Easy Tips For Photographing Food

By tood 27 Mar, 2021 Post a Comment

I had been planning on baking a novel dessert to photograph for this tutorial but since returning dorsum habitation there's been hence many other things to grab upwards on that I haven't had time, hence instead I cheated as well as bought this 1 lilliputian slice of cake from the Fresh Market hither inwards Williamsburg.

As I practise amongst most of my photography posts, I practise desire to laissez passer a few quick disclaimers. First, this is only how I practise it as well as non yesteryear whatever way the "right" way to. I am only sharing my rather make-shift way to acquire some basic nonetheless clean, crisp nutrient images. Second, I took these on an overcast, rainy twenty-four hr menses hence I am non thrilled amongst how they turned out, but I had already made Lillie as well as Lola hold off a twenty-four hr menses to consume this as well as I was pretty certain if I made them hold off some other twenty-four hr menses somebody was going to halt upwards sneaking a bite, which would acquire out me amongst zippo to photograph. =) And third, although I practise shoot most of my nutrient related posts amongst this basic white backdrop, it's non my favorite way to. I prefer the expect of a styled kitchen or dining room setting for nutrient but those receive got quite a flake of fourth dimension to ready as well as mostly I receive got my ii lilliputian helpers yesteryear my side spell I am baking as well as taking the photos hence using a basic white backdrop makes it much quicker as well as easier to ready as well as receive got a few shots that I know volition hold upwards slow to edit afterwards 1 time they are inwards bed. So, although it's non necessarily my favorite look, it is hence slow as well as I receive got to tell the white backdrop does brand for a bright, build clean feeling which is ever squeamish for nutrient related photos.

Now that I've given my disclaimers, I volition present you some pictures as well as hence if yous scroll downward I volition explicate the setup as well as present yous pace yesteryear pace the editing procedure for 1 of them. Wait until yous run across how slow it is!

Now hither is the finished shot of the photograph I volition receive got yous through pace yesteryear step:

The kickoff matter I did was ready ii pieces of foam board that I broke inwards one-half a spell agone (okay, non genuinely inwards half, or fifty-fifty around inwards half, although that was my intended goal when I broke them apart hence lets only pretend that they are form of fifty-fifty - haha). I placed 1 board apartment as well as hence propped the other 1 upright behind it. I unremarkably practise this on a tabular array as well as prop the upright board inwards forepart of a bricklayer jounce or vase to concord it up. Because it was hence nighttime as well as rainy, though, I had to receive got these on our dorsum porch hence I only used some pillows to prop upwards the dorsum board. And that's it for setting up! How fancy! =)

Then I only crouched downward as well as started taking pictures. Here is this 1 straightaway out of the camera.

This kickoff matter I did inwards Photoshop was take away the describe of piece of occupation where the ii pieces of foam board met. For this I used the clone tool. It genuinely wasn't necessary for this shot because I knew I was going to crop it, but I wanted to present yous this pace because quite ofttimes it is necessary.

Next I ran Pioneer Woman's Boost activity at most 80%.

And hence Florabella Collections Sharpen/Defog action.

And hence I played amongst the curves. To discovery this inwards Photoshop CS5 only acquire to "image", hence "adjustments" as well as hence click on "curves".

And hence I cropped it.

And at that topographic point yous receive got it!

Here are some other photos where I've used this processing on. You tin click on the film as well as it volition convey yous to the total posts for each 1 which include directions or recipes.