Tips for more beautiful food photos

Here are the best tips for more beautiful food photos!

16. August 2021 |

Alexandra Gorsche

16. August 2021

Alexandra Gorsche

Social media is becoming more and more important. That's why it's one thing to conjure up great dishes, another to stage them perfectly for social media.

Without a reflex camera or specialist knowledge. Our cell phones can do more than we think! Including the best apps for mobile photo editing.

Tip 1: Light

A successful picture depends on the right light. If you don't have a suitable light source in your premises - then place your plate/dish near a window, for example, and use the natural light source.

Tip 2: Perspective

A bird's-eye view is an angle that never deceives. To do this, take a photo from above so that your plate or the entire dish appears in all its glory. If you want to show a side view, make sure that there is nothing in the background that distracts from the dish.

Tip 3: Background

A neutral and natural background will make your food stand out. It can also be something simple like a wooden board, cloth or paper. But tiles also make a great background.

Tip 4: Food styling

Sometimes less is more! Overloaded plates never look as appealing as plates on which the main ingredients are in the foreground.

Tip 5: Decoration

This can give the photo that certain something. Fresh ingredients such as crisp lettuce leaves, colorful tomatoes, but also a beautiful napkin or fine cutlery give a food picture more glamour.

Tip 6: Image editing

There are numerous apps for image editing. A little more contrast, saturation, sharpness - these are all edits that make you want to cook even more.

Here are a few app recommendations:

VSCO: For iOS and Android
For corrections and effect filters, free app, user-friendly and compact.
Snapseed: For iOS and Android
For image editing, corrections, effect filters, free app, an all-round package.
Lightroom Mobile: For iOS and Android
Also for raw files, exports images, free app. Synchronization between computer and mobile device is only possible with a paid subscription.

So grab your cell phone - let's go!

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Book tip: Apropos: Favorite Recipes!

Cook, enjoy, and do good

A cookbook that tells stories and connects people: With “Apropos: Favorite Recipes!”, the Salzburg street newspaper Apropos has now compiled a selection of its popular recipe column between two covers. Since the beginning of November 2025, the book has been available for €9 exclusively from sellers on the streets of Salzburg – half of the sales price goes directly to them.

INFO
Apropos: Favorite Recipes!
Publication date: November 3, 2025
Scope: 23 recipes on 88 pages
Print run: 5,000 copies
Price: €9
Distribution: Exclusively from Apropos vendors in Salzburg
Proceeds: Half of the sales price goes to the vendors

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