Food that looks too perfect stops looking edible. There's a point where saturation tips from appetising into artificial, where highlights blow out and texture flattens, and the whole image starts feeling like a stock photo instead of something you'd actually want to eat.

I manage highlight behaviour, texture separation, and brand colour accuracy so close-ups stay believable across packaging, digital, social, and print. The brief is usually simple - make it look good - but the execution requires more restraint than most people expect.