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.
Happy Thanksgiving to readers from US and to those who just like eating turkey. And happy Black Friday in advance to you shoppers. Continue reading for last minute shopping deals…
Light is everything in photography. Light drives the f-stops and shutter speed and light tells what filters to use. Understanding light is crucial for photography and yet light is something that very few new photographers think about. Starting this post, we will talk about light and lighting for food photography.
We are now accepting guest posts on food photography, food styling and related topics. If you are interested in writing for LFP, go to
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…
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.
Two great food photographers, Mowie Kay (read his
This just gets exciting everyday. In just last one month, we received more than thousand new readers. Welcome to all the new readers, and for the readers that have been here for a while, thanks for sticking with us. In last five months, we published some food photography and styling articles that received some good response. Here are some of them:


