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Weekly Photography Challenge – Play with Your Food

Your mother may have told  you not to play with your food, but this week you have our permission.

Image: Shot I did in New Orleans – very famous coffee and donuts.

Shot I did in New Orleans – very famous coffee and donuts.

I recently shared some video tutorials with food photography tips – check those out if you need help.

Here are some other dPS articles on the topic if you want more tips and ideas:

I used to do food photography commercially – a long, long, time ago! Here are some of my tips:

Don’t forget your fruit and veggies – even still in the tree or on the vine.

Image: Food in its raw form including still on the tree works!

Food in its raw form including still on the tree works!

Image: Not quite on the tree. I added the hands here to add interest and show scale, as well as the...

Not quite on the tree. I added the hands here to add interest and show scale, as well as the inside of this nut.

Add a human element or photograph the preparation of the food as well as the finished product.

Image: The making of the iced coffee.

The making of the iced coffee.

Image: Add a human element for interest. Yes I did drink it and yes it was amazing!

Add a human element for interest. Yes I did drink it and yes it was amazing!

Get the light right. The most common placement or direction of light with food photography is to have the light actually coming from behind the food. It makes it look shiny and more appetizing that way. Like this Colombian ajiaco soup.

Weekly Photography Challenge - Play with Your Food

Play with angles, light, and composition. Don’t just take one shot.

Image: I wanted to show how full the table was here so I used this overhead angle. This is shot I di...

I wanted to show how full the table was here so I used this overhead angle. This is shot I did for a hotel in Nicaragua showcasing the breakfast they serve.

Image: I took a lower camera angle here to show the setting of where the breakfast is served.

I took a lower camera angle here to show the setting of where the breakfast is served.

Image: Here I added the human element and motion with the juice pour.

Here I added the human element and motion with the juice pour.

Now it’s your turn!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Food

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

Share in the dPS Facebook Group

You can also share your images on the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

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Darlene Hildebrandt
Darlene Hildebrandt

is an educator who teaches aspiring amateurs and hobbyists how to improve their skills through free articles on her website Digital Photo Mentor and online photography classes. She also teaches all about photo editing using Lightroom, Photoshop, and Luminar Neo and has courses available on all three.

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