Composing a Food Photograph
on Oct 29, 2015, Updated Sep 25, 2023
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A quick beginners guide to composing a good food photograph, and the thought process behind it.
This post is about food, but more about food photography. All beginner food bloggers find out one way or the other that good food photography and composition are key to a successful food blog. So when War and Cheese asked me to outline my process for taking a food photograph and building my composition, I jumped at the opportunity.
I’m just going to leave you here with a bunch of pictures that I kept shooting while composing my Badass Lamb Meatball Burger which is pretty badass so if you haven’t checked it out yet, now is the time!
That’s a gist of what happened, but let’s get inside my head now. That’s me talking to myself while composing this picture!
Do you have any questions about this? Or tips? I’d love to hear about your thought process while composing pictures!
And if you are new to this game, here’s a great article by Cucumbertown Magazine on ‘The Beginners Guide to Composition in Food Photography’ to answer all your questions!
Absolutely Anindya, you must attempt one! It’s so nice to see the backend of how a good photograph comes alive 🙂 Do share a link with me, and I’d love to link up to it from this post as well.
this now wants me to also write an article . So many food shots of ours never see the daylight and only 3 or 4 get posted
Thank you Sree, I do the same 🙂
Thank you Dolphia! There are no rules in this post 🙂 just my thought process
Nicely written Richa. But sometimes.. I just go with the flow… 🙂
Amazing article Richa! However, I don’t follow any rules with composition. I pretty much follow my heart and if I love my picture on monitor I am happy 🙂 Otherwise I keep shooting <3
I’m glad you found it helpful Sujitha 🙂
Great work Richa. Really helpful and thanks for sharing.