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doesn’t necessarily need to be superfluously eyecatching,
since you want your viewers essentially to
2. Complementary color always work well with
3. Light food subject on relative dark
emphasis; same goes with the reverse. Toffee
4. White and black go well with literally all sort
Aperture, such as F2 or F1.8 will do the same trick
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PRETTY UP YOUR
BACKGROUND
If you can’t macro, don't do it. But be aware when
you zoom out, find an attractive and suitable
of food, just don’t do pure black on black, you
don’t want power-cut on your post.
background for your food subject. The background
5. For table background, wood is a very
effective surface, the texture will enhance
focus on the food. While choosing the background,
your photo.
think about the following tips:
1. Consider the color of your food matter.
If you can’t find a satisfying background, try a smalldigit
aperture and play with depth of field----You
each other, find your food a complementary
may call it a blurred background. A narrow depth of
background (Red & green, black & white,
field will help you to blur out all the messy things on
blue & orange, yellow & purple).
the back and concentrate the focus on your nearground
food, and sometimes you can actually get a
decent effect when those distractions are smudgy.
background give a nice contrast and
chocolate on milky marble? Yummy!
just as well.