Tips for taking great food photos

It’s all about the light! It is advice that to become aware of the intensity of the light and how it hits the food, and learn to adjust accordingly. some tips include

• Taking photos under natural light. Do not depend on built-in flash. 
• Moving around to find the best light source. Don’t feel confined to taking photos in the kitchen.
• Minimizing the clutter. When it comes to styling, if that spoon/napkin/busy background doesn’t add to the photo, it detracts from the photo. Focus on what is most important but don’t zoom in so much that viewers can’t tell what the food is.
• Adjusting the white balance when necessary. When you’re editing your photos, if your plate of food looks very blue, yellow, magenta or green, use your white balance tools to fix it! Colors come alive when the white balance is set properly.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I have trouble with plating, I don’t have a clear idea of how to make things look interesting. To fix this, I mostly just try for simple shots, and take lots of them and see what ends up looking good. I figure eventually I’ll learn what I like best.
  For me the struggle has been with styling and staging. To keep at it I look at different photographers work and see what elements make their images work. It’s important to remember to take your cue from them, but find your own style. Your images won’t look exactly line theirs, but you don’t want them to, you want to stand out on your own. That’s also a tough challenge, finding your own style and it get get frustrating as well.
   the picture below are some of the photos my friends took. Overall, the lesson today benefits me.