How to Make Addictive Cooking Videos for Social Media | Adobe Spark How to Make Addictive Cooking Videos for Social Media Amy Copperman | Cooking videos (and how-to videos more broadly) are some of the most addictive content on the web. Tasty, Buzzfeed’s food-video offshoot that coined this particular type of short, bird’s-eye cooking videos, launched just 17 months ago but its Facebook videos already receive 1.8 billion views each month. In March 2016 alone, the juggernaut saw more online engagement growth than any other U.S. publication. And all of that traffic was driven by cooking videos on Facebook. Who wouldn’t want a slice of that engagement pie?! (See the full recipe on GFFMag.com) Editor-in-Chief Erika Lenkert founded GFF Magazine to show that eating gluten-free doesn’t have to come at the expense of taste. You can get your social media engagement cookin’ with gas too with video. A camera or two: (We probably didn’t need to tell you this.) Read more iPhone food photography tips. Camera-ready tools: Bright colors translate best on screen.
Food Photography: How to Take Mouth Watering Shots of Food Interested in learning about Food Photography? Read on for some introductory tips. Visit any bookshop and head for the cook book section and you’ll be overwhelmed by the array of books filled with scrumptious recipes accompanied by wonderful photography of the meals being written about. Colorful stacks of vegetables drizzled with rich sauces on a clean white plate with glistening table settings – you know the shots. But how do you photograph food and get such great results? 1. Treat the food you’re photographing as you would any other still life subject and ensure that it is well lit. 2. Pay attention not only to the arrangement of the food itself but to the context that you put it in including the plate or bowl and any table settings around it. 3. Food doesn’t keep it’s appetizing looks for long so as a photographer you’ll need to be well prepared and able to shoot quickly after it’s been cooked before it melts, collapses, wilts and/or changes color. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. By Satya Murthy
Getting Started Shooting Food Videos – Learn To Shoot Food Video is becoming more and more important these days. At least, that has been the popular refrain for the past few years. Is this the year it finally happens? There certainly is a lot of momentum that seems to point in that direction. It may be high time you start get to understand the beast we ever so descriptively call “video.” Here are three different videos using the same recipe. First Second Third First a bit about us. The hardest part about shooting food videos is getting started. There is a lot of ground to cover, and I am only going to share some of the nitty gritty as the art of shooting video tends to take longer than a blog post. Gear Camera – Of course, you have to have a camera. Tripod – Tripods come in many shapes and sizes. Lights – Lighting is where the magic happens. The first rule of lighting is DO NOT USE OVERHEAD HOUSE LIGHTS!! Audio – Videos come in many different forms. Shooting Now that you have gear all sorted out let’s have some fun and begin shooting.
The Best Lens For Food Photography What is the best lens? If you shoot wildlife, a long zoom lens will bring you close to the action but allow you to keep your distance so as not to startle your subject. If you shoot architecture, a tilt shift lens will allow you to make sure all the lines of your room or building are straight. Shooting weddings? You will most likely need a lens that can zoom for a variety of wide and close shots. When photographing food there is only one way to get those close up mouthwatering shots that your clients desire! A macro lens isn't just for wildlife photographers who like to shoot insects. On the left is a shot of the popcorn taken with a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens at 200mm at the lens's minimum focusing distance. 4 feet away at 200mm is more than close enough for a shot of a person, but keep in mind that most food subjects are far smaller than a person's face. In the garden, a macro lens will capture the small details of food and flowers as they grow.
10 erreurs des débutants en photo culinaire et leurs solutions - CamShoot Voici une série de difficultés auxquels les débutants en photographie d'aliments font face et des conseils et astuces pour les surmonter. Erreur 1 : Un cadrage hésitant En photographie culinaire, il y a deux solutions : le gros plan ou le plan large d'ambiance. Dans le cas du gros plan, je ne peux que vous renvoyer vers l'article qui présente ce qu'il faut savoir pour se lancer en macrophotographie.Dans le cas il du plan d'ambiance, mieux vaut prévoir quelques accessoires mais ce point est développé au point 7.Multipliez les angles de prise de vue, vous obtiendrez du choix voire des heureuses surprises. Erreur 2 : Croire qu'il faut savoir cuisiner pour faire de la photo culinaire Regardez ces photos de tomate. Erreur 3 : Un choix de nourriture contreversé Autant consacrer ses efforts sur un sujet qui vous intéresse on est d'accord, mais tant que possible, mieux vaut éviter la junk food car on peut faire mieux niveau nutrition. Après la photo, c'est l'heure de la dégustation !
