food & drink photography & motion Apr 2018

Andy Lewis is an accomplished food and lifestyle photographer whose work encompasses packaging, advertising, social media content and editorial briefs. Andy is based out of his fully equipped kitchen studio in Greenwich, Sydney.

Working closely with his clients, Andy methodically creates beautifully composed and unique images. His extensive photographic, lighting and retouching skills allow him to produce internationally recognised work.

Shooting with Andy is a relaxed experience. His enthusiasm and energy are infectious and help create an enjoyable working environment for his clients.

"Hello Creatives, finish this sentence: "My client ___________."

"Has a great vision";

"Has a specific style in mind for the brand";

"Wants a new and inspiring look";

"Must have appetite-appeal in their shots";

"Is difficult to work with"?

No matter how the sentence concludes, Brent Herrig can help you please your clients and achieve exactly what they're looking for, again and again. Brands including Food Network, Bailey's Irish Cream and Ketel One as well as cookbook publishers including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and The New York Times rely on Brent to capture their vision of food, drinks, portraits, and hospitality in the most collaborative, stress-free way possible.

What can Brent help you with? Contact him directly to talk about your next project."

There are food photographers and then there are food visionaries. Calvin Lockwood is the embodiment of the latter.

For over 25 years, Calvin has brought his vision to life in award-winning photos for a multitude of clients in his studio located in a century old downtown Atlanta loft.

His keen sense of styling, design and lighting coalesce into stunning images and no element of a shot goes unnoticed, right down to the choice of fork.

"With the summer season coming up, our new food productions get real bright and sunny, making you feel like vacation and long warm summer evenings."

Food photography and still life and are two of Cameron Studio's main specialties. Photographers Pim Janswaard and Lieke Heijn work mostly out of their Wormer-based studio, only 15 minutes from Amsterdam.

For more then 20 years the pair hase been working for commercial and editorial clients, producing many best-selling books, magazines and productions. In addition, they also shoot portraits, lifestyle and stills for all leading magazines in the Netherlands.

Featuring in this Spotlight are the images shot for the Spring / Summer BBQ for Dekamarkt Magazine / Dirk Magazine. Client: Dekamarkt / Dirk van den Broek. Food styling: Yvonne Jimmink. Styling: Isabelle van der Horst / Paula Schouten.

Cherry Li is the only commercial photographer and director in Hong Kong specialising exclusively in food.

In 2006, immediately after receiving her BFA in photography from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Cherry moved to Paris to chase her love of food - a passion that has only deepened since moving from Paris to Greater China.

She now divides her time between her studio in Hong Kong and her long-term documentary project on food stories from ethnic minorities in China. She is also excited to be in other parts of the world where she can obsess over the nuances of conveying flavors through images.

Brands and publications include Anchor New Zealand, Sunny Idea, Dining Concepts, Okra HK, Honbo, Black Sheep, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Travel+Leisure, Condé Nast Traveller, GQ, Malaysia Airlines, Dragonair, Wall Street Journal, Theme, Wallpaper and The Cleaver Quarterly, Qatar Airways and British Airways.

Clinton Hussey is an award-winning commercial photographer specialising in conceptual, food, still life and, recently, motion. Since 1995, he has been creating distinctive editorial and advertising imagery for brand and magazine clients in his hometown of Vancouver and abroad.

Originally a design student at Vancouver’s Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Clinton stumbled into photography at first accidentally, and then with conviction as he fell for its demanding mix of creativity and technical grasp.

Clinton has earned both Grammy and Juno nominations for his album cover designs and his photography has won multiple National Magazine Awards, as well as honours from Lotus, Applied Arts, D&AD, City & Regional Magazine Association, the Printing Industry of America, Communication Arts, PDN/Nikon, and many others.

Today, Clinton is expanding into video, creating ad campaigns for clients such as Method, Panago, and the Children of the Street Society. When he’s not making pictures, he’s building things, and spending time on the ocean and in the mountains with his wife, Amanda - also a photographer - and their two children.

