If you eat a good meal, and don’t put a picture of it on social media, did it really happen? Luckily, you won’t ever have to find. Here are a few tips to help you have a more productive digital camera shoot before you dig in.
Arrange a Composition.
One thing you should understanding about having a digital camera shoot for your food is that you’re essentially taking a bunch of still life photographs, which means you’d be wise to include a few more objects other than just the food you’re snapping pictures of. If you have a handsome drink, try to get that in the shot. If there are unique sauces, get those in there, too. Arrange the related objected into a pleasing composition.
Use the Bird’s Eye View.
When having a digital camera shoot for your meal, try to shoot from above. Using the bird’s eye view will help keep the viewer’s focus on the food, and not what’s in the background. Though those objects you put in there are meant to make the picture more visually interesting, they should be carefully arrange so as not to totally distract the viewer.
Focus, Focus, Focus.
Most importantly, don’t forget to focus the camera on the food. What’s the point of even having the digital camera shoot if the subject is blurry? Be careful, though, because you don’t want to focus in on the wrong part of the meal. If you do, people will think you were trying to take a picture of just the dollop of sour cream, and not on the whole baked potato, for example.
Having a digital camera shoot for your food is fun, and is a great way to be the object of your friends’ culinary jealousy. Even better, it’s super easy! You don’t need to buy any accessories from online digital camera stores to have exceptional digital camera shoots of food. You can just arrange, point, and click!
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