HOW TO TAKE FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY IN RESTAURANTS

Daniel Krieger is a professional photographer and he talks about some amazing tips and tricks of how to take food photography in restaurants. It’s important to follow some basic rules when it comes to food photography.

1. Shoot close to food. People are used to seeing food from the eye view, so when you take it to the food level, it creates interest and attracts attention.
2. Shoot by the window. It’s important to have some light, so that your food photography shows its colors.

3. Don’t be afraid to get close to your food. We are not used to seeing our courses very close, so when you take a picture really close, the food starts to shine in a different light and looks a lot more tastier than if you would have taken a shot of a whole plate.

4. Don’t use your pop-up flash. When you use pop-up flash on your camera while doing food photography in a restaurant, it makes the photo look flat and not interesting. It get’s rid of the interesting shadows and sometimes even overexposes your shot.

5. Try different angles. A lot of the times you can get at an angle that would be super interesting and would even create a story. Look at some of these photos to see what I’m talking about.

Desserts are especially amazing for food photography, because they usually have some super bright colors and they look juicy. Depending on how you photograph your dessert it’s gonna look amazing and people will want to it eat it right away, or it’s not going to create any emotions. I think that photographing desserts is a very profitable job money wise because there are so many great desserts that you can make and most of the time they are not super expensive, so many places want to sell them, so they would need a photographer that will make their desserts look better on pictures than in other places.

Experiment with your food photography in restaurants and make it look delicious. Use my advices and you will be closer to success in your shots.