BASIC LIGHT SETUP

Lighting is the most important lesson in photography. Master it, you’ll produce beautiful imagery.

for food photos

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SIDELIGHT

Works for nearly all setups for food photography. It’s a go-to direction and is beautiful light for many subjects.

The light source is next to your scene

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A diffuser helps distributes light evenly. Place between the light source and your subject.

DIFFUSER

The light source is coming from behind the subject, and towards the camera. It helps illuminate a food.

Back Light 

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SOFT LIGHT

Is used most often because it’s complementary to light food, illuminates the texture and details in food while revealing form and dimension.

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is placed opposite the light source to ‘reflect’ some light back onto your subject and scene.

reflector

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