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10 Tricks Food Photographers Use to Make Stuff Look Edible—Even When It Isn’t (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 19, 2017  | 

Food always looks great in TV and magazine ads, right? That’s usually the case whether we’re talking about a cheap burger at a fast food joint or an expensive steak at a nice restaurant. Well, we hate to break it to you but some of that appetizing food you drool over in ads isn’t really edible at all.

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4 Food Photography Tricks that Will Make Your Mouth Water (& Your Friends Jealous)
Dan Havlik  |  Jul 02, 2020  | 

Food photography is an awesome artform you can do at home, which is a great thing now that so many people are spending a lot of time indoors. It's also a fun way to make your friends jealous when you share all your mouth-watering food photos on Facebook and Instagram.

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5 DELICIOUS Food Photography Tips (VIDEO)
Henry Anderson  |  Aug 05, 2021  | 

Want to shoot mouthwatering photos of food to make your friends and followers on social media drool? Check out the below video featuring five food photography experts from Skillshare who gives you five food photography tips that will get you capturing drool-worthy snaps in no time.

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7 Helpful Tips on How to Shoot the Best Food Photos
Lou Manna  |  Feb 12, 2015  | 

Editor’s Note: Food photographer Lou Manna has spent over 30 years creating images of all things edible. We recently asked Manna to share some of his wisdom with Shutterbug’s readers he provided us with the following helpful tips for how to shoot the best food photos. You can see more of Manna’s work on his website, or read his thoughts on food photography and see more images at his blog.

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Avoid The #1 Mistake Photographers Often Make
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Feb 16, 2024  | 

When we consider the bonehead blunders photographers unwittingly commit, we usually think about gross mistakes that result in fuzzy or poorly exposed images. But the error in this story produces SHARP images that we want to abort at all costs. The common tragic bungle we're identifying is…

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Farmer’s Markets: 5 Tips For Shooting With a Superzoom Point-And-Shoot Camera
Shutterbug Staff  |  Jun 14, 2019  | 

Every camera manufacturer offers at least one superzoom, but many people never use them to their full potential. Here are our favorite tips for shooting Farmer’s Markets with a superzoom camera. Why Farmer’s Markets? Because they’re widely accessible, filled with photo opps and offer an excellent venue to sharpen a photographer’s skills and/or test out new gear.

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Food Photography: 5 Tips for Shooting with a Superzoom Point-And-Shoot Camera
Shutterbug Staff  |  Jun 13, 2019  | 

Superzoom cameras come to mind when we think telephoto, and vice versa, no? We’re here to say that many superzooms make ideal EDC (Everyday Cameras) as well. Here are our favorite tips for shooting Food with a superzoom camera.

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Friday Fun: These Everyday Objects Are Actually All Tasty Cakes (VIDEO)
Henry Anderson  |  Jul 10, 2020  | 

Shutterbug readers seems to really love our crazy food photography tips so here's something in a similar vein to get you off to a fun start this weekend. In the below video, all of the everyday objects you see are actually cakes.

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Getting Black and White From Color: How To Use Color Filters To Create Monochrome Images
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 10, 2015  | 

Long, long ago in a land far away, photo hobbyists often used yellow filters on their lenses when shooting black-and-white film. Monochrome film was a bit more sensitive to blue light back in those days, and that caused skies and clouds to blend and become an indistinguishable mess. For reasons we’ll see later, green filters were often used for portraits.

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Give Us Your Best Shots: Post Your Images to the Shutterbug Photo of the Day Gallery
Shutterbug Staff  |  Jun 02, 2024  | 

Share your best images with the world by posting in the Shutterbug Photo of the Day gallery. Here’s the quick and easy procedure along with some tips to help you navigate to the right place, and even some advice about composition and subject matter.

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Here Are 10 Food Hacks Photographers Use to Make Their Images Look Scrumptious (VIDEO)
Shutterbug Staff  |  Jul 08, 2019  | 

It's always revealing to see the tricks photographers use to make images of food look positively delicious even when, in reality, nothing could be further from the truth. The below video from Blossom reveals 10 food hacks that turn meager morsels into mouthwatering delights.

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Hilarious Faux Documentary Explores the Fine Art of Chinese Food Photography
Dan Havlik  |  Jul 14, 2015  | 

Ever wonder who shoots those cheesy photos of Chinese food at take-out restaurants? No, me neither. But if you are curious, you’ll get no serious answers from the hilarious, faux documentary embedded below, which is titled “Above the Counter: The Chinese Food Photography Documentary.”

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How to Shoot Tasty Food Photos: Expert Tips from Nicole S. Young
Sponsored  |  Jun 24, 2021  |  First Published: Jun 23, 2021  | 

Nicole S. Young has an eye for food photography and a talent for capturing delectable images. In the below video she gives you a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to do a food photography shoot while dispensing tips and advice along the way.

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Lou Manna: Photos Good Enough to Eat
Lynne Eodice  |  Feb 01, 2004  | 

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New York-based food photographer Lou Manna discusses shooting trends: "The old style of photographing food involved lots of props, edge-to-edge sharpness, dramatic, shadowy light and was shot from a high angle. On the other hand, today's...

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Our Favorite Reader Photos from the "Food (& Drink) Photography" Assignment
Staff  |  Apr 12, 2016  | 

If you think about all the people snapping shots of their favorite meals with their smartphones these days, you might say food photography is one of the more popular imaging genres right now. But while many of these phoned-in food photos end up on Instagram and other social networks, most of the images are downright unappetizing.

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