How to set Exposure Time in Food Photography
Silvain • updated June 21, 2022 • 2 min read
Silvain • updated June 21, 2022 • 2 min read
Exposure time, as the name implies, describes how long an image is exposed. To put it another way, how long does the camera allow light to fall on the sensor before closing the opening?
That’s why exposure time is also called shutter speed.
With the exposure time, you can influence the brightness of your photo. If you use a long exposure time, your picture will be brighter. If you use a shorter exposure time, your picture will be darker.
But it always depends on your aperture and your ISO setting.
In food photography, we rarely have to deal with waterfalls. But even if it doesn’t look like it at first, movement can also play a role in food photography.
For example, if you want to capture hand movement as you are spreading frosting on a cake, a slow shutter speed can be a good design tool. The slow shutter speed makes the hand look blurry, which the viewer interprets as motion. also called motion blur.
The result: the splashed coffee is captured at exactly the right millisecond and the result is an exciting image.
The exposure time is not only used to make your photo brighter or darker but can also be used as a creative tool to generate exciting images.
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