hey guys it'' s Nisha, welcome back to
one more video. today I have something a little bit various in shop for you. if
you follow me on instagram @rainbowplantlife, you know that I'' m really enthusiastic regarding food photography and also I get demands at all times to do tutorials on food styling and also food photography and to share ideas on just how to boost your food photography. to make sure that'' s specifically what I'' m gon na do today.
I ' m. gon na take you behind the scenes, simply ideal back below at the various other part.
of my apartment or condo, and also I'' ll show you how I ' m gon na design some cranberry pecan muffins. no cranberries streusel. cranberry orange streusel muffins. I'' ll show you exactly how. I design them, I ' ll reveal you various scenes on how to
set them up, just how to match. various props with each other and also the settings I'' m making use of on my electronic camera. as well as. prior to I show you the actual setup, I wish to speak about some essentials. alright, first I'' m mosting likely to show you the devices I'' m making use of for my food. photography arrangement. and this is a really introductory DSLR
cam
. it is a Nikon. D3300.This expenses regarding$ 400 and also it features a set lens, yet I wear'' t truly. recommend that for food digital photography. I ' m making use of a 35 millimeter 1.8/ g lens as well as. that ' s gon na run you much less than $200. this is most likely among one of the most cost-effective. DSLR arrangements you'' ll obtain between $500 and $600. I used this cam for the.
first 12 to 16 months, 18 months, of doing food photography as well as it takes truly
. terrific pictures, it'' s just not such as a professional high-end electronic camera. yet if.
you'' re simply beginning, there ' s really no demand to invest countless bucks on.
a cam or lens. you can certainly begin tiny, that'' s what I did. you can additionally get a Canon. Canon makes fantastic initial DSLR cameras that are.
truly budget friendly too. The Canon Rebel series is actually prominent with beginners. along with my electronic camera, I also have a tripod. this is a really low-cost traveling.
tripod, not necessarily recommended for food photography since it'' s not very.
steady. however I have been utilizing it for the in 2014 or more without damaging anything. And also any one of equipment I'' m speaking about will be in the description box below.And.
this is the tripod I utilize when I want to take shots directly or at an angle or something similar to this. and afterwards I additionally have a tripod with.
an above arm for when I wish to take level lays or images like expenses. I.
don'' t understand what this hand movement is, yet you recognize what an above shot is.
this. is a much larger tripod, the legs aren'' t even expanded. it'' s really tough as well as this.
is an overhanging arm that comes individually. which assists me take those expenses.
shots, so I wear'' t need to injure my back as well as bend over and also do it by myself.I just use
.
the tripod for that. now allow'' s chat concerning lights. lights.
is the most important thing for great food digital photography. if you are a novice. my recommendations is to constantly shoot in all-natural light. if you'' re a little advanced, you can experiment with some artificial lights, however, for novices, my.
suggestion is to constantly fire in all-natural light. and also natural light is simply.
the light that comes from nature, so the light that comes through among your.
home windows, or if you have a glass door or perhaps a screen door. the largest error I.
see on Instagram with food photos is the lighting, and it'' s generally since the. individual is using an overhanging cooking area light or a light or an overhead light in.
their living-room or wherever they'' re capturing. as well as it offer the food this.
actually orange, unappealing top quality because of the light bulb.And the last. thing you want is your food to look unsavory, so my advice is to transform off. all your lights in your home and also experiment. go discover the very best home windows as well as. resources of light and also doors in your residence and attempt different times of day, try. various seasons.
due to the fact that the very best resource of light will certainly vary based on the. location of the sunlight, the angle of the sunlight, the moment of year, the time of day. so get.
innovative and wear'' t be worried to experiment. as well as you may believe that the.
more all-natural light the better and you may be tempted to go outside as well as shoot.
right in the sunlight that'' s actually not a great suggestion since having straight. sunshine on your food is gon na produce severe darkness and also blown out highlights. it'' s gon na make your food look simply severe and like not have that great soft.
radiance that you want for food photography. so the very best all-natural light is actually.
indirect light. so it'' s already indirect if it'' s coming via your home window
. due to the fact that it'' s obstructed by the window.If you really feel
like you put on'' t have enough. light coming through your home windows or doors because you reside in a dark area.
or it'' s wintertime, not to fret. I recently just moved right into a brand-new home, however.
before that I resided in a truly old building on the first stage as well as it was.
always dark but I was still able to take some truly great shots because, one, I.
utilized a tripod always.And two you can make use of like a reflector, which is like a white.
surface, and also you can hold it approximately place against the dark darkness. that will add.
some light. as well as you don'' t requirement to purchase anything certain, you can simply obtain white.
foam boards from your craft shop and also make your own or you can hang it up on a.
clip or if you have an assistant in your house, you can have them hold it while.
you'' re taking the photo. but if you have as well much light coming in, perhaps.
because you have a significant home window or it'' s an actually bright that day and it ' s the. middle of the day, you ' re gon na want to diffuse the light so it'' s not as harsh.'and I ' ll show you exactly how I do that. this is the window I usually shoot my photos by. it faces South, South by Southwest so it gets a great deal of light in the afternoon. honestly as well much light. so I'' m gon na reveal you just how I diffuse the light. as you.
can see without blocking any one of the light from my window, the light is means.
also rough for food photography.There are blown out highlights as well as irregular darkness. and also it offers the food an extreme and unpleasant appearance. I just take. these black foam boards that I acquired at a craft shop just for a few bucks and.
I put them up versus my home window and attract the shades to shut out the light. but.
I'' ll still have sufficient light coming in from the various other home window in my apartment. today I'' m showing you 3 different.
methods to style as well as existing these cranberry orange streusel muffins, and.
the first approach will certainly be one of the most basic. it'' s going to be an overhanging flat lay.
of the muffins directly in the pan. the muffins are straight in the muffin frying pan.
that I baked them in and it'' s sitting on top of a food digital photography board. to help.
design the scene I have some fresh cranberries as well as sugared.
cranberries to offer a cheery flair.For this shot I want a straight overhead shot. of the muffins in the pan, but rather than having all 12 muffins simply sitting there,.
I desire to obtain a little lively and also add some imagination. so I'' m gon na start by. taking one muffin out of the frying pan and also to replace it I'' ll add some cranberries in. the muffin tin. when I ' m styling a recipe I such as to use as props the real. components in the recipe to advise the viewer
of what the'dish is everything about. and. I believe I ' ll turn this muffin over on its side so you
can see the different. structures of the muffin as well as I'' ll
change another muffin yet this time around I ' ll use. sugared cranberries rather of the plain ones.
I might take the photo as is currently,. but I want the shades and textures to stand out a little bit much more so I made a glaze to.
drizzle on top.Well actually I made the polish due to the fact that it'' s delicious and it'' s. part of the recipe, however it'' s also terrific for pictures. as well as finally I'' ll add some. orange enthusiasm ahead once more to emphasize the ingredients in this recipe. and also I'' m. utilizing my tripod with the overhanging arm as well as a wireless remote which allows.
me to take an image without touching the electronic camera, so there won'' t be any type of electronic camera. shake. considering that this is an overhead level shot there'' s no difference detailed of.
field, so I want every little thing to be in a fairly equivalent focus. to do that I.
contend a slim aperture or to put it simply at a high f-stop.
Considering that the shutter rate is really reduced,.
just one third of a 2nd, there'' s no method I can take this picture at this.
aperture and ISO of 100 without utilizing a tripod. now I wish to get a much more close-up shot.
of the muffins in the pan, so I'' m mosting likely to decrease my tripod legs so the video camera is. closer to the food. to obtain the sharpest emphasis, in some cases I fire utilizing guidebook.
focus as well as I zoom in on the real-time sight so I can really carefully see in clear information.
if the muffins are in focus. autofocus does function truly well on most.
