12 Tips to Instantly Up Your iPhone Food Photography Game

Your phone is the only camera that’s always with you to capture the photo-worthy moments in your life — especially the unexpected ones. So without getting too emo, here are 12 ways you can make the most of that beautiful, shiny rectangle in your pocket.

1. Sit Next to a Window

The simplest, quickest way to improve your phone photos, is to sit next to natural light sources, whether it’s outside in the beautiful Dubai winters, or inside, next to a window, during summer. Just find a nice soft-light source, and sit next to it.

During the day, I favour natural light over artificial lights in nearly all cases when I’m shooting with my iPhone.

2. Turn on the Rule of Thirds Grid

Although shots can look great with their subject dead centre, you can usually make your shots look better, more dynamic, and just more professional if you embrace the "Rule of Thirds".

Your iPhone has a grid option available, which you can use to line up your subjects, so that they follow the rule of thirds. Turn this option on by visiting Settings> Photos & Camera and turning on the Grid switch.

Now, use those lines as a guide, and position the subject along the bottom or top horizontal line, rather than in the middle of the screen. It’s just that simple.

3. Use Burst Mode for Action Shots

Drips, pours, sprinkles – burst mode might be just the option you’re looking for to capture the best images. By snapping images in quick succession, you’re more likely to nail a perfect shot, and have waaaay more options to choose from.

So the next time that server approaches you with a sauce that needs pouring, whip out burst mode and show them who’s the boss of that sauce.

4. Always Keep Your HDR On

Your iPhone comes with a software feature called High Dynamic Range, or HDR: This lets you take photos that have high contrast light sources (say, a bright sunset against a darkening mountain) and still capture a nice image without losing detail in the light or the dark area of the picture.

Your iPhone does this by… y’know what? Just do it. Just always keep it on.

5. Crop Reeeeally Close in, After You Shoot

If you’ve been following my work for a while, you know I’m a big fan of the ‘fill-the-frame’ food pictures. I really like to get in close with my shots. However, in portrait mode, the iPhone needs you to hit a sweet-spot of distance from the subject. Ugh, the hours of my life that I’ve wasted trying to hit this sweet spot!

It may seem obvious, but it wasn’t to me until I accidentally did it one day. I shoot the scene at whatever distance the iPhone needs me to shoot at, and then crop in to zoom as close as I need, into the yumminess. My phone’s software isn’t going to decide how close I can get to my food. I am.

6. Capture Close-up Detail

Speaking of closeups, of the biggest photography mistakes you could make is not getting close enough to the subject. This is particularly important when photographing objects with intricate details. If you shoot from too far away, you might miss out on all of the the delicious details your subject has to offer. Close-up patterns, textures, and colours will really add a new dimension to your insta grid-game.

7. Those Dreaded Night Shots

Alright I’ll admit – these shots are hard. There’s less light, the shots have a tendency to turn out blurry, and the shadows are terrible.

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