Food styling is a difficult art form. I enjoy the creativity of it, but it takes practice to master.
The Live View helps me to see how the camera sees the setup. This is also helpful to quickly edit what is in the scene.
It is important to showcase what is being sold. We recently photographed sandwiches for a local deli. The goal was to keep it simple and show off the sandwich.
You can see in these images all the food is extremely fresh and was just created before the photograph.
Once we finished the job for the client, we then went to play with other compositions for the sandwiches.
Food doesn't age well. So you have to be quick with your images. That's why it's important to have everything planned out in advance.