3 photos that sell: light for food, rooms and products

AdFlow builds the video from your photos, so better photos make a better reel. You do not need an expensive camera — just a few habits.

Light first

• Next to a window — daylight is the cheapest and best light. Put the product beside the window, not in front of it.
• No direct sun — hard sun makes black shadows. Draw a thin white curtain if you have one.
• Flash off — flash makes food look greasy and fabric flat.
• Don't mix tube light and bulbs — two kinds of light give strange colours.

Food

1. The whole thali from above — hold the phone flat, straight over the plate.
2. A close-up of one thing — the baati in ghee, steam over the dal, a crisp samosa.
3. A hand or a face — a hand serving, or the cook's smile.

Photograph food while it is hot. A plain cloth or a banana leaf under a steel thali looks great.

Rooms (hotels, guest houses)

1. The whole room from the door — stand in a corner, phone at waist height.
2. The bed or the breakfast table — smooth the sheets first.
3. The view from the window or balcony — this is what guests remember.

Open the curtains, switch on every light and keep the bathroom door closed.

Shop products

1. The whole product on a plain background — a wall, a sheet or the counter.
2. A detail — the saree border, the phone camera, the label on the pickle jar.
3. In use — a phone in a hand, a dupatta on a shoulder.

Final check

• Wipe the phone lens with a cloth — the most common mistake.
• Shoot upright (portrait) — Reels are vertical.
• Leave one corner empty for the price cloud.

Now put the three photos in the app — see how it works.