5 Tips to Taking Beautiful Food Photos on your Phone

1. Find the light! Use natural light and turn off the flash.

2. Get up Close. If your iPhone camera offers Portrait mode, use it!

3. Turn On Camera Grid. This will help align a flat lay photo. (more from Apple)

4. Watch the Background. When taking photos, pay attention to the background, hands, feet, etc. Move the camera or the subject.

5. Edit! Because phones are backlit, printed photos will be darker. Using the basic Auto Enhance feature in your native camera works great!

how-to-take-photos-of-food — Use the camera grid to align images into the frame. Turn it on or off in camera photo settings.

5 Tips to Taking Food Photos on your Phone — Find the light

what to do when natural daylight is not available?

There are many small portable devices (video lights and LED lights) that you can carry around with you or have handy at home. Make sure that your light source is nicely diffused and does not come off very harsh. Last resort, try your flash. Adjust white balance and lighting in the free Adobe Lightroom App. Our Inside Light Preset will do the trick in one click!