Social media has had a massive impact on our daily lives. It’s all about the posts you share and the likes you get. When sharing your trip to the Maldives with your internet audience, you’re expected to go beyond posting just the pictures of the beach, the smoked salmon has to make an appearance too.
Photography has evolved by leaps and bounds. Long gone are the days when it was restricted to weddings or family portraits. In recent times, food photography has become a social media phenomenon.
If you often find yourself holding back from digging into your gourmet platter in order to consume it’s glory completely with your eyes – check out these food photography trends to make those Instagram pictures even more tantalising.
- Making it Quick: While those still food bowl paintings took hours, modern food photography is swift. The window to get the perfect food shot for the photographer will only be open for a few minutes. After all, the ice cream on the hot brownie will only hold its shape for so long.
- No Flash: Food photographers like to capture the ingredients in natural light. The no-flash trend has been the business and that too for all the right reasons. On-camera flash makes the food look greasy, hence, making it difficult to get a good photo.
From Quench CafeFood Photography by Ibrahim Doodhwala
- Nonchalant, Laid-Back Ingredients: Food pictures were not just about the completed dishes that would go in the cookbook. Basic ingredients made appearances too and in ways that looked raw and natural (pun intended).
From food by Akshay Reddy
- Going Old School: Wooden boards, tall glass jars, copper hundis and other acoustic utensils have been used lately for food photography. This old-school-utensil-way displays a contrast between the high-quality food and the austere cutlery.
From desserts by Niharika Shukla
Take our tips and be amazing at capturing your next meal on the lens before it’s captured in your belly.
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