Food Photography Tips: How To Take The Perfect Food Pic With Your Phone

5. Choose the Right Backdrop

Choosing the right backdrop is also pretty important to get the perfect food photo. Make sure it doesn’t take away from the food, but actually complements it. Wooden tones are always a winner, but light colored table cloth and napkins can also be really good. Never pick a backdrop the same color as your food, or the entire picture will just look the same and the food will be lost.

6. Add a Bit of Interest

Some food isn’t exactly photogenic, that’s the simple truth. But there are a few things you can do that will make it pop, without taking away from it. You should always add things to the picture only if they complement the actual food.

If you’ve got a bowl of plain colored soup, add some garnish (green herbs/white cream/golden brown croutons/other). Just be sure not to overdo it so much that the food gets hidden underneath all that garnish. You could also add a few of the ingredients used to make the food off to the side, which also makes the photo really interesting by bringing a sort of before/after vibe to it. Other things like crushed cookies or a few of the sprinkled herbs lying outside the plate can also add a great bit of interest to the image.