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#4 Color Matters

Use color in your food photos to your advantage
Browns and blues with a splash of red make for a pleasing color palette.
Good color = better food photography. Take a few minutes and learn about simple color theory including complementary colors. Browns and blues typically go well together. Reds and greens often go together. Reds almost always photograph well so if you have a dish with red peppers or tomatoes in it, think about pulling them out and put them on top or in front!  We eat with our eyes first. I want my photos to make people hungry! Color matters.
Understandably, you don't always get to choose your color palette. But when you can, use it to make your photo pop.
Zoes red color in the middle of image
Hummus platter as plated with red and green color. It looks good against a white plate
Zoes red color in the front of image
Same hummus dish with the red in front and composed to eat.
Edward Weston homage
In my homage to Edward Weston I shot this red pepper in black and white. Food can be used as art, but doesn't usually look good in B&W if you are trying to create an appetite for it. Use good color for that.
Brown never looks good in a photo
Brown food rarely looks good without something in the image to balance it. Image from Instagram.
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Chip Weiner is a Tampa food blogger and an award winning freelance photographer specializing in portraiture, food photography and photojournalism . He has been a photography instructor for over 10 years and teaches Tampa photography classes throughout the year.  Have a suggestion for a food event or restaurant? Contact him here

For information on  photography classes and workshops, feel free to call me or look under the Tampa Photography Classes section of my website. Photo 101 is by far the most popular!  I also give private individual lessons on camera operation and making better photographs and would love to work with you one on one to make you a better photographer. Photography instruction gift certificates are also available. They make great gifts for the photo enthusiast in your life. Let's talk about what you need! 813-786-7780. See you in class!

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