This is the Ultimate Food Photography Tripod Buying Guide. Lately in the Facebook group there's been lots of talk about tripods. Weekly, members are asking what's the best tripod to buy without really knowing any of the options they have available. So, hopefully this will help. This post will contain Amazon Affiliate links. Should you choose to purchase any of these items, I will receive a … [Read more...]
What Is A Tilt Shift Lens And When You Need To Use One For Food Photography
To wrap up the discussion about favorite food photography lenses, this post is about a specialty lens called a tilt shift lens. Now, this is a specialty lens that I do use a lot for jobs that I end up shooting with a 35mm camera. Pictured above is the Canon TS-E 90mm F2.9 Tilt Shift lens. Canon makes two versions of this lens now. The one I have was made in days of film, and is still … [Read more...]
The Best Zoom Lenses For Food Photography
In our last post, we talked about all the different types of zoom lenses. Now we're going to talk about the best zoom lenses for food photography. Zooms are a must for overhead shots, in my opinion, and here’s why. When I am composing an overhead shot, I want to be comfortable, and I want to have flexibility with my composition WITHOUT moving my camera that is mounted on a tripod. I don’t … [Read more...]
What Are Zoom Lenses And When To Use Them
In my last post I talked about the best fixed lenses for food photography. Fixed lenses don't move at all. They only have one focal length, ie: 100mm, 60mm. The next set of lenses we are going to discuss are the opposite of that. I use these all the time - zoom lenses. These are my favorite lenses for overhead shots! I’ll tell you why later. Zoom lenses enable the photographer to have an … [Read more...]
My Favorite Food Photography Lenses; 100mm Macro Lens And 60mm Macro Lens
The question I get asked every day in my Food Photography Club Facebook group, is what is the best lens for food photography? The thing is, there is never just one perfect lens for any photography discipline. You need to have several lens options, otherwise, all your shots will start looking the same, and you’ll be limited with what you can shoot. I see this all the time with bloggers. They … [Read more...]
6 More Food Photography Composition Ideas You Can Use To Improve Your Photos
In our last two blog posts, we talked about the Rule of Thirds, and then the Golden Triangle for ways to compose your food photos. If the two previous composition rules are still throwing you, don't worry. There's lots of other options for your food photography composition. Today, we are going to talk about 6 more composition ideas for your photos. #1 Symmetrical And Graphic Many times … [Read more...]
Food Photography Composition Using The Golden Triangle
Continuing our conversation about composition with food photography, today we are looking at composition using the Golden Triangle. If you've taken any art classes that studied the classics, then you've heard of the Golden Triangle. Now, there's an awful lot to the Golden Triangle. Seriously, there are golden ratios, some call it the sublime triangle, golden ratio design, and on and … [Read more...]
Food Photography Composition Using The Rule Of Thirds
I often ask the members of my free Facebook group what are they struggling with right now with their food photography. Each time I ask this question, different things come up for everyone, but there usually is a theme by the time you see all the comments. This time, several folks said they were struggling with composition - actually composing an image in their camera. So we're going to create a … [Read more...]
Behind The Scenes of the Farmers Market Veggies Shoot
This is the kind of beauty I get to photograph when working with my favorite food stylist, Alise Arato and favorite prop stylist, Amy Paliwoda. This is the behind the scenes of our Farmers Market food shoot. I try to test with Alise and Amy as often as we can. With our busy schedules, it's hard sometimes. Testing is very important for you to do as a photographer. This is where you fall in … [Read more...]
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Professional Food Photographer?
We are bombarded with images every day, all day long. We see something like 20,000 images a day, about 5000 of those are ads– in just one day! Now with the digital era, there are thousands of people picking up cameras, or just their phones, taking pictures and sharing them all over the world. And let’s be honest, so many of these images aren’t all that great, but it almost seems like it … [Read more...]
What Is The Best Camera When On A Budget For Food Photography?
There are 1000's of digital cameras now. It's completely overwhelming when you are trying to figure out what is the best camera to buy for food photography when you are on a budget. This post is about 35mm DSLR cameras only. This does not include any of the mirrorless cameras, simply due to price, and lenses available. The good news is that there are tons of excellent cameras to … [Read more...]
Anatomy Of A Food Photography Estimate And An Amazing Free Business Manual
If you've been following along, we've been talking about food photography pricing. We've covered what kinds of clients you will have, how to figure out your expenses, and how to price small food photography jobs. Today we are going to cover the anatomy of the food photography estimate and go over the items that should be included in it. Disclaimer: I am not an attorney or an accountant. I am … [Read more...]
Food Photography Pricing Part 3 – Pricing For Small Clients
One of the biggest struggles that photographers have is pricing their jobs so that they are actually profitable. Most photographers are under charging for their work and they have all sorts of excuses and reasons for this. This blog post is about how to properly price your jobs with smaller clients so that you can make a profit. In my last posts about food photography pricing we … [Read more...]
How To Price Food Photography Photo Shoots Part 2 – What Are Your Costs?
In my last post about how to price food photography photo shoots, we covered all the different types of clients there can be. You can see why we needed to cover all that in order to explain why there is no standard pricing here. Now we need to talk about pricing your jobs so that you are not losing money, but actually making money. Disclaimer: I am not an attorney or an accountant. I am not … [Read more...]
How To Price Food Photography Photo Shoots Part 1 – Who Are The Clients?
In the Food Photography Club and in our Facebook group, the number one business question that comes up every week is, “Help! Someone wants to hire me for food photos, what do I charge them?” Sound familiar? If you are just starting out, after all the technical stuff you have to learn with food photography, the next biggest hurdle will be how to price food photography photo shoots. There … [Read more...]
Why You Shouldn’t Shoot Food Photography Jobs For Free or Very Little Pay
I run a fun and active Facebook group called The Food Photography Club. It's in this group that I've learned that many of you that want to be professional food photographers are actually doing food photography jobs for free, or for hardly any money at all. Now, to be clear, I'm not talking about the hobby photographer, and I'm not talking about the bloggers who are not doing this for a living. … [Read more...]
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