Ramen noodles is a fan favorite when it comes to cheap meals. However, they do not look as good as they do on the package or in a commercial compared to when you cook them at home because we do not have the food stylist and extras that the photographer possible used when they were shooting.
I’m going to show my process and how I made cup noodle look good on camera.
Before (the packaging)
During (the lighting)
In the studio I used one light along with a few white poster boards in order to reflect light into areas that fall too dark.
Props are also an important component in not just food photography but all photography. My rule on props is always less is more. You do not what the props to overpower the main focus of the image.
Final image
The Cup Noodles didn’t have hardly any vegetables in the original cup so I had to bring my own frozen, microwaveable, mixed vegetables in order to make the dish have more color and look more appetizing.
I did a little bit of color correcting and cropping in Lightroom to reinforce the image.
As you can see with lighting, adding more vegetables, props, and slight editing an image that looks appetizing can be made.