How to shoot aesthetic food photos like me!

These are photos from my Instagram. Today, I will be sharing with you a few of my tips on shooting casual aesthetic food pictures.

1. 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒

Keep it simple with just 1 food item as the main attention of the photo. You can play with the different depths of field to make it interesting.

2. 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑎𝑦

Throw in a few visually pleasing items to fill up the empty spaces in the set but don’t overcrowd it.

3. 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜

Make the photo more 3 dimensional by having a human figure in the picture. That way, the photo will not look too flat.

4. 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔

Make sure the set is well lit! No matter how great or expensive the camera is, you might as well shoot with a toy camera if the set is not well lit. The photos will turn out as noisy as a toy camera shot.

5. 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑠

I edit all my photos on Instagram and Lemon8 with a series of warm presets created by my sister on Lightroom. Sometimes the original photos might already be on the warmer side, thus, I’ll colourgrade them with cooler or more neutral presets.

Here are the PRESETS I use (if you are interested). It includes the video LUTs that I use for my food videos too.

Hope this helps!

𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 ~

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