Dragon Way is a Chinese Restaurant/Take-Away in Prestonpans. This is the kind of client with a small budget for food photography but who nevertheless needs good photographs to promote their dishes.
The simplest way to do this is using natural window light from the side and a reflector. It takes very little time to shoot and edit the pictures. One can do quite a few assignments like this in a day. You do not want to shoot the food with the window at your back as it gives really “flat” photos. This kind of “flat” light is great for portraits, though.
Note that I use a “detail enhancer” in Photoshop to bring out the texture of the dishes. I first heard of this technique from Calvin Hollywood (a German, as his name clearly indicates), who called it “Calvin’s freaky details”. It’s been replaced by filters like tonal contrast that work better in general, as the “freaky details” procedure could give some strange results when applied to skies. But it works just fine for food.
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