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Discovering wonderful camera angles n astonish you with their vivid effect. But, for a quick  review, let’s discuss a few most largly used angles in food photography.

Diagonal – A different way of looking at food. Shooting the product from the diagonal angle can give wonderful shots, especially when you have to shoot multiple pieces. This angle would smartly hold the product’s multiple planes in one frame.

Close up – Close up angles give us assurance that the food is actually irresistible. Taking the camera quite close to the dish can indeed highlight the crisp texture, imperfections, and colors so well that the dish would appear far more appetizing. It will indeed add a more natural element to the appearance.

From Above – All that glitters upside is gold from inside. The camera is held above the dish and moved towards it till the dish is not entirely captured in the frame. If the composition has contrasting colors, the image will come out to be dashing and dynamic.

The tilt towards the right – What if the dish greets the viewer. For that, you simply need to tilt the camera towards the right. Using this angle will also help in highlighting the visually better or more important side.

In the air – Let the food view amaze the viewers. If you can manage to create a shadow-free and single-colored background, you can also have the privilege of shooting from crazy angles. It will certainly make the dish more attractive as if it is flying.

In the middle – Let’s go modern. The camera largely focuses on the object as the center. Such kind of shot would give rise to a contemporary look. It is very much trending.

Parallel with a line – Imagination combined with intelligence delivers amazing work. Use your senses. Observe any line formed on the object, keep the camera parallel to it. It shall sum up to a very celebratory picture, stressing vividly on the certain portion of the food product.

Slight tilt – A Human mind is thought to begin observation from the right direction. Apply some logic. A slight tilt of the camera towards the right would logically prompt the viewer to read the photograph the way you want them to.

The above-mentioned angles will you help depending on which portion of food you want to stress. After reading this, excellent food photography is surely in making.

1. Widen the light source –If the window that is sourcing the light is broad enough, it will do a wonderful job of the reducing the contrast level, sheltering the unnecessary texture details, and dwindling the shadows. Place the subject near the window where it doesn’t receive the sunlight instantly but diffusely. Food photography tips help you in evolving from amateur photographer to a professional one.

2. Bring the light source closer – Don’t get bewildered! There can be a certain position which provides indirect light yet located quite intimate to the light source. It’s effective to move the lamps closer to the subjects to highlight them better during the indoor shooting.

3. Dispersion makes the light spread and soft – You should observe that in the winters, fog essentially becomes a medium to scatter the light into multiple directions. The brightness is soft and subtle. Since every day can’t be foggy, you are advised to use a translucent or white cloth to moderate the lighting effect.

4. Use the bouncing light –If the region that sources light is narrow, then the ray shall bounce and get diffused further. In fact, the shiny reflector, a mirror (for example) will effortlessly bounce the focused light. Although the ray will be restricted in terms of area. To make an adequate reflector, wrap the crumpled aluminium foil around a cardboard.

5. Light gets dimmer with the increasing distance between subject and light source – More is the gap between the light source and subject, the dimmer is the light. The law says the hero becomes square times lighter when moved away from the light source. During outdoor shooting, the camera’s flash can make the light on subject’s face comparatively less flashy without disturbing the background exposure.

6. Use light drop off to define subject and background –The subject and the background have different visual importance. The former holds more attention so it deserves to appear brighter as well. Place the subject decently near the window that lights it from the front so that the background appears relatively darker.

7. The lighting direction decides the texture details – If the light is positioned in front of the hero, the texture won’t reveal the unnecessary surface features. But, the case is opposite if the light is drawn from sideways or above. So, keep the light source in front when the texture isn’t that desirable. Such food photography tips alter the level of visuals from ordinary to extraordinary.

8. Shadows sets up volume –The Three-D effect can be brought up by supplying the light from left, right, below or above – any suitable angle that casts significant shadows to make the image livelier and more reality-like.

9. Include a light source for the spark in the backdrop – If you are lucky, the inclusion of the light source in the background might give a glittering backdrop. While the bright sunlight shall fall upon the subject – stressing less on the surface details.

10. The light itself has numerous color tones –The sunlight in the day and evening would impart two different effects to the picture. As for a landscape, a clear bright noon will not yield the premeditated results. Therefore, set the camera’s color balance to cloudy. Or else, the landscape would appear needlessly blue during the bright daylight.

We hope these ten lighting techniques for flawless food photography prove to be of great help to you.

1. Keep the food fresh, to create crisp photographs- While you ponder upon the ideas of capturing breathtaking images, the food to be captured is aging. Don’t let it fade away, try to captivate it in your camera imagination as soon as possible.

2. Try to bring the angle with a difference – Since, every recipe is privileged with different USP (Unique Selling Proportion), the angle from which it is to be shot varies too. Some of them would appear more appealing from the top view while other from the side or lower angle. Work on the aptest angle.

3. Instinct can do wonders – If you still feel unclear after trying numerous compositions, follow your instinct. Whatever idea has randomly hit your mind, if it still lingers around – FOLLOW IT AND IMPLEMENT IT.

4. Not camera but the photographer does the magic – If an expensive camera would be able to give you all the results then there would have been hardly any famous photographers in the world. A simple DSLR Camera will suffice with a nice lens, the rest depends on your ability and creativity.

5. Try to evade the flash – In many of the food photography cases, using the flash would only add unnecessary lighting which will camouflage the natural details. A food shot should rather seem real so as to look edible.

6. Props that highlight the core push – There’s definitely a pushing thought around which a photographer weaves the image. Try to include props which complement each other and the main recipe both from the aspect of the color as well as of size.

7. Accidents could better the picture – At times, while slicing the food product, there occur an “unexpected” spill or the so-called proper shape is distorted. Imperfection can be beautiful and add that natural element to the food photo.