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Food Photography Styling 101

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Food Photography Styling 101 Food photography is a popular genre of photography - just look at most of your friend’s Instagram feeds! But in order to provide quality food photography images to clients, there are several food photography techniques that will help us capture the best images, including how to style photos of food. In addition to food photography styling tips, this tutorial will highlight some best practices and techniques that you can use to create the best images of food. You may also want to check out our primer  Getting Started in Food Photography: Beginner’s Gear Guide  for an idea of where to start with equipment. Small Product Techniques As a first step in food photography styling, let’s get out of the mindset of simply displaying meals as a social media post. Good food photography styling has more in common with small product photography than with documenting dinner. Starting out in food photography, it’s helpful to look at the food as a small product, usi...

What Gear Do I Need for iPhone Food Photography?

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  What Gear Do I Need for iPhone Food Photography? Photo by  alvarez  via iStock A while back, I wrote a detailed  food photography gear guide  that outlines the different items that are useful for capturing the best photos of food. In that article, I specifically highlighted the need for: A camera Various lenses Good lighting Food photography backdrops A tripod Props  Basically, the same gear list applied for iPhone food photography, perhaps with the exception of different lenses. However, since newer iPhones have two or three lenses built-in, the advice would be to use the different lenses according to your creative needs. More on that in a bit.  For now, I want to focus on one particular type of food photography gear - backdrops. A while back, I wrote a detailed food photography gear guide that outlines the different items that are useful for capturing the best photos of food. In that article, I specifically highlighted the need for:  A camera ...