This lemon dessert was so simple it gave us some free time to experiment with the camera angles for the composition of the images.
We will start with the three traditional angles for food photography. The Diner's View, the Top Down View, and the Straight On View.
The Diner's View would simply be at an angle as you were sitting looking at the food. The angle you see the food sitting naturally would be the Diner's View. Somewhere between 20 - 40 degrees.
The next two photographs are called top down shots. Basically we are directly above the food looking down onto it. This is great if you want to show a lot of things in the image at once. These are often used for ingredient component images or the steps in a recipe.
And the last view we have is straight on. The camera is almost parallel to the cake. These are great for dishes that you want to emphasize the height of the subject or a pulled back full table shot.