Appetizing Tips for Shooting Mouth-Watering Food Videos and Photos
Syrp Lab has released a new video to help videographers capture mouth-watering food footage, although the tips and tricks also apply to still photography.
Eric Wolfinger: The Delicious Art of Food Photography
Eric Wolfinger wanted to be a chef but became a self-trained food photographer. In the last 15 years, he has captured food for 25 cookbooks, editorial and commercial clients, and traveled the world doing food photography.
Food Photography: A Complete Guide
Food photography is one of the easiest photography disciplines to start out with. You can arrange food however you like. It doesn’t scamper away mid-shoot and doesn’t get tired. It’s also relatively contained and easy to practice.
Photographer Exposes Animal Abuse and Suffering Worldwide
Photographer Jo-Anne McArthur has spent the last two decades photographing animals enduring pain while being used for food, entertainment, fashion, experimentation, work, or religious ceremonies. She has made it her life’s work to provide a voice and visuals that will show the suffering animals are put to, with the hope of reducing it, if not ending it altogether.
How the ‘Wagyu Olympics’ Champions Turned Beef into Iconic Landscapes
Miyazaki Wagyu, or Miyazakigyu, is considered one of the top brands of Japanese Wagyu. To celebrate a recent win at the Wagyu Olympics, the company created what it calls "meat models" of four World Heritage landscapes out of its exemplary beef.
Photographer Builds Camera That Shows Inside of a Centrifuge in Action
The world's first 4K camera built into a centrifuge shows what foods and other substances look like as they are separated at 2,500 times the gravity of Earth.
A Look at the Unique Art of Styling Fresh Food for the Camera
Food stylist and creative director Anna Keville Joyce provides a glimpse into the intricate world of fresh food art and shares her vast experience from her time working on a large number of film and photography projects worldwide.
Creatively Simple Abstract Photos Made with Food
When asked to present food in a natural yet humorous manner, photographer Dwight Eschliman and his team brought the concept to life through a series of well-lit, colorful, and styled photos for the supermarket chain Lidl.
Festive Food Photography: Shooting with Christmas Lights
If you're wondering how you can shoot some stunning Christmas food photography, try shooting with holiday festive lights. In this video, I will go through in detail how to shoot with Christmas fairy lights. These lights will bring some festive spirit to your food photography and add sparkle to your Instagram feed this holiday season.
How to Make Food Photos Pop in a Bright and Clean Set
If you follow food photographers on Instagram, I am sure you have seen some of the light or what I would describe as "airy" food photos that are popular at the moment.
Five Tips to Take Better Thanksgiving and Holiday Food Photos
Looking to improve your food photos ahead of this holiday season? If you stick to a few simple tips, there’s no reason why your photos shouldn’t go from no-go to "wow."
How to Edit Food and Drink Photos Shot with Hard Light
As photographers, we generally aim to shoot perfectly to where our photos require minimal to no editing. But for some of us, the editing process can be just as creative of a process as the photography side.
Woman Sues McDonald’s After Burger Ad Photo Made Her Break Lent
It seems there's a food photographer out there that deserves a raise. A woman has sued McDonald's after claiming that a cheeseburger ad photo she saw was so tempting that it caused her to break her religious fast during Lent.
How to Improve Your Flat-Lay Food Photos
If you have scrolled through Instagram, I am sure you have seen the lovely, well framed and fun flat-lay food photos there. Flat-lays are images taken from above, which involves having your camera at a 180-degree angle and showing your subject flat on the surface.
How to Use Props to Add Depth to Your Food Photography
Props are a vital part of most food photography. They can help you add interest and story to your scene, but they can also help you add depth. To that end, here are a few tips to help you use props to add depth to your images.
How to Best Photograph Food with a Straight-On Perspective
The straight-on angle is great for food photography because it gives your subject a sense of grandeur and can make it jump out of the picture. This angle is well suited to foods that are tall or layered as from this angle you can get a better idea of its scale or better reveal those layers.
A Creative Photo a Day Project of What I’m Eating During COVID-19
The pandemic has truly hurt the creative industry. Who knew that a year ago that specializing in portrait photography would hurt my career so badly?
How to Bake an Ultra-Realistic Camera Cake
YouTube star and food scientist Ann Reardon of How to Cook That films videos for her 4.4+ million subscribers with a Panasonic GH5. At Panasonic's request, Reardon baked a 3D cake version of the camera, and this 16-minute tutorial shows how you can do it too.
Photos of Food Arranged Into Beautiful Shapes and Colors
Artist Adam Hillman describes himself as an "Object Arranger." He shoots photos of objects carefully arranged into creative displays of shapes and colors, and one of his recurring subjects is food.
How to Capture a ‘Dramatic’ Food Photo Using Cheap Gear
Food photographer Joanie Simon of The Bite Shot has put together a helpful tutorial that shows you how to capture "dramatic food photography" using an extremely cheap DSLR. Specifically, she picked up a used Canon Rebel T2i with a kit lens for just $200.
Photography Challenge: Using a $3 TV Dinner to Capture 5-Star Food Photos
Photographer Taylor Jackson has started a new series on his YouTube channel called Photography Challenge, where he will (you guessed it) take on a different challenge every episode. And this week, he's been challenged to turn a $3 frozen TV dinner into professional food photography worthy of a 5-star restaurant.
Clever Photos of Animals Made Out of Food
Russian-born, London-based visual artist Helga Stentzel has an imaginative series of photos showing animals that she created out of various foods.
Tricks Food Photographers Use to Make Food Look Delicious
Food photographers have an arsenal of tricks up their sleeves to make food look delicious on camera. And more often than not, these hacks make use of non-edible products that aren't appetizing. Blossom has created an eye-opening video that reveals the dirty (sometimes literally) little tricks of food photographers.
This is How You Shoot High-End Food Ads on Low-End Budgets
You know those food commercials you see on TV with foods and drinks (and sometimes fire and ice) flying around in slow motion? You don't need extremely expensive camera equipment and rigs to achieve impressive results -- all you need is some creativity.
Fujifilm Launches Provia 100F-Flavored Instant Noodles
Fujifilm has launched its latest Film Simulation product: this time, they're instant noodles. And no, it's not a photo filter look that's named "instant noodles" -- Fujifilm literally released some real instant noodles.
How to Shoot Photos of Flying Food
Want to learn how to create a "flying food" photo without actually making food travel through the air? Food photographer Skyler Burt of We Eat Together made this 5.5-minute tutorial on one way to freeze time and space.
Photos of Mushroom Clouds Made of Mushrooms
For their new project The Fallout of the Food System, photographer Henry Hargreaves and stylist Caitlin Levin created photos to capture the threat of nuclear war to the global food system. The series shows images of mushroom clouds created with actual mushrooms.
How to Improve Your Food Photos at Home Without Buying New Gear
Here's an 18-minute video by Sean Tucker on how to improve your food photography skills at home without buying any expensive gear.
10 Sneaky Tricks Used in Food Photos
The foods you buy in the store and at restaurants are never as tasty as they look in advertising photos, but what many people might not know is that you probably wouldn't enjoy eating the foods seen in those pictures. The reason is because commercial food photographers use all kinds of non-edible products to cleverly make food look delicious in front of a lens. Here's a 9-minute video on 10 of those tricks.
3 Photographers Asked to Turn a Blind Food Tasting Into Photos
Canon Australia has been sharing a series of inspiring experiments through a series called THE LAB. For its latest video, titled "The Menu," 3 photographers were asked to shoot photos based on a blind tasting of a restaurant's food.