Easy Composition Trick for Food Photography

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0:00 Intro.
0:39 Understanding aspect ratios.
04:39 Loading the guides into Capture One.
6:55 Using overlays with live view.
8:16 Using the overlay tool for print.
9:50 Conclusion.
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[@annelienpienaarfoodconsult139]

I love the way you have explained the crops! I only shoot in Capture one and yes the overlays changed my life and styling to the camera is magic... Just ensure you have a battery relay for your camera and it will shoot all day! Thank you for your awesome work and always giving. Being part of the Artificial Academy has improved my photography to a level of shooting professional.

[@TheBiteShot]

Such a great point! Constant power is a must for me.

[@andywingerd5093]

Another pro photographer turned me on to your tutorials and I am for ever grateful to you and her! I a short time I have learned so many things and already my photography has been taken to the next level because of you.

[@monn3t440]

Oh my Gosh Joanie, thank you. So many things clicked with this one!. I am starting out with photography and this is a game changer Thank you for gifting us with your knowledge.

[@TheBiteShot]

So happy to help! Hugs to you!

[@angelatelesca4512]

As always Joanie explain things happening in a very intuitive way and get things real. Thank you!!

[@TheBiteShot]

Thanks Angela!

[@zoemartin4252]

Thank you, Joanie! You make things simple. I appreciate your time and effort and am hoping to use the guides very soon.

[@Miz-Newsy]

Very useful information! Going to give this a try this week. Thanks Joanie

[@momenarch]

Nice method. Thank you very much

[@missalarxxx]

Always a treat to watch and learn from you. Thank you so much for doing this. Love from 🇨🇦

[@TheBiteShot]

You are so welcome!

[@stuart_anderson]

How did I not know about crop guides?!?? So AWESOME!!! Thanks for the info and the files!!!

[@TheBiteShot]

Yay! So glad! Happy weekend to you and the fam, Stuart!

[@stuart_anderson]

@@TheBiteShot Thanks Joanie!! Same to you!!!

[@josephchan4198]

Awesome!! Thanks for the tips.

[@Ntiyisomkhabela]

Thank you so much for the guides. Great lesson ❤️

[@TheBiteShot]

So happy to share!

[@mawavoy]

Great post, thanks.

[@loribeasley1956]

Thank you, this was so helpful!!

[@TheBiteShot]

So glad it helped Lori!

[@unknownkitchenchallenges]

Thank you Joanie. I'm still working in Lightroom and was wondering if it has something like that as well.

[@simplyrowen]

When I started shooting for Instagram, I suffered! Because I’d forget that my composition now has to be different to account for that crop later. I’d always remember once I downloaded the photos and struggled to crop them in a pleasing manner. Nowadays I’ve gotten used to eyeing my composition with the 4:5 crop in mind. I wish cameras had the possibility to pick your crop as you shoot.

[@SusanneGeert]

Thanks for sharing this Joanie - very helpful 🙌 I want to create my own overlays in Photoshop (or Canvas) and just want to know what I should be aware of? How do you make these? Thanks in advance ;-)

[@vinceknowseverything]

Definitely a neat hack 😎

[@TheBiteShot]

Woot woot! Definitely a great one!

[@alfaandries7396]

Hi Joanie, my tethered setup has the camera looking through a mirror, so I need to flip the live view feed to properly compose images. Capture One Pro has options for flipping downloaded images, but I can't find a mirror/flip image option for the live view feed (just orientation). Am I missing something, or is this option not available?

[@bhagyashreeaaaaa7688]

Can you please make a video about how to photoshoot specifically for KZbin Thumbnail

[@usmansafdar7213]

Shoot in 16:9 aspect ration. Simple. And follow this video accordingly.

[@maryjaras7806]

OMG - I wanted these for so long! I love Capture One- but not having the crop tool available in Live View drives me nuts! Woo Hoo - problem solved!

[@TheBiteShot]

Hooray!! So glad to help!

[@melissalucero3185]

Hi Joanie! Do you happen to know the name of this back drop. I’ve loved the last two you used in your videos 😍

[@TheBiteShot]

This one is from foodifancy.com and the last ones were vinyls from capturebylucy.com

[@nicolasblum9975]

Thank you soo much for this ! Do you know if this exists also in Lightroom ? Thanks :)

[@TheBiteShot]

I'm not as up to date on Lightroom these days, but I do have an older video that I assume still applies to how it's handled in lightroom kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGLFdH9vnZ6srq8

[@nicolasblum9975]

@@TheBiteShot Thank you so much, will have a look :D

[@jessicafurniss9382]

You’ve got me wanting to try Capture one! Why does there appear to be a separate purchase of a license? Is this a requirement?

[@TheBiteShot]

They offer a 30 day free trial if you want to give it a go. Otherwise, yep, they offer either a purchase of a license or a monthly subscription fee.

[@jessicafurniss9382]

@@TheBiteShot thanks for the quick reply! Excited to give it a try.

[@stasivallentine6117]

Honestly, I can't express how many times I look at my little camera screen and love the photo just to put it in lightroom and realize that after I crop it the composition is basically ruined.

[@TheBiteShot]

Hope this helps!