DSLR video cameras, depending on your lens so I frequently use that even if it'' s a great deal.
quicker. for the 2nd scene, I want to convey a.
much more specific vacation feel. in the first scene there were some refined tips.
of the holidays from the sugared cranberries as well as from the dish itself,.
yet in the second scene, I'' m actually going for a real cheery feeling, so I'' m gon na. reveal you how I'' m gon na layer in some props to provide it that vacation flair.For the 2nd scene, I'' m utilizing the same. food photography board, yet since I want it to be more joyful, I'' m going
to. layer in some holiday props one layer each time. it'' s constantly best to begin with.
simply 1 or 2 props as well as function your method up as opposed to beginning with a number of.
props. in this way it'' s less complicated to get rid of components if you have excessive taking place,.
however it'' s a little more challenging to get rid of a number of props if you already have them.
there as well as are figured out to utilize them.Because I such as
to show the elements of.
the dish as props, I'' m going to include some fresh cranberries to this marble. reducing board to offer this photo a homemade rustic appearance. I'' m crushing the.
cranberries so you obtain a feeling of what my cooking area actually appears like when I.
usage cranberries. then, to include a joyful flair, I'' m layering in some pine fallen leave. branches. when you include props make sure to observe the scene from the angle that.
you'' re photographing it from so you obtain a sense of what it really looks like. like, right here I observe the branch was way too much, so now I added a tiny item.
instead.Then I ' m adding some more sugared cranberries because it reminds. me of a Xmas tree with accessories. I ' m remaining to layer in props to.
framework the scene. the primary emphasis is the round board with the muffins, so I'' m. including components around that to frame it as a picture. along with adding the.
cranberries, I'' m including some pieces of pecans given that those remain in the muffins as. well this looks great to me currently, so now it'' s time to add icing.
the white shade. of the icing actually stands out versus the remainder of the darker shades in this.
picture, which is why I'' m using it. like the initial photo, considering that this is an overhead.
shot, I desire everything to be in equal focus so I'' m. utilizing a narrow aperture of f/8. the shutter rate is really reduced once again, so the.
tripod is crucial. if I were to bump up the ISO to claim 800 or greater, that would.
satisfy of adding extra light to the lens (to be extremely simplistic about.
it), which would after that allow me to utilize a much faster shutter rate and also make the tripod.
unnecessary.But considering that I desire marginal grain in my food photos, any place. feasible, ISO 100 is the very best alternative. for the third and final scene, I wish to. add a human aspect to the scene. I think it ' s remarkable when digital photographers. integrate some type of human element, whether it ' s their hands or their bodies,'. because it adds more dimension to the image. it informs a tale and also it just seems. a lot more inviting for the audience.
for the final scene I ' m making use of a various. digital photography board, this is wooden so we ' ll have even more of a rustic look, yet I. still want the vacation ambiance so I ' m making use of these charming string lights.'so the round. wooden board in addition to the wooden board felt like excessive wood, so I ' m layering in. a white bed linen towel to add some measurement as well as selection. as well as for more.
vacation flair I have some pine branches with holly in a vase. unlike the first.
2 shots, I'' m taking this last photo at an approximately 90 degree angle rather than.
overhead so I won'' t need the overhanging arm tripod.With food photos that are taken. head-on at a 90 level
angle or 45-degree angle, it ' s usually best to'. have a shallower deepness of field. that develops a more interesting image when.
you have actually a blurred or somewhat blurred background as well as a very concentrated foreground. so I want to see to it that the muffin in the really front looks perfect. as well as if.
you wear'' t obtain the best shot or have the best lighting on your first shot,.
simply maintain experimenting by transforming your aperture or your shutter speed or ISO.
up until you obtain the shot as well as lighting that you desire. as I discussed, I desire to include a human.
component to this image so I'' m going to obtain in the image myself and also I'' m placing.
on a comfy wintertime sweater to see exactly how that looks as opposed to my outfit. activity images are quite popular with food photography, and.
if I wish to catch the movement of pouring the polish on the muffins without.
any movement blur, I need to enhance my shutter speed to a minimum of 1/60 or.
higher.I ' m able to enter the photo myself by. utilizing that remote timer.
first I make certain that the muffins remain in focus and. the make-up is established by looking in the video camera online view, and afterwards I enter into the. scene myself and when I ' m all set, I'struck the remote. but you might have to try.
this out a couple of times before obtaining it right. well that'' s it for my food.
photography and food designing tutorial. I really hope you found it useful, and if.
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didn'' t get excessive into specific information or technological aspects in this.
video in the interest of time, but if that'' s something you intend to see or if.
you have questions, let me understand in the remarks listed below. as well as if you have any type of other.
recommendations for future videos, whether they'' re regarding photography or otherwise, allow me.
understand as well. thanks so a lot for enjoying I'' ll see you next week.
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