From the course: Learning Food and Drink Photography
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What makes an appetizing food photo?
From the course: Learning Food and Drink Photography
What makes an appetizing food photo?
In this movie we're going to ask and answer the question, what makes an appetizing photo? The simple answer to that question is that the image triggers an emotional response. This could be accomplished by several factors or a combination of factors. As a photographer shooting food, the first thing is that the food is fresh. It's hard to make brown, limpy lettuce look appetizing or a fillet of salmon that's been overcooked look appealing. Using fresh food is a given. Next, we get to the aesthetic that the photographer brings to the table, so to speak. This includes the sensibility of lighting, color palette, composition, mixed in with a technical knowledge of how to use your camera gear. Understanding how these elements work together is much like a bicycle chain. The chain has links that hold the chain together. If one of those links is missing, the chain does not work. So in our analogy, the links represent different aspects of the image that we're trying to create: the camera, the…
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