With 30 years' experience Duncan has a keen eye for detail, is technically adept, and thrives on a bit of problem solving.

An expert at retouching, he likes to keep most post-production work in-house allowing complete control through all stages of the image making process.

Happy to shoot in studio or on location, Duncan undertakes every shoot in an enthusiastic, professional and friendly manner.

Northern California-based Eric Zepeda is a commercial photographer specialising in food, drink, product and catalogue imagery.

Colourful, exciting images are what he strives for and clients love his easy-going, personable style.

When he’s not working, Eric can be found leading his son’s Cub Scout pack over the hills and woods of Marin County.

His clients include Safeway, Gobble.com, Edible Marin, Edible Hudson Valley, Mark and Graham and more.

"Top notch food from Munich" Hans Gerlach and Christopher Tech produce amazing videos, stop-motion animation and tempting recipe images. Situated in a loft environment, ‘food und text studios‘ boasts seperate locations for large and small photo and video productions as well as a spacious test kitchen. With their charismatic team the duo specialises in everything about food – they love finding the perfect props, light and style for every new assignment.

Recent work includes commercial image production for Allianz 1890 Magazine, iconic Sacher Hotel in Vienna, food industry leaders like Adelholzener, Gervais and Weihenstephan, and packaging and app content development for Bosch and Siemens home appliances.

Hans and Christopher are proud to work on a regular basis with many of their editorial clients – often including text and recipe development. Some of their favourites have been Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine, BEEF! and Meine Familie und ich.

"The Fotonokka photographers are passionate about food and photography. From planning to finishing touches, our team carries out photo production professionally and enthusiastically. Our photographers each have a unique style and a strong creative team to support them in realizing clients' visions. Our clients value our dependability, efficiency and innovative edge.

Our highly experienced photographers, together with our multi-talented producer bring ideas to life by creating high quality images and videos quickly and reliably. We collaborate with professional food stylists, chefs and food suppliers in studio or on location, domestically and abroad.

We take pride in our versatility of scale and platform. We create images for your single Instagram ad or manage all your imagery needs for multi-level campaigns across media channels.

Fotonokka - We create your images."

Francesco Tonelli is a food photographer based in New York.

His clients include The New York Times, Chobani, KIND snacks, Godiva and The Culinary Institute of America.

London food photographer Gareth Morgans is revered for his colourful, vibrant and detailed images with a subtle graphic twist. Shooting out of Bermondsey, Gareth has a 1000 sq. ft. studio with a fully equipped large kitchen and works with a strong and regular team of food stylists and assistants.

This year Gareth has been successful in competitions around the world. He has been shortlisted in the UK’s Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year, gained a medal in the International Color Awards and been awarded a Silver in the TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards for his Black & White Food series.

So far this year, brands such as M&S, Waitrose, Iceland, BBC Food, McDonald's, Delicious and Tesco Magazines have filled Gareth’s busy schedule.

Highlights include starting Christmas packaging ranges for M&S; POS imagery for M&S in-store; packaging rebranding for Iceland; and editorial for Waitrose customer magazines.

Gareth Morgans is represented by RARE by Trayler. Follow Gareth on Instagram.

Gerrit Buntrock specialises in food, drink and still life photography. From editorial through to packaging and advertising, Gerrit enjoys collaborating with his team of food and props stylists to create beautiful and eye catching images. He owns two fully equipped kitchen studios in West London, just a couple of minutes walk from China & Co props house.

Gerrit is delighted to be a finalist in the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Competition 2018.

Visit his website for lots more mouthwatering images.

For Scottish-born Hannah Caldwell, one of the best things about living and working in Melbourne is the food. As well as being delicious, it’s the perfect medium to indulge her love of rich colour, texture, shade, and her fascination with capturing light, and she’s always inspired by the high-quality produce of her home state.

