Vegetables baked in the oven

Like any other cook, I often improvise. I do not always want to write down the recipe, but have to take a picture quickly. With time I wanted to make it not only quickly, but also beautifully! That is how I became keen on food styling.

Aubergine pie snack

Food stylists who work in advertising have their own secrets of how to best present food. For example, they fry chicken using drying fan, and they take the mixture of apple juice and washing powder instead of beer. Real ice cream is never used when filming commercials as it melts in an instants under studio lights, therefore it is replaced with plastic or silicon prop. Milk is usually made of white glue.

Salad with fresh champignons

As I am a supporter of natural style, I take pictures under natural light and only use a reflector.

Almond biscotti

Chicken curry with rice

Grilled salmon with beans

When pictures are taken ouside, the most important thing is to avoid direct light. It is better to go into shade and ask friends to hold something big and white (in case there is no reflector available).

Spinach roll with salmon

Champignon caps baked with cheese

Choice of dishes also plays an important role as sometimes you have to try several sets before you are satisfied with the result.

Hedgehogs made of meat and rice

And if dishes contrast with food they will deliver the most beautiful pictures.

Thai salad with prawns

Chinese-style ribs

Exotic dishes can be supplemented with appropriate accessories.

Towers made of baked vegetables

Kuyrdak

There are special features of taking pictures of meat. It does not have to be dark, otherwise it will look unappetizingly.

Steak

Blueberry cheesecake

It is also good to select additional accessories, be it ingredient, dishes or beautiful cloth. It will brighten up the picture, and in case of ingredients it can give a hint as to what the filling of the pie is made of.

Coffee muffins

... or to indicate muffins' flavour.

Cheese focaccia

Vegetable curry

Spinach tagliatelle with sauce and cheese

If spaghetti have got cold, you can carefully sprinkle water, in which they were cooked, on top of them. It will give them the shine and will not spoil the taste.

Pasta with mushroom sauce

Berry tartlet

It is also necessary to remember about picture composition and angle. Round shape will look excellent if shot from above.

Grilled aubergines and tomatoes with yogurt sauce

The most difficult thing when shooting food is to chase hungry husband away from the plate.

Battered courgette flowers

I take beautiful tableware, choose background and additional accessories, slowly distribute food on the plate, carefully wipe drops of sauce and...

Thai style vegetable stir-fry

"When will we start eating?!" a question sounds from behind my back.

Vegetable pasties

I cry, "Hold on just a second!" and run to the windowsill, where I take a picture of the composition quickly, and having checked the image, give the plate away.

Potato rolls with curry

Rocket salad and beef sandwich

It could not last long like this, thus these days my husband gets not so beautifully served, but hot food, and I can fiddle around with my plate as long as I want, even for the whole hour.

Vanilla cream tartlet

Brownie with caramel sauce

Chocolate truffles

Ladyfingers dessert

Orange muffins

Orange cupcakes

P.S. Not a single hungry husband was hurt during this article making!