Take a Food Photo That Shows Useful Clues
A better photograph cannot reveal hidden ingredients, but it can reduce avoidable mistakes. Use this checklist when you want the generator to understand the dish rather than the table around it.
Use soft, even light
Place the dish near a window or in a bright room. Avoid a harsh flash that creates white reflections on sauces and dark shadows beside ingredients. If the image looks yellow or blue, use your camera's automatic color setting before applying filters.
Fill the frame with one dish
Keep the plate or bowl near the center and crop out menus, packaging, hands, and unrelated dishes. When several plates appear with equal prominence, the generator may combine them into one recipe.
Choose the angle for the information you need
An overhead view works well for salads, pizza, bowls, and arranged plates because it shows separate ingredients. A 45-degree view is useful for pasta, stews, and plated meals. A side view can show layers in cakes or sandwiches, but may hide toppings.
Keep texture in focus
Tap the main part of the food on your phone screen before taking the picture. Motion blur and strong portrait-mode blur can hide grains, herbs, crusts, and sauce texture that help distinguish similar foods.
Show scale when portions matter
A normal plate, spoon, or bowl edge can provide context. Extreme close-ups make portion estimates especially uncertain. The final serving count still needs your judgment because camera perspective changes apparent size.
Avoid text-only and unsafe images
Upload a photograph of food rather than a printed recipe, restaurant menu, barcode, person, or kitchen accident. The tool is built to suggest cooking ideas from dishes; it is not intended to identify people, diagnose food safety, or extract copyrighted recipes.
Check the file before sending
Use JPG, PNG, or WebP. Make sure the image opens correctly and stays within the upload limit shown on the generator. If an upload fails, export a smaller copy while keeping the main dish clear.