Category: food photography

This film chronicles the farm-to-plate journey with one of the world’s best food photographers

John Aldred

Whether commercially or simply for Instagram, photographing food has become pretty huge over the last few years. And one man’s passion for food and travel has made him one of the world’s best food photographers. Created by Anton Lorimer at SmugMug Films, this almost 22 minute film follows food photographer and former baker, Eric Wolfinger. […]

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3 more styling tips to take food photos that don’t suck

Dunja Djudjic

After their first set of tips for making your food photos more awesome, Mango Street are back with another quick, but great tutorial on this topic. These are the tips you can use for a variety of purposes – from making your food snapshots on Instagram more appealing, to improving your food photography if you […]

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Spice up your food photography by backlighting it with a light box

John Aldred

Backlighting translucent objects is always great fun to experiment with. Sometimes it’s quite easy. You just put a light on a stand, place it behind your subject, and start shooting away. But food can get a little messy, and it’s not easy to just hang up in front of a light. This is where a […]

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Watch how one photographer shoots flying food with a couple of strip softboxes

John Aldred

This probably isn’t something you’ll want to try at your local coffee shop to get a quick photo for Instagram. But, if you’re a budding food photographer, or want to try something a little different, this is certainly an eye catching technique. Seattle based commercial food photographer Steve Hansen has more than a few food lighting […]

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Why your Instagram photos of food may be “racist”

Dunja Djudjic

Have you ever thought food photos can be racist? Neither have I. But Portland-based food photographer Celeste Noche declares Instagram food photography to be exactly this – “racist”. In the podcast on The Racist Sandwich, she addresses the issues of racism, as well as gender and class division in Instagram food photography. As a Filipino, […]

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A wooden stump, a cookie sheet and foamcore – and you can make great food photos with your iPhone

Dunja Djudjic

Do you take photos of food for your Instagram profile? If you do, you most likely do it with a smartphone. If you are into food photography (or just food), it’s good to know some tips and tricks how to make these food photos look their best. In this video, Peter McKinnon shares some tips […]

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A wooden stump, a cookie sheet and foamcore – and you can make great food photos with your iPhone

Dunja Djudjic

Do you take photos of food for your Instagram profile? If you do, you most likely do it with a smartphone. If you are into food photography (or just food), it’s good to know some tips and tricks how to make these food photos look their best. In this video, Peter McKinnon shares some tips […]

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5 top tips to improve your food photography

John Aldred

Food photography is something we’ve pretty much all tried. Even if our gastronomical efforts are only limited to Instagram, it helps to be able to get a nice shot. In this video from Adobe, photographer Andrew Scrivani shares his top five tips to improving your own food photography. You might look a little odd bringing chopping […]

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Olympus PEN E-PL7: the Ultimate Camera for Traveling and Blogging

Sarah Kim

For the past six months, I’ve been stuck in endless review holes to find the perfect camera for traveling AND blogging. The perfect camera has to be light and easy to toss in my bag (unlike my current Nikon D90, which weighs about 2lbs with the lens). Also, the perfect camera can’t compromise quality just because […]

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