Food Photography

As you would have seen from my previous blog... my photography skills are pretty limited.. I use a Nikon D40X with some basic lens in automatic mode. I never ever get to the manual mode...

Have been reading a lot of food photography and these are couple of tips

1. Food should be photographed in natural light
2. It should be photographed in a minute or two before the look fades off
3. You can mimic smoke by placing a cotton ball dipped in water microwaved for a minute.
4. Food can be made to look glossy by putting some vegetable oil, glycerin or corn syrup on it
5. Grilled food can be made to look better by burning it using a torch
6. Styling food is really important for pictures...

I am yet to try all the above tips ...

This was an interesting blog - http://stilllifewith.com/

So do you style your food? Share your tips in this post..