Behind the Scenes
How to Work with a Food Stylist
If you’re a food blogger or influencer, chances are you do your own styling. However, there are photographers working today that offer food styling services as well, especially if they shoot commissioned work at home. As a professional food photographer, you definitely need some competency in food styling— Keep reading to find out what I’ve learned over the years about working with food stylists.
How to Navigate Fluctuating Income in Your Food Photography Business
Having your own business brings you the freedom to do what you want when you want, but the downsides of financial inconsistency with high overhead costs is enough to challenge even the most resilient creative. I’ve learned a few lessons about navigating fluctuating income as a food photographer, which I’ll share in this post in hopes that it will help you in your own business.
My Most Recommended Apps for Your Food Photography Business
The key to becoming a successful photographer is business skills. It’s not always talent that sets a photographer apart. Knowing how to market your work and staying organized go a long way to help a photographer to thrive in today’s competitive photographic market. Keep reading to find out what my most recommended apps are for your food photography business. >>
The Top Skills You Need to Be Successful as a Food Photographer
Have you thought about the top skills that you need to be successful as a food photographer? Mastering a craft or creative endeavour requires the consistent development of both hard and soft skills. Keep reading to find out the most important skills you’ll need as a food photographer >>
How to Avoid Client Reshoots in Food Photography
Have you encountered this scenario? You put a lot of work into a client shoot. You create mood boards and take control of the creative direction with fresh ideas. You produce great work that you’re proud to deliver to the client—only to hear back with a list of changes, which means you pretty much have to reshoot the whole project. Keep reading to find out my process that will hopefully help you make your clients happy and to avoid major revisions on a food photography project. >>
How to Deal with Difficult Clients
Difficult clients. We’ve all had them. Clients that don’t respect you or your work. Who don’t value your time. Clients who have wild expectations and are a headache to deal with. This is the nature of business, keep reading to find out what you can do to ensure that the clients you shoot for will be those that value your work and time. >>
How I Shoot in Restaurants
As a food photographer, I shoot in restaurants from time to time. My work is studio-focused, but I sometimes get hired by chains or high-end restaurants —particularly those found in hotels. Keep reading to find out more about the gear and workflow I use when shooting for restaurant clients.
The 5 Things I Did Right in My Photography Business
Making mistakes is important and unavoidable aspect of the learning curve. It’s impossible not to make them, and mistakes give us new information about how to go forward so we can succeed.Your mindset it key when experiencing failure. In the spirit of positivity, this post will focus on the five things that I did right in my food photography business in the hopes that it will give you some ideas and inspiration for your own.
How to Get Started with Promos for Your Food Photography
When it comes to the world of commercial photography, print is not dead. Although your website is a key tool to promote your photography, you need to make printed promotional pieces, known in the industry as “promos” in order to get noticed by agencies and other buyers of photography, There are a lot of ways you can approach promotions – keep reading for tips on creating your photography promotions and sending them out into the world!
How to Use Composition Overlays for Food Photography
Have you ever been asked to use a composition overlay by a food photography client? If you’ve ever shot a magazine cover or worked on a product packaging gig, then chances are you have. If not, you may be wondering, what is a composition overlay? Read on and find out all about this awesome tool and how it can help you take your food photography to the next level.
Why You Should Shoot Tethered for Food Photography
If you’re working professionally as a food photographer, you need to shoot tethered. Tethering is the single best way to improve your images, speed up your workflow, and make sure that you deliver the client what they want. Keep reading to find out more about shooting tethered >>
My Five Biggest Mistakes in My Photography Business
When it comes to business, making mistakes in inevitable. If you’re floundering in your photography business, keep reading to find out the five biggest mistakes I’ve made in my photography business, and how you can avoid them.