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what you want to photograph

examples: a few dishes you want to highlight, your space, your people making food, best-sellers, staple products

shoot checklist

• [ ] turn off the overhead lights
• [ ] make sure the background is tidied
• [ ] wipe your camera lenses
• [ ] use zoomed lenses, like 2x, 3x, or 5x
• [ ] tap your phone screen when shooting - to focus properly, and to make sure the exposure isn’t too bright or dark.

for each item you want to share:

photos you can get

• [ ] shots of making the food
• [ ] shots of plating/slicing the food
• [ ] shots of the final meal (using the angles shown above)
• [ ] someone (even you) putting a fork (or any utensil) into the food
• [ ] the food with other dishes
• [ ] at different locations in your space (in good light!)

video clips you can get

• [ ] slowly pan left to right across the food
• [ ] keep the camera still and let the food move (drips, melting, steam, the light coming across it)
• [ ] someone (even you) putting a fork (or any utensil) into the food
• [ ] shots of making the food
• [ ] shots of plating/slicing the food
• [ ] walking the food through your space, to set on a table
• [ ] start close-up on a specific dish, moving upward to capture the entire table

angles to try

• [ ] from overhead
• [ ] 45° from the front
• [ ] 45° from the front + side
• [ ] from the front - turn your phone upside-down to get a better angle
• [ ] close up - fill the frame with food
• [ ] medium distance - with the food, a fork, a drink
• [ ] further away - in your space, with other dishes
• [ ] further away at a different angle
• [ ] afterward, add them to a folder in your camera roll to edit and/or post, whichever makes more sense for you.