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Cropping for food blog photography

There are two aspects of cropping I want to talk about, one is horizontal vs. vertical, and the other is “tightness”. 

Most cameras allow you to shoot an image that is either horizontal or vertical.  Professionally, I’m requited to take either vertical or horizontal depending on the layout of the ad, billboard, or brochure I’m shooting for.  I may need to leave room over top of the plate for type, or I might need negative space to the right or left of the plate for a UPC code or company logo.   Unless you’re shooting with preconceived limitations on your photo’s usage, I suggest that you shoot horizontal.  Yes, there may be times when shooting vertical is a good idea, but most of the time I suggest that a horizontal shot will give you a better final image.


Lets say that you do as I suggest and get down “lower than normal” for your camera angle.  One thing that this does is to make your plate of food VERY horizontal.  If you tilt the camera so that the crop is vertical, you end up with a lot of your image area containing no food.  Usually, that’s not a good thing.  You’ll either end up with a bunch of image area that you’ll need to populate with something interesting.  You will either need a bunch of props or a bunch of background to fill up all that negative space.  Whichever you choose, props or background, your shot will contain less food and more “other stuff”.  MOST food photos are supposed to be about the food and not about the other stuff.  Yes, there are exceptions.  Lets say that the restaurant in the background or the kitchen that’s occupying the majority of our image area, is an important element of your blog post.  In a case like that, I can see where I vertical images might be a good idea.  Just keep in mind that normally, the more area of your picture that is taken up with food, the better the photo.  Bigger is better, most of the time.  The bigger the food in your food blog photo, the better.

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