Food photography is not easy is as it looks; it’s not just a case of getting the food in the cameras frame and pressing the shutter. If food looks good in real life, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to look good when it’s photographed, but correct lighting can help.

Using photo studio lights can be really good, or even natural daylight, whilst making sure you set the right aperture on your camera is also important. For food photography, you want it to stand out and look good, which is why we recommend a shallow depth of field, perhaps using the lowest possible aperture your camera can handle, maybe F2.1.

This can create a blurred background effect whilst keeping the food itself in focus, and that’s exactly what you want. And with adequate lighting you’ll be able to make food look as tasty in a photograph as it does in real life, perhaps even more so in the photo editing-stage.