Square Plate Food Photography

It s much more commonly used in food photography than tv mode.

Square plate food photography. Food photography and plates if you ever look through my food photos in my flickr photostream it won t take long to notice that i mainly only use one type of plate for my photos at least in the last year or so. You do not need to contact craft shops such as axl s little shop or madras prop store because such plates can be found in any nearby market. Those of you that read this blog have heard me talk about my good friend and prop stylist amy paliwoda amy is also the owner of the surface library this is not a sponsored post where you can rent all kinds of beautiful props and backgrounds for your shoots. Browse through high quality and royalty free stock photos of cakes salads beautifully decorated plates photos of vegetables pizza fruits and images of other objects in the kitchen.

Choose the plate wisely. Amy s post is in response to a poll i did on the blog asking what kind of info you would like me to write about. A note from christina. How often have you visited a restaurant looked at the food and clicked a photo.

A white plate is one of the cheapest and most effective tools for a food photographer. Food photography plates do not occupy a lot of space and it won t take you much time to lay them out. I know that you will point to a high end restaurants where you have been served a huge plate with a tiny spring potato a drop of sour cream and a leaf of. Large plates invite huge piles of food that will not look appetizing in a photograph.

You could have the best noodles in the world but if they don t look great on the plate no one will want to repin like or share it let alone use your recipe to make it. But now is probably also a good time to note that some people in the food world despise square plates. Several times isn t it. Before i share some favorite plates here are my tips to keep in mind when looking for food photography plates.

That are pretty pieces in and of themselves. When it comes to plate shape round is not always the answer. Not that we only have one type of plate but that i ve found that the colored and patterned types of dishes we own. I started out using 12 inch dinner plates and my food either drowned in the plate that s white space that no one wants or i had to double my recipes to have enough food to fill the plate.

Special food photography plates. The best food photography pictures of pexels. It s true that nice round plates like ones above are the most fungible and the easiest to work with but they re not the only option. Or if the food is sparsely arranged will leave too much white empty plate which can overpower the image.

Using decorative plates in food photography wrapup hopefully by now you see that the styling that you use in your photos is almost as important as having great looking food.