Food shoot at Crepelato Gelato in NCCC, Davao Food styling by Gerlie Bagsarsa Photography © Jojie Alcantara I’ve been photographing food for several years now, but every shoot is always unique and fun to do.  I do simple lighting and as much as possible work with natural light.  With my shoot for Crepelato Gelato in NCCC, I made use of their bright glass window that takes in a lot of the sunlight.   My ingredients for a good food shoot:  Light. Composition. Mood. Color. With the mood, you set up everything from props, background, the whole drama. The object is to make your viewer’s mouth water. Composition will have to be with the help of a food stylist, to arrange your elements for you, leaving you to concentrate on your shooting alone. There are often times though, when you have to do everything by yourself, so you rely on the chef to bring you the best presentation there is. Color is most important in food photography.  To make the dish look mouthwatering, it has to …