Caldwell has more than a decade’s experience in the photography industry and as well as food, she loves shooting interiors and still life. She infuses all her work with a painterly quality; her images have a clean, minimal feel, with strong graphic lines, while also expressing an appreciation of drama. Hannah creates an emotion and mood through the shot to really engage the viewer.

Hannah has created images for advertising and editorial both in Australia and overseas. She believes that great creativity often is the result of team effort and values working closely with her clients.

Recently, along side client projects Hannah has been working on a personal project entitled 'Raw' in which she explores the beauty of raw produce and ingredients, revealing a richness and depth which in their natural state is often overlooked and, especially in food photography, often underrepresented.

Holly Pickering is an East London-based food, drink and lifestyle photographer, working for a range of clients from editorial to advertising. Although food and drink is always the focus of her photography, Holly’s work is all about people, textures, time spent together and capturing natural moments.

It’s been a busy start to 2018 for Holly, the year starting with a fantastic commission in the Caribbean Islands capturing a food and lifestyle image bank for P&O Cruises, followed by a location shoot back in London with chef Valentina Fois.

Holly has spent most of March in the studio working on an exciting series of food advertising campaigns, which can’t be shared yet but that are due to be released later in the year.

Holly is represented worldwide by agents Hancock & Handsome.

Passionate about food and based from his studio in London, James Murphy has continued to enjoy working on an interesting mix of projects with an impressive and varied number of clients, authors and designers.

James is represented by his agent Sarah Yorke. Email or phone her on + 44 (0)20 7278 4770.

Jemma Watts is a highly experienced food photographer working in both London and around the UK. She uses natural light to capture the true feel of her subjects, resulting in mouthwatering images.

Recent clients include Sweetings Restaurant, Hereford Road Restaurant, Hillfarm Oils and personal projects.

Jennifer Davick is a California and New York based director/photographer for brands that seek to showcase food and culinary lifestyle photography and film that is vibrant, stylish, approachable and appetizing.

Her work explores the beauty-from-within of ingredients and reveals a portrait of implied lifestyle in the process. She is passionate about collaboration, remaining curious, mixing mediums and creating striking stories that feature food as the hero.

Recent clients include The Food Network, Imagine Soups, Aldi, Hillshire Farm, Lifeway Kefir and Electrolux.

Jens Johnson is a NY - CT based photographer and director with over 28 years of experience. He has produced award-winning food, beverage and product images for a loyal list of clients, who come to him for his lighting expertise and technical ability to bring their ideas to life.

Four years ago, Jens added motion to his skill set. He has really enjoyed the transition to shooting and directing video projects for various clients, a number of which are featured in this Spotlight.

Jens has a state-of-the-art studio with a great kitchen and an extensive prop room. It also features top of the line equipment so he can provide clients with the best possible quality.

Contact Jens and follow him on Instagram to see what he is currently working on.

One rarely goes a day without seeing Chicago photographer Joe Pellegrini’s work in store windows, in magazines, in catalogues, cookbooks or cereal boxes. 

For over two decades, Joe has been an industry leader in product and food photography. Also an accomplished painter, he has brought his artistic sensibilities to national campaigns for Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Kellogg's, Tyson, Ziploc and for the past 11 years, has shot virtually all of Subway’s national and international print and outdoor ads as well their in-store displays.

Unflappable, Joe has made a career delivering memorable imagery with the utmost professionalism for products ranging from Scrubbing Bubbles to Jim Beam.

Shoot days find his studio abuzz with clients snacking on mini candy bars while Pellegrini and his group of top food stylists, special FX and digital technicians descend on every shot with a practiced efficiency and provide proven success.

"Taste can be seen! For more than 20 years as a food photographer, I have been playing with the senses and have created delicious photographs for prominent clients across the food and advertising industries."

Kai Schwabe's work includes recipe photography and recipe development, food and drink photography, food films and packaging as well as other promotional materials. Together with an experienced team of food stylists and other professionals, Kai is able to combine sophisticated craft with artistic aesthetics and the latest trends.

