Having the mood to search a little bit about food photography and I come across this interesting topic, The Best Camera Angle for Taking Food Photos. It is a simple page introducing to you how to take food pictures from different angles. It gives some examples. I would like to share his sharing here:-
Three Factors to Keep In Mind
1) Food structure
What does you food look like? What is the shape of your dish? Does it have a height? How is the food styled? Depending on the answer to these questions, the best angle for food photos may be very different. Food or dish that has height makes it a good candidate to be photographed at 0-20 angle. On the other hand, if the dish has no character as far as height goes, it is better to shoot it top down at an angle of 90 or so. Food with no or very little height will look better when shot from top down.
2) Uncontrollable Constraints
When you are taking a photo of soup, that you want to shoot top down, but constraints don’t allow you to, in those cases, you need to choose your camera angle, keep that in mind. In most cases, there are ways to get around this and food setting can be changed, by keeping the soup on surface that is lower and facilitates the photograph.
3) What You Want
4) Decide The Best Angles
His full explanation can be found here,
http://www.learnfoodphotography.com/the-smart-food-photographers-guide-to-choosing-the-best-camera-angle/
Once again, Thank you for sharing. Enjoy!
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