Getting moisture to show up in food photography

3 years 8 months ago #693220 by David Dettman
I'm just farting around with random food photography today.  Not a job, but just playing around.  I have the compositions looking good, but the food doesn't look tasty.  I just realized while looking at some food ads, that my food doesn't look moist.  

What is the best way to make food look moist in the photos?


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3 years 8 months ago #693223 by Nikon Shooter
It's all in the brush!

Egg white sometime with sugar, food oil, unevenly applied
with a variety of brushes. ask a cook for his best tricks box.

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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3 years 8 months ago #693228 by garyrhook
There's a google for that.

Most of what ends up in food photography isn't edible. So you want to get on the web and search for tips from food photographers, because they are the ones that know how to create the images that appeal to people.


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3 years 8 months ago #693347 by peterock33
I remember reading an article in one of the old monthly Peterson's Photo Magazine back in the early 80's by a food photographer.  I don't recall the name, but he had a few pictures displayed and I remember one shot of a delicious looking turkey dinner plate with steaming turkey meat and potatoes plus all the trimmings.  He said to get that "moist" look, he always first sprayed the food with a water and dish soap solution.  It really did look fantastic, but as mentioned above, it ended up being inedible.  I always wanted to give it a try.  Maybe I finally will now.


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3 years 8 months ago #693388 by Jinesh
Hello everyone,,
My major concern is that I don’t want to damage my camera from the steam and moisture that will come up during cooking over a stove. Do you guys have any suggestions on how to avoid that?I saw somewhere that there is a mirror trick where you can install a 45 degree angled mirror above your work space and shoot just the mirror, but I don’t think the wife or I want to have a giant mirror hanging from a ceiling in our home (because safety, cost, and aesthetics).Is there any special equipment one uses, or specific technique you can employ to get the best overhead cooking videos while keeping your camera steam/moisture free?


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3 years 8 months ago #693405 by Naheed
Some tricks used in food photography are: For having a juicy look to meat, vegetable oil is used. Dish soap is applied for longer-lasting foam in fizzy drinks. Corn syrup helps in making an ice cream that doesn't melt.


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3 years 8 months ago #693523 by Jinesh

Jinesh wrote: Hello everyone,,
My major concern is that I don’t want to damage my camera from the steam and moisture that will come up during cooking over a stove. Do you guys have any suggestions on how to avoid that?I saw somewhere that there is a mirror trick where you can install a 45 degree angled mirror above your work space and shoot just the mirror speedtest.vet/ , but I don’t think the wife or I want to have a giant mirror hanging from a ceiling in our home (because safety, cost, and aesthetics).Is there any special equipment one uses, or specific technique you can employ to get the best overhead cooking videos while keeping your camera steam/moisture free?


Intersting, I didn't know that was a feature to look out for. I am planning on investing in a Canon Rebel T6i, but from the looks of this it lacks weather sealing :(


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