Located in Bremen, his 470 m² daylight studio can produce images up to 100 megapixels. Thanks to comprehensive artificial and film lighting equipment, the team can place every delicacy in its proper light including high-resolution effects and slow-motion shots. The spacious loft studio also offers room for a generously equipped show kitchen, where food professionals will find everything their heart - and their food - desires!

Featured in this Spotlight is a variety of vegan food plates, with special attention on some avocado dishes, supplemented with some delicious non-vegan highlights.

Check out Kai's latest news and photos on Instagram.

Capturing the life-moment in every photograph, Karineh awakens the senses through her undeniable understanding of colour and texture.

Much like her personality, Karineh offers an uncompromising perfectionism to her clients while creating art with every click of the camera.

Her exuberant portfolio of work speaks for itself. After years of living in New York City, the intoxicating California sun persuaded Karineh to move to Los Angeles.

Today, she travels from coast to coast attending to her clients' needs.

Kris Kirkham, based in London, specialises in food and still life photography.  His passion for food and photography can be seen in the punchy, dramatic images that he creates with a relaxed friendly approach.

Kris has a deep understanding of food. He spent over 15 years training and working as a chef and has been in the food photography industry for over nine years.

Shooting in his own studio in Clapham Junction, Kris works on a range of shoots, from packaging to advertising and editorial. Recent clients include Nando’s, M&S, Lidl UK, Byron Burger, Good Housekeeping, Waitrose Kitchen, Sainsbury's Magazine, WeightWatchers and many others.

Images in this Spotlight are from a range of recent editorial magazine jobs that Kris has been commissioned to shoot over the past few months.

See Kris’ website for more information.

Lisbon-based Lemonnier Foto has been a food photography studio for over 20 years. Renowned in the Portuguese gastronomy industry, the company has already published a number of books and food magazines. The concept is always original and carefully thought through with time and preparation.

Although its main market is Portugal, Lemonnier Foto is known for its global image concept, informed and updated by the outside world and what is being created worldwide.

"Our vast experience permits us to develop recipes and food concepts from - and for - all over the world. Lemonnier Foto is a creative studio where any food would love to be photographed!"

''Food is an important form of communication, expression, seduction and the foundation of relationships.

Food is welcoming but also sharing roots, belonging and identity.

Food is always a story that needs to be told, carefully and wisely to express its value and uniqueness.

It takes a particular talent to draw out the value of food whether in a recipe or a photograph.

Maria possesses those necessary skills to take simple raw ingredients and transform them into a cohesive narrative.''

Mark Zawila is an internationally renowned food and drink photographer. Working from his North London studio he has created food and drink imagery for clients such as Morrisons, Sky Delta, Chivas Regal, Johnnie Walker, Grolsch and Nutribullet.

He has also been shortlisted three times in the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year award.

Mark works with a small team, offering a fully integrated service including art direction, photography, retouching, CGI as well as moving image.

Nick Rees has recently been busy shooting for Diageo and Heineken.

Alongside his still photography, he has been asked to shoot more and more video, including some new perspectives on beer and a detailed look at whiskey. You can watch these alongside the new showreel here.

Paula Wilson is a Toronto-based food, drink and lifestyle photographer with a  genuine love of food and a passionate eye for detail. She has over 15 years of professional experience shooting a variety of projects from advertising to packaging, editorial and cookbooks.

Her highly innovative and professional approach consistently produces beautifully crafted images both in studio and on location. Paula’s recent clients include The Second Cup, Campbell’s, Nestle, The Gusto Channel, Watt International and Tenderflake in addition to many of Canada’s top chefs.

View more of her work on her website or email her agent at Judy Inc to discuss new projects.

Ryan Ball is a London-based food photographer who is proud to be working in one of the most exciting and creative industries in the world. Whether he’s working with an advertising agency, food retailer, publisher or restaurant his focus is to deliver delicious and intriguing food images with a professional, fun and flexible approach.