15 Awesome Food Photography Tips Of all the types of things I photograph, shooting food probably comes the closest to being a full-blown DIY project. There’s a lot going on– from lighting and composing to styling and shooting, food photography is almost always a production. But regardless of whether you are shooting food for a big publishing client or for a small cookbook of your old family recipes, the process of capturing food at its most flattering remains the same. You Only Need One Light Source Food photography is definitely one of those genres where less is more. Sometimes Mother Nature (and Schedules) Don’t Cooperate Sometimes you’re just stuck with a crappy day and there’s nothing you can do about it. As you can see below, the setup can be extremely basic. Vary the Camera Angle Just like human subjects can be photographed from more flattering angles, the same goes for food. In the two examples below, the ingredients for a spice rub are photographed from two different angles. Speaking of Getting it Just Right…
6 applis pour créer de superbes effets photos avec un iPhone L’appareil photo de l’iPhone permet de prendre des clichés dignes des meilleurs reflex moyen de gamme. Pour rendre vos photos encore plus belles et en faire de véritables petites oeuvres d’art, nous avons sélectionné pour vous les six meilleures applications d’édition photo disponible sur l’App Store. Vous faîtes partie de ces personnes qui trouvent que leurs photos manquent d’originalité et d’impact ? Rassurez-vous, nous allons vous dévoiler les secrets pour réussir la photo parfaite. Pour vous aider à trouver l’application de retouche photo idéale, nous avons fait un tour sur l’App Store et sélectionné les 6 applis photo les plus intéressantes. Pixomatic On commence cette sélection par l’application Pixomatic. Toutefois le véritable atout de cette application réside dans son outil de découpe intelligente capable de séparer un objet ou un personnage de premier plan d’un fond. Mais attention cette application ne se limite à pas au détourage de photos. Foodie Over Edit PicsArt Faded
How to Photograph Food For Professional-Standard Shots A great food photograph can do a lot of things – it can make a viewer hungry, it can convince a diner to order a dish and it can sell a hell of a lot of food and recipe books. But knowing how to photograph food to get great results requires a specific knowledge of what works best and what looks terrible. We have put together a few things you will need to think about when you photograph food if you want results like you see in glossy magazines and books. How to Prepare Food for Look, Not Taste – A Short Guide to Food Styling There are entire books (and careers) devoted to the topic of how to style food for a photography shoot (I don’t mean photography, I mean STYLE it for a photographer). So how do you do that? Are You Shooting Full-Bodied Food? Shoot the food while it’s still very hot and fresh from being cooked.Build the dish so it looks full-bodied (sometimes this requires putting things on the plate but under the food to make it look fuller. Other Elements of Good Food Photography
10 astuces pour prendre de belles photos culinaires avec son smartphone Les belles illustrations incitent les internautes à prolonger leur visite sur le site internet de votre restaurant et pourront sans aucun doute les tenter de vous rendre visite. Or vous avez sûrement sous la main un appareil plein de possibilités pour organiser une séance photo fructueuse et arranger vos photos : votre smartphone. Voici dix astuces pour réussir vos avec votre téléphone mobile. 1# Votre photo ne doit avoir qu’un seul modèle Choisissez Tout d’abord, lorsque vous prenez une photo de plat, concentrez-vous sur ce seul sujet. Le Keller Marclee 2# Fuyez les flashs Préférez la lumière naturelle provenant des fenêtres du restaurant L’éclairage de la photo est capitale et la source lumineuse idéale est sans aucune doute la lumière du jour donne les plus belles couleurs. La véranda 3# Pas de chichis Evitez le decorum inutile Désencombrez le fond de votre photographie, il est inutile de multiplier les détails décoratifs. Le Privé de dessert 4# Essayez tous les angles de prises de vue ! Folia
5 top tips to improve your food photography Food photography is something we’ve pretty much all tried. Even if our gastronomical efforts are only limited to Instagram, it helps to be able to get a nice shot. In this video from Adobe, photographer Andrew Scrivani shares his top five tips to improving your own food photography. You might look a little odd bringing chopping boards and cooling racks into your local Starbucks, but the suggestions are still beneficial. Define your light source and shoot against it to create shimmer and shadow This is a common tip for many genres of photography. Shooting against the light, or with the light off to the side creates drama and contrast. Soften light with a diffuser for a softer look In the studio, this is quite easy. Cut and shape light to create more contrast Again, easy in the studio. Know your camera This is another big one that’s important regardless of what you’re shooting. The principles of photography don’t change from camera to camera, or even between film and digital.
Photographie culinaire : comment réussir à tous les coups ? Avec les beaux jours qui reviennent, les occasions de photographier de belles assiettes ne manquent pas. Alors comment photographier un plat cuisiné lors d’un mariage, d’un apéro entre amis au soleil couchant ou encore lors d’une belle fête d’été ? Voici tous nos conseils pour des photos culinaires réussies. 1- Une mise en scène soignée Afin que le rendu de votre photo soit irréprochable, il vous faudra réfléchir et faire attention à la mise en scène autour de votre plat. Donnez de la texture à votre photo culinaire : en jouant des nappes, serviette et autres couverts autour de votre plat. Faites attention au fond du décor : si l’on utilise des couleurs chaudes cela sera plutôt synonyme d’exotisme. Ne pas hésiter à jouer des contrastes de couleurs pour faire ressortir le produit. Faites attention aux détails : on nettoie l’assiette avant la prise de vue. 2 – Photographier un plat cuisiné : les réglages techniques 3 – La gestion de la lumière en photographie culinaire Ensuite ?