How professional food photography can help your business
Food photography is often seen as a way to capture a beautiful, Instagram-worthy moment. But what many people don't realise is that food photography can be used as a powerful business tool. Professional food photographers can help your business by creating stunning...
6 reasons to hire a professional food photographer
Whether you're a food blogger, restaurant owner, or just cooking for fun, having great photos of your food is essential. But hiring a professional food photographer can be expensive. Here are a few reasons why it's worth the investment. 1. They have all the right...
Lighting For Food Photography
I often get asked how do I light my food shots. And the truth is no two shoots are the same and the lighting requirement is different every time. There are lots of terms in lighting – Hard light / Soft light / Diffused light / Dappled light / Softboxes / Grids /...
Burger Wisconsin
Burgers (along with sandwiches) are some of the trickiest food items to style and photograph due to the complexities on the burger. So luckily on this recent shoot back in April for Burger Wisconsin I was ably assisted by Jo from Delivison Food styling, its fair to...
Mexicali Fresh
I spent three days recently shooting for Mexicali Fresh at their Mt End branch. We were completing a refresh of all their imagery for their website, social media and some advertising shots including billboard usage. All the food styling was completed by Jo at...
Fonterra food photography training webinar
One of the parts I love about my job is training the next generation of photographers to capture great food images. I recently spent two days back in December shooting a webinar for Anchor Food Professional Chefs around the globe using natural light and an iPhone. The...
Countdown & Brandhub Update
It’s been a busy few months here for us, in spite of lockdown, continuing to shoot for Countdown through Brandhub. We have shot some great new fish images—a total of twenty across the range, three of which you can see in this post. Other items that are already...
Farmer Brown Eggs
A big update from us here at Chef Photography So a shoot we did a while ago in the studio for a packaging shot brand refresh for Farmer Browns eggs have finally been released and the new packs are in store now. So what does I take to achieve a single shot like this?...
June Update
We have been busy here at Chef Photography recently with a lot of work from existing clients and some new National clients coming on board with us to look after their food photography. Now whilst we love what we do, one of the most frustrating things is having to wait...
Perla’s Potatoes
Again takes a while to post advertising work for major brands!! I tend to end up shooting images and video for brands months before they launch products or in this case campaigns. And you can’t post anything until it launches…. This was shot just after New Year for a...
Manuka Honey
A bit late on this post as this was a job back in July. Manukora honey had been in touch to capture some macro shots of some of their ranges which will end up on their new packaging for the export market. Part of the brief from the client was that the product needed...
New Website
After many hours and late nights I’m pleased to announce that my new and updated website is now live – as you can see here. I’ve gone for a new fresh, modern look concentrating on getting content right up front and not going with a traditional landing page. I’ve also...