My Food Photography Process at a Food Photo Shoot
The process of taking a food photo of a subject is always evolving. At times I sketch few ideas in advance, at other times the final image appears organically without preparing for it in advance.
Often we get questions from readers for food photography interviews asking “how many photos do you take for one good one” or “how do you plan for your food photos” or something in these lines. In this post, I share experience from my recent photo shoot and specifically the thought process once creative juices start flowing.
Food photography and restaurants are inseparable. Each restaurant sooner or later will hire a food photographer. If you are seriously thinking about getting into professional food photography, knowing how to work with restaurants essential.
This past weekend Seattle had something very hot going – International Food Blogger Conference. The big hall became even hotter at around 11:00 am Pacific time on Sunday 29th Sept. That’s when Penny De Los Santos came on the stage to talk about food photography, give some tips and share her mouth-watering food images. Her photos were making the audience drool and some were even slurping air.
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Food photography is challenging. Every dish has its own challenges and so does taking dessert photos. From melting ice creams to layered cake, getting a perfect photo of dessert can be challenging and enlightening. So, how do you photograph a dessert? Here’s how…
In last few months, we have heard from some great food photographers, chefs and food stylists. They shared with us how they advanced in food photography and gave us some very practical and useful tips that we all can use when we take food photos. Read on for 11 food photography tips.
Does outstanding food photography really build a successful food blog? What do you think? I thought it would be interesting to study some top recipe bloggers that have outstanding food photography and see how much difference does taking mouth-watering food photos make? Read further to see if food photos really contribute the success of a food blog.
As a visual artist, a great photographer has a knack of summarizing her vision of the scene into one frame. She does this by understanding her vision and taking action to translate that vision into a frame. She decides what information to include and what to exclude. She thinks about where to put the subject and where the light should be. She knows how to manage her viewers’ attention.


