# @rubenpictures on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNfyyzquUsO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33557451-rubenpictures-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d86adc0dd0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-08-18T12:43:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ruben Cabrera | Food and Product (@rubenpictures) — https://gondola.cc/rubenpictures

## Caption

One of the fastest ways to ruin your food photos? Leaving the restaurant’s ceiling lights on.

Here’s why pros turn them OFF every time:
� Mixed Color Temperatures – Those yellow/orange bulbs fight with your flash or window light. Result? Weird skin tones, muddy food colors, and hours wasted in editing.
� Double Shadows – Overhead lighting throws harsh shadows from the top, while your key light tries to do the opposite. Your image looks messy instead of intentional.
� Loss of Control – Good photography is about controlling light. If you don’t know where the shadows and highlights are coming from, you can’t shape the mood.

� Instead, kill the overheads. Use one controlled light source (I shoot 90% of restaurant work with a single strobe + softbox). That way you decide how the dish looks — not the ceiling lights.

If you want some ambience from the restaurant, capture a few natural light shots before killing the lights, then switch off and take the hero images with your setup. Best of both worlds.

� Have you ever fought with mixed lighting at a shoot? What’s your go-to fix? Drop it in the comments.

#FoodPhotographyTips #FoodPhotographer #RestaurantPhotography #LightingTips #FoodStylingBTS #FoodPhotographyLighting #BehindTheShoot #FoodPhotographyWorkshop #BookedForFood #ContentForRestaurants

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- **Views:** 4,493
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## Tags

lightingtips, foodstylingbts, foodphotographer, bookedforfood, behindtheshoot, restaurantphotography, foodphotographyworkshop, foodphotographylighting, foodphotographytips, contentforrestaurants

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