with a non-macro lens.

HOW TO USE A SNOOT FOR FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

HOW TO USE A SNOOT FOR FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

A snoot can give you that extra light kick on your food or dish which is needed to let it shine. You can modify it by using a honeycomb grid to get an even more direct spotlight with hard edges. Or you can use a diffusion gel in front of it to soften the light and to get the falloff softer as well. Of course you can combine both methods if needed.

PLANNING & PREPPING YOUR FOOD GIG LIKE A PRO

PLANNING & PREPPING YOUR FOOD GIG LIKE A PRO

If I prepare myself for a food photography job I usually finish these tasks to get prepared as good as I could to satisfy my clients. I do the following routine to get prepared as good as possible:
– Online research for the right angle & food styling
– Creating a mood board
– Color scheme development
- Lighting considerations
– Thinking of and organizing props

THE CHALLENGES OF BECOMING A FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER

THE CHALLENGES OF BECOMING A FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER

The challenges in food photography get obvious at the moment you do it the very first time. Even if you have been a professional photographer before you will immediately run into issues. 

CREATING AWESOME FLAT LAYS IN NO TIME

CREATING AWESOME FLAT LAYS IN NO TIME

Flat lay shots create an order or pattern of the things shown. It’s giving us a perfect overview of a scene which makes it very easy and fast readable for our brains to understand what’s going on. Flat lay shots are a very graphical approach to food photography. It’s also related to still-life photography.

HOW TO START FLASH FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

HOW TO START FLASH FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

Getting started with flash food photography doesn’t have to be difficult. For many applications, a setup with one flash is usually sufficient. In addition to a flash, you still need a transmitter and a receiver unit to be able to position the flash independently of the camera position, a camera, a light stand for your flash, a light shaper, and, of course, the food. Everything else can be learned quickly.

15 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY WHICH WILL CHANGE YOUR FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY FOREVER

15 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY WHICH WILL CHANGE YOUR FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY FOREVER

What distinguishes an amateur from an expert? I truly believe that it’s a two-parted answer: knowledge on one hand and experience at the other hand. So if you really want to improve your food photography skills you have to work hard on both. Here are 15 things you can do today which will change your food photography forever.