5 food photography mistakes such as glare, overexposed, reflection & focus and. My little food photography & styling fails and some inspiration & ideas for food blogging and Instagram photography.

My editing frustration

Every time I sit in front of my computer and start editing I notice some of the common mistakes that I make quite often. So, I thought I’m going to share some of my thought that usually go through my mind while I’m editing in Lightroom.

How to fix it? I started to shoot tethered to see my mistakes right away!

Learn from my mistakes

Sometimes I honestly feel like I don’t like some details on my images and I just ignore them because otherwise, I would never publish anything. I feel like it’s a journey and we can’t get everything right at the beginning. I believe that sometimes it’s important to publish some of the images to get feedback and learn from the mistakes to get better.

Typical Internet Disclaimer

Before I go on, I need to make a little disclaimer because photography is very subjective and these are just my thoughts and critics on my own images. I’m quite sure that some of you who are reading this might think otherwise and have different opinions. However, I believe that different views are just part of photography.

All the solutions for these mistakes are my own approach & these are just the things I like to tell myself.

My 5 food photography mistakes:

#1 Headache: Glare

You might notice that these images here have a little glare. It might not be that hard, but once I see it, then it starts to bother me. I find that some of the hardest things for food photography are forks and glasses. It just gives that glare that doesn’t always have to be there.

Sometimes it might be okay, but other times it’s just so annoying that I can’t digest it. I read that the best solutions here are some white cards or a circular polarizer filter that always saves the day.

MY SOLUTION? Circular polarizer filter

#2 Headache: Comfort zone

Yes, I’m still a human. I get trapped in my comfort zone and try to get things done as quickly as possible. I’m just used to my usual routine, and I forget to try new “tricks”. However, when I have time I usually promise myself to try something new and I even write down some new ideas for the future.

MY SOLUTION? Take a long breath and try something new!

#3 Headache: Reflection

Reflection is one of the things that is quite annoying for me. I know that you can always use it as a creative tool, but sometimes it just drives me crazy. All the forks, glasses, and shiny tableware are a challenge!

Usually, I will get my window or tripod reflection on my glass or cutlery. Therefore, I try to use the polarizer filter or white cards save the day.

I know that some people use all kind of crazy trick with chemistry?! However, I personally still would like to eat the food I make. So, I try to skip these kinds of tricks. Maybe someday I will think otherwise.

MY SOLUTION?? Circular polarizer filter

#4 Hangry: Focus error

That usually happens when I’m rushing with my shoot. Sometimes I’m just hangry, or I have planned too many tasks for my day. So, I try to get things done as quickly as possible. However, I still forget to double check the focus with 100% zoom. Above all, I notice my mistakes when I’m editing, and I might be mad at myself for doing that.

MY SOLUTION? Never shoot hangry!

I usually use the back-button for my focus (AF-L). That’s one of the best things I discovered once I started to notice my focus problems.

#5 Headache: Overexposed

When I overexpose my images and raw files, then I lose a lot of information while editing. That’s precisely my typical mistake. Mainly, it happens when I’m in a room that has A LOT of light that is always changing.

My first year of photography I didn’t even read my histogram in my Adobe Lightroom. Somehow I was ignoring the manual mode and didn’t want to learn technical things. Big mistake! After I started to get more comfortable with Lightroom, then I noticed that my photography got better. Editing is just so big part of the photography.

MY SOLUTION? Read your histogram.

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