Food Photography Tip – Crumb Strategy for the food photographer How to make your food photography look more Casual There are times when a professional food photographer will want to have everything in his photo to be absolutely perfect, and then there will be other times when he will want things to look a little…
Marketing Checklist for Professional Food Photographers For most food photographers, marketing is the easiest thing to get swept under the rug and is arguably the most important activity of their business. You can be the greatest photographer in the world, but if no one knows, you may soon be repeating the phrase “you want fries…
101 Advanced Food Photography Tips Okay, maybe it’s not 101 food photography tips quite yet, but I’m working on it! Quite a few years ago, I started writing articles, as Food Photography Tips, trying to share what I’ve learned over all these years photographing food. I’m not really sure why I started doing this, I…
The Food Stylist’s Handbook Review This is a review of The Food Stylist’s Handbook, by Denise Vivaldo. Even though I’m a food photographer and not a food stylist, I found this book very interesting and quite informative. I’ve been around more than a few different food stylists over the years, and I’ve always found it…
Napkinology – The Art of Napkin Usage in Food Photography I may not be the supreme expert on the art of napkin folding for food photography purposes, but I have been exposed to the subject for quite a few years now, so I thought I’d take the time to share some of the things I’ve…
Is it possible to become a photo assistant without a formal photography education? The question was this: Is it possible to work in a food studio, be an apprentice (photo assistant), or go-fer, with only my photo’s, no schooling behind them? no formal training in photography? To be honest, I think it would work, but…
Behind The Scenes of Nestle Coffee Maker Shoot I almost forgot to post this… I had it saved as a draft and just ran across it. The funny thing was that I was not allowed to release it until the client had a chance to do so first. We shot two days for social media…
The difference between Editorial and Advertising Food Photography? As I see it, it’s all about the style of the photo… I remember years ago, I fed-x’ed my portfolio off to the Art Buyer for Bon Apatite Magazine, just to see what would happen. Who knows, maybe I could become famous or something… :o) It didn’t…
Food Photography Tips – How to Capture Steam This post is actually one I wrote a long time ago, but the trick still works, so I thought I’d recycle it and see if there is any interest… Michael Ray gives how professional food photographers capture steam in their photos. I was recently on a food…
We’re so freaking lucky, why not give a little back… Fstoppers interviewed me the other day and wrote an article about professional photographers “giving back” to the community. I thought I’d share it with you. It’s not about food photography, but it’s something I feel strongly about and maybe you can get something out of…
