We had a crazy week at work. First, we had a shoot in Cincinnati for a LaRosa’s Restaurant and it went later than expected, so we ended up getting into Pittsburgh much later than planned. We got in so late, in fact, that I spent the night on the photo studio couch before another client’s…

I have a fun week of food photography happening this week. First, I’ll be traveling to Cincinnati for a shoot with some GREAT clients (LaRosa’s) and then it’s back to Pittsburgh for a two day shoot with another Great Client! (Rich’s) It just doesn’t get much better than this! I’ll be posting some sample shots…

I’m excited. I just got permission that I could share you with you a few food photography samples of a recent six day packaging shoot I did with some really great clients, Ian’s. The shoot went really well and we got some really great stuff. It’s funny, so much of food photography is shooting really…

Really… I have to have the very best job, not only in Pittsburgh, but the whole wide world! They pay me to take pictures of food for a living! It is probably on of the best jobs imaginable, and I thank God every day for the good fortune of doing what I truly love. Here’s…

If you’re reading this, you probably already know about my food photography, but you may not know me, and you might be interested in learning more about me. My name is Michael Ray, and I’m a Pittsburgh based food photographer. I’ve been shooting food for many years and have a client list containing some very…

If you’re trying to distinguish if a Pittsburgh food photographer shoots more advertising work or more editorial food photography, just look his (or her) web page and count how many raw ingredient photos he has displayed… Editorial food photographers tend to shoot a lot of raw fruit and vegetable shots and advertising food photographers tend…

Pittsburgh doesn’t have a huge market for editorial food photography, but there are a few outlets. Table Magazine, Pittsburgh Magazine, Whirl Magazine, The local news papers, and a few others are pretty much all of local markets that I can think of, and many of those buyers, I honestly don’t know a whole lot about….

I’ve been showing you a lot of samples of Advertising Food Photography and new I wanted to show you samples of editorial food photography so you can understand the difference. While I’d admit that I shoot mostly for advertising purposes, many time my Pittsburgh and national clients want a little “different” look and that’s when…

Recently, I’ve been talking about restaurant photography and the difference between editorial and advertising food photography. I wanted to share with you an example of a food photo that I created here in my Pittsburgh Food Photography studio for regional restaurant chain by the name of Mitchell’s Fish Market. Mitchell’s is based in Florida but…

If you’re finding this food photography blog for the first time and you’re not familiar with my photography, I hope you can recognize what separates me from my fellow food photographers, and that’s the lighting. Food photography lighting can loosely be categorized as one of two styles, either “Editorial” or “Advertising”. I tend to be…