{"id":7691,"date":"2018-01-12T09:14:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icecreaminspiration.com\/?p=7691"},"modified":"2018-03-14T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:31:13","slug":"the-two-essential-lenses-for-food-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icecreaminspiration.com\/the-two-essential-lenses-for-food-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Essential Lenses for Food Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you have these two essential lenses for food photography? If you want to improve your food photography, you need the proper tools! See which lenses are the most popular among professional food photographers.<\/p>\n

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Over the past 3 1\/2 years, I have learned a lot about food photography. I am a professional photographer with 13 years of experience shooting children, families, and weddings. (You can see my portrait work at my site Blue Prints Photography<\/a>). I thought taking pictures of food would be a piece of cake. Boy, was I wrong! In the beginning, I really struggled to get good pictures of food. At first, I didn’t even realize how bad my pictures were. But with time and experience came greater understanding. I learned that making appetizing, enticing pictures of food involved a LOT more than I had previously thought!<\/p>\n

I decided to start this monthly series of photography posts to teach you some of the things I’ve learned\u00a0 that have helped me take my photography from this:<\/p>\n

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Today I’m going to teach you about the two essential lenses for food photography. I have asked A LOT of food photographers which lenses they use, and these are the two that come up over and over again.<\/p>\n

The first, (and the one I recommend to you if you are just starting out) is the Canon EF 50mm f\/1.8 STM Lens<\/a>\"\". (If you use a Nikon or other brand of camera, you can find your comparable lens. The important thing is that it is 50mm).<\/p>\n

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\nThis is a great multi-purpose lens that will allow you to get overhead shots as well as close-ups. I actually have the Canon EF 50mm f\/1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras<\/a>\"\". I have used this for years with my portrait photography and find that it does a wonderful job for food photography as well. The only difference between my 50mm lens and the one listed above is that number behind the letter “f.” That number basically indicates how wide you can open the aperture of the lens, and how much background blur you can get. 1.4 and 1.8 are very close, so your results should be practically the same. The 1.4 lens costs twice as much as the 1.8 lens and is of a little higher quality, but you would be hard-pressed to notice any difference in the pictures taken with each.<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures I have taken with this lens.<\/p>\n

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ISO 200, f 2.8, shutter speed 1\/100 sec<\/p><\/div>\n

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ISO 200, f 1.4, shutter 1\/80 sec<\/p><\/div>\n

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ISO 800, f 2.8, shutter 1\/125 sec<\/p><\/div>\n

Pros of the 50mm lens:<\/h2>\n