How to snap
a dish.
The better the snap, the better everything we make from it. Posts, ads, menus, the lot. Here’s exactly what to do.
Two key rules.
It’s well lit.
Shoot near a window or under a bright light. Check it: you can see every colour on the plate, and no part is in dark shadow.
It’s not blurry.
Wipe the lens. Tap the food on your screen to focus. Hold the phone with both hands and keep still as you shoot. Check it: zoom in and the edges look crisp.
That’s the whole rulebook. Dark and blurry are the only snaps the Studio can’t save.
Move around the plate.
Same four spots, every dish. A few steps around the plate, and the Studio learns it from every side.
Top-down
Phone flat, straight above the plate.
Stand over the plate. Keep the phone level so nothing looks tilted.
Diner’s view
Phone where a seated diner’s eyes are.
Sit down, or bend to seat height, and tip the phone down a little.
Side-on
Phone at plate height, level with the food.
Crouch to the bench. Keep the plate edge flat across the screen.
Up close
Step in until one bite fills the screen.
Use your feet, not your fingers. Pinch to zoom makes it blurry.
Pick the best spot.
The table and the light end up in every photo. Got ten seconds? Move the plate to the best spot. Tap a card to see what we made.
What the Studio made from it.
What the Studio made from it.
What the Studio made from it.
No good spot free mid-rush? Snap it where it stands. A quick snap beats a missed dish.
We can even move the dish.
Snapped it somewhere plain? We can move it to a better spot in your venue.
- 01You snap the dish anywhere.Even on the pass.
- 02You choose a better spot.Your bar, a window table, a courtyard.
- 03We move the dish there.Then we make your shots, right in that spot.
Always your venue. We never make up the spot.
