Food & drink

Dish photos with a fine-dining finish

A tasting plate took an hour to build and three seconds to photograph. Restaurant dish photos from the studio reshoot that plate on dark slate with a single directional light and a shallow depth of field — the look of a chef's portfolio and a magazine feature — with every element of the plating exactly where the kitchen put it.

You want the dish to look considered, dramatic and expensive, from a phone photo taken before the runner picked it up. The Fine Dining style sets the surface, the props, the angle and the light; the dish itself is never changed, so restaurant dish photos still show what the kitchen sends out. Keep the styling consistent across the menu by using the same style for every dish; restaurant dish photos then read as one shoot.

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