Food styling is easily the most challenging
aspect of food photography. Harmony and
balance are the key principles of design. Using these two principles, you can
improve the composition of the scene and make decisions like where to place
certain props and what color to use.
There should be certain kind of balance in
arrangement of the dishes so that it does not weigh heavily one side, and the
colors should be in harmony, with focus mainly on the subject.
Garnishing is the easiest way to style the
food and different garnishes can be used to enhance the plate, like chopped
nuts or seeds, creams, shredded cheese, herbs or spices. It should balance with the dish and be used in limited proportion.
We can store the collection of different
tools that are used in styling. Getting acquainted with the tools and
practicing how to use these tool becomes very important.
Essential tools for food styling are things
like tweezers, cotton swabs, brushes, squeeze bottles, paper towels, tooth
picks, scissors, cutlery board, straws, twines and many other things. Normally, I take whatever is handy and in my
vision. But for this exercise, I opened the kitchen cabinets and found quite a
collection....
There are many images on the net from where
one can draw inspiration. The most useful images can be found on Pinterest.
I wanted to click the pictures of puffs
and saw many pictures on Pinterest. that inspired me to pick up the puffs from my cabinets and go click, click , click....
Studying, deconstructing and analysing the
photographs of professionals can make us understand how food styling has been
done.
PS: Thanks to Neel for his guidance in his30-day food photography Workshop.
PS: Thanks to Neel for his guidance in his30-day food photography Workshop.
