Before I begin with my usual spiel in food photography, may I congratulate the newlywed royal couples. I honestly think though that Pippa, the bride's younger sister, was the star of the show.

Do you know what POV stands for? I was first introduced to this acronym during film studies, specifically when looking through the lens. Everything has to have a POV - Point of View. As such, food shots also need POV. I see most people just shooting 30 degrees from the food on the table which is how we usually see the plated food in front of us.

Check out the example of stack of cookies (or shall I say, biscuits with a British twang) below. Cookies are not usually served stacked from bottom up. It's either a cookie is laying flat or sideways when you open a grocery bought box of choco chips.

Which do you think has the best POV?

Seeing eye to eye

See that twist?

I've always been fascinated with colors. I grew up painting, coloring and, of course, photographing. I usually find inspiration in my shoots on cookbooks and found an interesting pattern of pink and purple stripes - suitable as background for a shot of cute cupcakes. Photo below accessorize with a glossy white box frame, coffee beans and dried buds.

I just learned how to say Happy Easter in Portugese so to celebrate this moment, cheers with a chocolate martini :P

Feel the slight crunch of the filo dough and the refreshing lemon custard with blueberries and strawberries!

Ever seen the common aspects of published food shots on magazines and online? That clean fresh pearly white look on the photo is almost always a must on a food photography.

Just look at the difference of the spaghetti with salmon below. Although I forgot to take the original in raw format, the jpeg on the left had a slight gray overcast. To get rid of the grayish tones, I tweaked the exposure levels on photoshop and used the white and black ink droppers to indicate the whitest and blackest portion of the spaghetti. Take note how the histogram changes. What a difference the exposure makes!

Note: Shooting is best done in raw format so you won't loose quality of the pixels while editing photos.