How many of you are starting to get some photography jobs? (Yay!) So, if you are getting paid to do photography jobs or you want to in the future, you need to do several things to legally become a food photographer. No matter what you shoot, the process is the same when starting a photography business. So even if you don't shoot food, please read on. DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY. … [Read more...]
Behind The Scenes Of A Pesto Photo Shoot And Club Update!
We haven't done a behind the scenes post in a while - so here are the details of this yummy pesto and pasta photo shoot. I love testing with my friends and work colleagues whenever I can. Testing is vital for any and every photographer. I don't get to test as often as I should or want to. Testing means you take photographs just for yourself. Hopefully your testing goes well and then you can use … [Read more...]
How To Make Money From Your Food Photography
The Food Photography Club launched last month and it's been awesome. The most common business questions I get are all based on how to make money from food photography. Our first business webinar was about getting clients and all the different clients you can have. There are many ways to sell your food photos. I'm going to break them down here and give details on each one. Different Ways To … [Read more...]
When To Hire A Food Stylist and How To Do So
Today's post is for those of you who are just starting to get food photography jobs for clients, have been doing your own food styling, and are wondering when it's time to hire a food stylist. Shooting food for clients is very different from doing sponsored blog posts for food blogs. With sponsored posts, it's assumed that the blogger is doing recipe development, doing the photography, and … [Read more...]
What is a food stylist and what you need to know if you are calling yourself one
These days it seems many food bloggers call themselves a recipe developer, a food photographer, AND a food stylist. I understand why because they are generally doing all those things, and many do all of that very well with their own work. I wanted to let you know what calling yourself a food stylist REALLY means. On a professional level, I want you to be prepared when your … [Read more...]
Four Types of Artificial Light For Photography And What You Need To Know About Them
You have a ton of options for artificial lighting these days, more than ever before. There are the very expensive pro, high end lights for $1000's of dollars, all the way down to a $20 softbox kit that's not worth the cardboard box it's shipped in. So how do you know what to get? The other confusing thing is that different countries have now outlawed some of our options. They try to do their … [Read more...]
How To Do A Food Photography Shoot – My Process In 8 Steps
Many of you that are just starting out might feel a bit overwhelmed. I get told, "I don't even know where to begin". So I will tell you my process for how I do a food photography shoot for my portfolio. It's a bit different for a job for obvious reasons because of what needs to happen with the client. That will be a later post. This is a basic step by step process for what I do for my … [Read more...]
10 Easy Food Styling Tips For Food Bloggers and Photographers
One of the most difficult things about food photography is the food styling. If your food doesn't look good, then it doesn't matter what kind of equipment or light you have, your shot isn't going to look good. Here are 10 easy food styling tips that will help your food photography. This post may contain affiliate links. Should you purchase anything through my link I will get paid a … [Read more...]
10 Wacky Food Photography Terms And What They Mean
Every industry has its own set of language that makes no sense to those who are unfamiliar. Food photography is no different. There's all kinds of strange food photography terms. Some make sense when you think about it. Others, not so much. A Little Photo Assisting Story When I was first assisting, let's just say, I worked with some rather "difficult" photographers. One in particular took the … [Read more...]
Retouching a Food Shot – They make it look so easy!
Everyone has heard of Photoshop. I started using it in school in 1990 - version 2. Little did I know that my world of photography with film and my fabulous chemical darkroom containing potassium ferricyanide + many more gnarly chemicals (don't worry dad, I always wore a chemical respirator mask), would now be replaced with stupidly expensive digital cameras, a massive Mac tower … [Read more...]
What Is A C Stand, Why You Need It, And How To Use It For Overhead Shots
This post may contain affiliate links. Should you purchase anything through my link I will get paid a small commission at not cost to you. I need to introduce my lil friend - The C Stand! It means Century stand. This is the most important rigging, grip equipment there is. It can do soooo much. Every pro shooter has about 7-10 of these and on big jobs, we rent even more. What is a C Stand? The C … [Read more...]
The Best Little Prop Rental House In Los Angeles And The Beautiful Photo Studio It’s In
What Is A Prop Rental House? This particular prop rental house is a special collection of fabulous plates, glasses, bakeware, flatware, ephemera, linens, serving piece, surfaces, and backgrounds that are rented out for film, tv, and photo food shoots, that are in great condition. We are talking about The Surface Library. It is run by my good friend and prop stylist, Amy Paliwoda and Alicia … [Read more...]
How To Calibrate Your Monitor – And Why You Must Do It Now!
This is something that is so important, but very few people do - monitor calibration. YOU MUST LEARN HOW TO CALIBRATE YOUR MONITOR. If you don't, you are blindly making images without any idea of what the true color, contrast, saturation, and brightness is. Did you also know that your camera's LCD screen is very inaccurate? This means if you are judging your images on your camera, your images … [Read more...]
The Downside of Working On Laptops And The Best Monitors For Your Food Photos
This is not a sponsored post and I'm not being supported or endorsed by X-Rite. They have great customer support and have helped me with calibrating my systems for years and have also helped with my research for this post. Originally I was just going to make a post about calibrating your monitor as it's so crucial, and I learned that most people are not doing this. I decided to run a poll in … [Read more...]
What is a Bogen Super Clamp and Why It’s Awesome
Today's post is about the unsung hero that's been around for at least 25 years, the Bogen Super Clamp. No studio is complete without a few of these sets. You hardly hear about it. It's not sexy and it's certainly going to test how coordinated you are when you set this up for the first few times. So what is it? It's a piece of what we call, grip equipment. Grip equipment is for rigging stuff … [Read more...]
Vintage Recipe Cards From the 1970’s
Yep! Fruitcake! Welcome to my post on vintage recipe cards. It's December, so there couldn't be a better time to show the dry, brick-like dessert know as Fruitcake. This image is from the Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library from 1971. That's right, the one we all grew up with in the US, having our mom's cook from. Many of the Betty Crocker recipes are actually very good, basic recipes (not … [Read more...]
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