Backdrop's role in Food Photography

As we all know that food is a very important thing in everybody's life, even play a major role in Hotel & Resort industry because after all the exclusive, comfortable services every customer wanted to have a sumptuous and tasty food. Food photography also cover an important portion of the photography world. We should never underestimate "Food Photography" 

The photographer cannot cook good tasty food but he has the ability to show mouth-watering photographs through his eyes. When you talk about mouth-watering photographs than one important thing always play a major role in food photography that is called Backdrop, the base of the food or where you place or keep your food items to shoot. 

I have noticed where food is really good but kept on the worst, less interesting base or backdrop which confuse or distract viewers. Today I am writing this article about the interesting backdrop's role in the food photography genres.  

Let's discuss the backdrop to shoot more mouth-watering photographs.

Colours and Textured - The first thing to finalize before pressing the shutter button that is what is the colours & texture of the backdrop, Is it going add creatives, weightage, or drama to the food or not. Also, must notice that the backdrop should not overtake the food weightage because it may harmful for your photography career. It purely depends on the photographer's creatives. Choosing colours, texture, sizes etc all truly matters for better food photography. 

Materials - There are endless materials like wooden, steel, glass, vinyl sheet, cardboard sheet, stone slabs, ceramic tiles, paper sheet, grocery bags, a rough surface etc can be used as better food's backdrop. Once again photography creatives eyes are required to finalised material to use, which will hit bull's eye that's his job. see the below-posted image.

Once you are having a good experience of finalising the perfect backdrop for any food then there is nothing that can spoil your food photographs. 

Collection of the backdrops - If you shoot only food or you are a hardcore food photographer then this is a part of your business to maintain a good collection of the backdrops. You must maintain & use the backdrops as per the food's requirement. This will help you to grow more as a food photographer. Must plan to have a good collection of the backdrops. 

Conclusion - These are all material or backdrop are really cheap and are easily available in the market. If you are looking for any special or more creatives backdrop then there are skilled labour available in the market who can create, construct and manufacture the backdrop as per your requirement. Avoid keeping big sizes backdrop because it is tough to maintain them. Always have mediocre size backdrops in your stock. 

Keep experimenting and have a wonderful and happy photography life to you all.

Photographer and blogger Prasenjeet Gautam (www.prasenjeetgautam.com) has captured above all the images. INDIA