Ryan shoots both in the studio and on location, working with a team of highly skilled food and prop stylists who never cease to inspire him. Ryan remains dedicated to exploring new approaches to spark memorable and contemporary work. His use of light to encapsulate earthy/deep tones brings a luxury and richness to his photos.

In his spare time, Ryan can be found working on personal projects, exploring surrealism, shape and colour.

Visit his website to see more recent projects and commissioned work.

Sarah Anne Ward is a New York-based still life photographer specialising in photographing products, food and beverage, almost always with a quirky and conceptual twist.

She was recently commissioned to photograph the re-branding of many timeless Hershey brands in a colourful, dynamic and modern way. The client was adamant about capturing the realness and texture of the candy that would come to life in the still and motion pieces that were created with the final imagery.

Sarah is known for her ability to capture the intrinsic characteristics of any product while using her technical skills to elevate the final image.

Sasha Gitin was born under Europe’s last dictatorship, married by a shaman in Mexico, and once crossed the Amazon in a canoe. Father to three good looking and occasionally obedient children, his finer skills involve turning creative ideas into engaging images, planting things to watch them grow, and brewing fine tea. Ask about his oolong - it’s to die for.

To connect: shoot him an email or stop by his boutique studio in West Village, NYC.

Theodosis Georgiadis is an innovative, enthusiastic, hardworking and versatile professional food photographer. Many years of experience have led to collaborations with many of Greece - and the world’s - biggest food and beverage brands, including Coca-Cola Italy (collaboration with McCann Europe), Americana Foods Saudi Arabia, Lidl and Aldi super markets, and many more.

For Theodosis, chosen by Lürzer's Archive as one of the '200 Best Photographers Worldwide', every food and beverage shoot is a new challenge that has to be dealt with creatively and authentically. A real food enthusiast and an excellent cook himself, with strong light and food styling sense Theodosis is skilled in taking a simple dish and transforming it into a real ‘masterpiece’.

Knowledge of current trends, colours, cutting edge technical equipment, a passion for detail and his commitment to perfection and originality can guarantee the best representation of food.

TG studio (Theodosis Georgiadis studio) includes a wide range of props and a fully equipped kitchen.

Regularly travelling to various photo and food expos, keeping up-to-date with the latest aesthetic and technical trends, getting new ideas and inspiration, Theodosis and his professional team can cover even the most demanding productions with services including art direction, food photography, food styling, props styling, photo editing and retouching.

"TG studio, Food for your eyes!"

"Tobias Reymond Foto | Film was given the honour to execute food photography and image manipulation for Calvé’s international redesign: have a look at these fresh new images, designed by Anthem Amsterdam.

On the other end of the universe we’re shooting the all new packaging range for Fairtrade, designed by Proud Amsterdam: an interesting mix of graphics and photography. In between, the first results for DRG, a local retailer’s private label, started to emerge.

For Yakult we realised a stop-motion animation. And, last but not least, our motion control rig served well in handling a complicated move and focus pull for the latest Becel Pro-Activ tag-on.

Our team consists of three professional photographers, a production manager and a backdrop artist. We draw from a consistent group of the best food stylists and retouchers. We are preferred suppliers to Unilever, KLM and Ahold."

Authentic, approachable and natural is how acclaimed food photographer Tracy Cox describes her work. “I’m passionate about capturing the essence of food,” she says.

Drawn to the elemental attributes of what we eat, Tracy focuses on its sustaining pleasures and fleeting nature. “If ice cream starts to melt while I’m shooting it, so be it. If there are soup spills and smatterings of cracker crumbs in a shot, all the better.” It is this resolutely real approach that has garnered Tracy’s studio an international clientele that includes some of the biggest names in food and style.

As her global portfolio expands, Tracy retains her signature hands-on manner. “Julia Child said that if food is so beautifully arranged on a plate, you know someone’s fingers have been all over it. I love that! It alludes to what everyone suspects: there’s a lot going on behind the scenes of food photography.”

She is currently seeking representation in Australia and London.