Lighting Modifiers and Accessories

Whether you’re using sunlight or strobes, you’ll probably need a few extra items, such as reflectors, softboxes, or umbrellas, to help light up your image. With food photography, it’s very easy to keep things simple; you don’t have to go overboard with accessories and gear to get a great photograph. Keep on reading to learn about some useful tools you can use with your food photography.

Reflectors

If you had to choose only one accessory to use when photographing food, I highly recommend a reflector (or two or three). A reflector is basically anything that will reflect light. In photography they’re primarily used as fill lights to fill in areas that look dark or overly shaded.