Food Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots

110 food PhoTogrAPhY: from snAPshoTs To greAT shoTs

TexTiles And TexTures

Adding texture to a photograph is a good way to lend a sense of depth and real-

ism to the scene, and there are many ways to add texture with food photography. I

do this by using textiles, such as napkins and tablecloths, and also creating my own

textured tabletops (Figure 4.28).

One way to create easy-to-use tablecloths for your scene is to take fabric, iron it out

so it’s nice and flat, wrap it around foam board, and then secure it with tape in the

back. This makes the tablecloths easy to store and transport without wrinkling.

Canon 5D Mark II

ISO 100

1/160 sec.

f/6.3

50mm lens

FIgure 4.28

Creating premade cloth tables is an easy way to keep them ironed and easy to use.