Food Photography

  • image type: flat lay
  • style: film style, hyperrealistic, studio photography, pantonepunk
  • view angle: extrem close- up, table height, 45 degree down angle, overhead, worm's eye view, POV (point of view)
  • lighting: natural lighting
  • action: pouring, splashing, melting, exploding, pulling cheese, flowing liquid, powered
  • colors: complementary colors
  • background: bokeh, lens flare
  • props: plate, 
  • special effects
    • levitation / floating food
    • mirror
    • splashing
    • pouring
    • burst of freshness
    • smokey, steamy
    • emotion
    • adding human element
    • hand-held presentation
  • Food Arrangement Types
    • pattern play: heart shaped, star shaped, mandala, ...
    • food tower
    • forms and shapes
  • General Composition: rule of third, symmetrical