What are some good lighting techniques for food photography?

I’m going to try and have some fun with food photography. What are some good lighting techniques?

A couple large (4×8) soft boxes and two or three fills with scrims and snoots. Use the fills with snoots to shoot through scrims for tight spots, that helps control specular highlights It’s hard to fill in tiny overlaps and keep shadows soft, and you’re also dealing with semitransparent foods that get blown out. Light your background separately. It’s a lot like macro but with the luxury of having room to work.

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