25 Best Midjourney Food Prompts

Outstanding food photography is not only a powerful advertising tool but also the key to standing out and increasing sales. In the vibrant world of the culinary industry, using Midjourney is a unique choice to transform creative ideas into surreal masterpieces.

Whether you're seeking inspiration or creating high-quality advertising images, Midjourney is your creative companion, helping you produce captivating photos that highlight the deliciousness of your dishes. Utilizing Midjourney for mesmerizing and appealing food photography requires applying various techniques, lighting styles, motion, and environmental settings.

Explore the list of suggestions from Midjourney to enhance your creativity in the field of food photography. From lighting techniques to creating motion and setting the right environment, Midjourney offers over 25 suggestions for you to create unique and attention-grabbing culinary artworks. Join me on a step-by-step journey, revealing the secrets to crafting irresistible food photos. I'll guide you in choosing the perfect suggestions and share tips to make your work attractive, captivate viewers, and achieve the highest business results.

1. List of suggestions:

Move
Angle
Structure
Light
Setting
Creative advertising

Motion: Motion in food photography adds dynamism, excitement, and visual appeal. It evokes emotions, adds energy, highlights textures, and tells a story in the image. Motion stimulates the appetite, making the food enticing, introducing richness, and captivating the audience.

Exploding Dust Shot: 

Prompt: Food photography, a powerful explosion of yellow dust from a shrimp taco, studio light, black plain background, studio lighting.

Flame and spark

Prompt: Food photography, grilled big tuna on BBQ price, with flames and sparks

water splashing

Prompt: Commercial photography, a lemon dropping, water splashing around, tropical background, low angle

hitting on the table

Prompt: Food Photography, a pile of nachos hitting on the table, with cheese, tomato, onion and lime, front shot

sauce dripping

Prompt: Food phototgraphy, chocolate sauce dripping, onto a pile of pancake, with whipped cream and strawberry, front shot 

Tip number one
Use "macro shot" to record subtle details, texture or movement of food, to evoke a sensory experience.

honey dripping

Prompt: Food photography, macro shot, honey dripping, color hierachy, light and shade contrast, dof

Pull cheese - movement causes mouth to flow

Prompt: Food Photography, peperroni cheese pizza, macro shot, cheese pull of a slice, focus on the cheese and vibrant toppings

Water drops - emphasize freshness

Prompt: Food photography, a peach, macroshot of water droplets, front light

2. Shooting angle

With the help of angles, photographers can emphasize certain factors in the scene and convey a certain mood or emotion in the image.

The back corner
Anterior corner
High corner
Low -angle
Profile corner - next to the product

High corner

Prompt: Food Photography, a creamy tomato soup with a swirl of fresh cream, topped with crispy croutons and a sprinkle of basil, high angle

Low -angle

Prompt: Commerical photography, a glass of lemonade, surrounded by lemon and mint, low angle, blue sky background, water droplets and splashing, sunlight

Anterior corner

Prompt: Commerical photography, a glass of green tea, sitting on a wood, a branch lying around, front view, soft lighting, clean light leige background, minimal and zen

3. Arrange

Pay attention to how to arrange and place food in the frame. Use the rules of fecal, symmetrical, and empty space to create an attractive visual structure.

Asymmetric structure
Cross structure
Geometry structure
Knolling
Symmetrical structure
Fertilizer rules

Photography Knolling

Prompt: Knolling of [ country ] cuisine, professional food photography, on a long table, realistic, depth of field — ar 3:1

Symmetry layout

Prompt: Commerical photography, Japanese pastries, sakura pastry shape, sakura decoration, symmetrical compostion, high end silk red table cloth with pattern, studio light

Tip number two: accessories
Consider color accessories as fresh ingredients to increase visual appeal. Arrange food and accessories in an attractive and delicious way.

Flowers and fruits are okay

Prompt: Commercial photograph, a tropical fruit sorbet, center composition, surrouded by edible flowers and tropical fruits, beautiful sunlight

Colorful vegetables

Prompt: Commercial Photography, sizzling steak, with grill marks, adorned with fresh herbs and colorful vegetables

4. Light

Appropriate lighting is an important factor to highlight the characteristics of the structure, color and detail of food.

Advanced light
Beautiful sunlight
Morning light
Natural light
Light shiny light
Studio light
Sunlight
Light volume

Natural light

Prompt: Commercial Photography, a refreshing summer cocktail, with sparkling ice cubes, slices of citrus fruits, and sprigs of fragrant herbs, natural lighting on a hot day.

Studio light

Prompt: Extreme close-up shot of a chocolate cake, oozing with molten ganache and adorned with luscious berries, depth of field, studio lighting

5. Context

Includes a context in the prompt giving your audience a more specific context. Depending on the different contexts, the style can be completely different.

Classic 
Elegant 
Luxurious 
Minimal 
Romantic 
Serene 
Tropical 

Luxurious & High End 

Prompt: Commercial photography, a bottle of red wine, luxurious and high end, flowers, red wall, beautiful lighting and shadow from the window.

Serene & calm 

Prompt: A croissant and a cup of coffee, warm enviornment, in a minimalist style living room, beige and white, serene and calm, monochrome scheme, light-filled landscape

Tip 3: Add materials
To improve the reality and professionalism of your food photography, consider integrating elements such as stone or wood.

Use them for table surface or backdrop to enhance aesthetic appeal and authenticity.

Prompt: Food photography, flat lay, a glass of peach soda, on a marble stone table, with peaches and flowers beside, beautiful sunlight and shadow, French romance

Wooden Mottled Grain

Prompt: Commercial photography, a glass of whisky, high angle shot, wooden mottled grain background, warm tones, light contrast

A simple structure

Food/Commercial photography, [the food (add motion)], with [garnish/decorating items] around, [composition], [lighting], [setting/style — optional]

Festival inspiration

Prompt: Food photography, creative Halloween dessert, with a style of spider, skull, contrasting colors, textures, and symmetry to create a visually striking composition.

Miniature photography

Prompt: Miniature Scenery of miniature figurines playing in a small slice of watermelon, light background, intricate details, soft color blending.

Conclusion: 

Midjourney could not completely replace the photographer's talent, but it was a valuable companion in the creative process. The image of artificial intelligence brings inspiration and ideas for your project. It can be used as a place to reserve or to test before replacing with professional images. With Midjourney, discover new perspectives and test different concepts to create unique and impressive images.