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Old Baking PaperĪnother textured, fashionable appeal to your advertising photography for food and especially good when shot from above. It’s available from your local stationery/craft shops or even from online websites. These are rich colored backdrop options and low-cost. Protect it with a thin coat of matte, water-resistant sealer as we’re sure you will need for many more shoots. Here too, choose more than three colors and dab it all over the wood backdrop with rags or sponges for a blended and subtle mottled effect. And it’s not all you got to splash some craft paints on it that are water-based. Wooden and PaintedĪnother inexpensive stuff – thin, and light plywood sheets are the best with at least a 2×3 feet dimension to suit any food outfit. It will enhance the food subject to avoid warm color clashes. One of the food photography tips – these neutral/cool-toned colors will be a perfect balance for the warm tone of this genre. Neutral colors (grey, black, and white) are the best, or even brown ones (chestnut or taupe). But go for ones without much gloss to cut down glare while shooting. These tiles even porcelain ones are good food photography backgrounds and they’re affordable. What’s even better is that you can roll it after a shoot and get it rolling out for a new one later – like a poster. If there are different colors on it, we’re pretty sure you can use it for more than one food shoot – see? That’s utility! Add more textures using different objects (rags, sponges, etc.) by tap pressing on it with the colors of your choice. Who wouldn’t love a textured feel, and rustic vibe with an elegantly organic look like you might do in commercial retouching? So, grab some drop cloth fabric and primer it down well in every area as it will help the canvas to maintain the paint well without soaking it up.