Star Patterns and Textures in Food Photography

I love images involving around star-shaped foods and finding ways to incorporate star patterns and textures in food photography.

Cutting watermelon slices with a star cookie cutter, using sliced star fruit in beverages, or cutting out little star shapes in apple slices to top onto a drink. I saw a cocktail photo that used Star Fruit and I was hooked! They’re a fun way to jazz up a classic cocktail⁠. 

If you look hard enough you can find star shapes like Star Anise or Maple leaves in everyday textures and ingredients around us.

Have you ever seen star shapes in food? Leave me a comment if you have. I’d love to hear some more ideas on where to find stars in food photography.

Chocolate Textures in Food Photography

One of my favourite things to photograph is chocolate, in all its forms. From moist to cracked textures there is quite a lot to explore. 

I enjoy playing with the lighting to make sure that the light picks up the individual texture in each chocolate dish. Focusing on the texture of your food is a really simple way to improve your food photos, especially with chocolate brown colours

When it comes to chocolate, do you prefer smooth or crunchy chocolate textures? I think I’m a sucker for both!