Food Photography Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
Food Blogging today is no longer just having great recipes and writing, you have to have the pictures to go with it. As a professional food photographer, I want to help you learn to take better pictures of your food! As you have probably noticed, great food pictures don’t just happen. You have to think about what you are doing. I look at it more as making a picture than taking one. Every great food shot has some thought behind it.
Here, I will cover a variety of subjects ranging from technical lighting demonstrations to styling and composition. If you have a specific topic you want to know more about or questions or just general ideas for things you would like to see leave a comment and I will try and answer your questions.
This tutorials are just the beginning. If you find yourself wanting to know more about food photography, check out my downloadable Ezine; photographing FOOD. Each issue is a full color downloadable PDF that will read beautifully on your computer, tablet, and smart phone. Issues are $5 each.Issue 1 is filled with 37 pages of information to help improve your lighting.
If cart is not working, Issue 1 can be purchased here.
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Bri - Hi Taylor,
What is that blue thing you’re using for a background in the tomato shoot??
Taylor - Bri, It is the top of a coffee table from ikea
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shil - Loved all the tips on your website. I am still new to food photography and still taking bad pictures. Do write a post sometime on the modes you use on your camera for these shots. Thanks !
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sharon - Hi, just wanted to say thanks. I am doing my first food shoot and your website has given me exactly what I need in a simple and visually appealing way. Have bookmarked your website!
Taylor - Thanks! So glad that you found the tutorials helpful!
francesca - Thanks for sharing your tips, I am starting now with food photography and your examples helps me a lot!
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Jenn - Taylor, awesome tutorial. I just read most of them – my favorite is the cropping one. It’s really good (and relieving) to know that even the pros get rejected by FG and TS.
I was wondering if someday you could do a post on food styling. And also on composition, angles to take photos. Your photos are gorgeous and it’s be great to get more tips.
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Karien Bez - Hello Taylor,
I have been approached to take photo’s a a Food Festival? I am a very keen photographer and everybody say I do take great photo’s. I am currently on your website to try and get more confidence to do this. What do I charge these people as this is a 4 day event and they want me present there 24/7? I must admit that I was never interested in taking “photos of food”, but this might just be a new beginning for me! Please just let me know if I must take this change and what if I fail?
K from sunny South Africa
Taylor - That’s awesome! Check your inbox, sent you an email
Lisa @ Snappy Gourmet - Some great tips, thanks! I need all the help I can get!
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hulya - Hello Taylor,
Great photos and great tips..
I am new on food photography and actually strugling to learn lightning. My only problem is using the right natural light. I am living in south coast of Turkey ( Fethiye) which nearly every day is sunny most of the year .. Indoor ( in the kithhen, dinning room) and outdoor ( garden, terrace) are the places i can use for taking shoots but i do not know how to make photos looks tasty and naturel by using the light from the right direction..Also the camera settings as white balance ( which i choice usually auto white balance) etc.. If you can give some tips , i will be appricated. Thank you very much.. Hulya
Val - Finding this site was a relief, a newbie in food photography, struggling in getting the best out of my pictures…tips and tutorial helps me a lot. Thank you for sharing all of these.
Allie O - Great shots!! I’ve been learning as I go, looking forward to reading more of your posts.
One more thing- if you ever need a taster to go w that blueberry pie, I’ll volunteer. Yum.
Holly - What a pleasure to have come across your site. I am new to food blogging this year and just got a dslr camera. I can’t wait to learn more about food photography so I can improve the photos on my site and enjoy my camera even more. Your site is fantastic! Thanks!
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man and van in morden - This was a superb article as always buddy
Learning the In’s & Out’s of Food Photography | The Yummy Year Project - [...] Taylor Takes A Taste – LOTS of different topics covered here. I like that Taylor is able to break things down and explain photography terms so they are easy and simple to understand. I have read his posts on lighting tips, color balance, and taking pictures with artificial light during the evenings (this is a good one to learn because I am always racing to finish before the sun goes down!) [...]
James Beck - Love your photography. Absolute peach!
Taylor - Thanks!
Erick - What camera settings do you recommend? any info about camera settings i can find on your blog? thanks! Love your work!
Erick - I see that you use lightroom to edit, do you use any presets? Thanks again!
Britt - Wow, amazing weblog format! How lengthy have you been blogging for?
you make running a blog look easy. The full look of your site is wonderful, let alone
the content!
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Riffat Hasan - Great photography tips! Was looking for some food photography tutorials and your blog provides a single platform for answering all sorts of food photography queries. Great job! Inspiring for new bloggers such as myself.
- Riffat (Blogger at http://www.life-in-a-salad-bowl.com)
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Bethan - Hi Taylor,
I am writing a feature on food photography,and the art behind the craft for my final year journalism project. I thought you would be the perfect person to talk to. All I would need from you is a the answers to a couple of questions via email, if that’s easiest for you.
Please let me know if you would be up for helping me!
Best wishes,
Bethan