food & drink photography & motion Nov 2018

Ryan Carville is a global image maker with a passion for creating with light, currently living in Zurich, Switzerland. After obtaining his BFA in Photographic and Digital Imaging from Texas State University, he moved to NYC in 2007 with two suitcases and a camera. His plan was to learn every aspect of what made a professional photo shoot run smoothly and to own a successful commercial studio.

Ryan began by assisting, digital-editing, lighting consulting, prop styling, studio managing and production assisting. Today, he is an established, experienced, commercial photographer with a vast list of well known clients. He knows that to make high quality, on brand and beautiful images it takes both dedication and team work. He builds lasting relationships with his clients who continue to hire him because they trust that with his experience he will turn their visions into a reality.

He looks forward to making a connection and working with you!

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.

Carlin Creative is genuinely fascinated by creating a narrative with light, composition, and texture.

Carlin Creative's approach to photography is nailing the first incredible, but in some cases "safe" image, like in any photoshoot you may have been in. Then, she quickly gathers a collection of angles, tweaking light and objects as we move around the set. In some cases these images become the hero and that first image becomes second best. Her team allows time and creativity to improve upon incredible. She has found these extra vignettes of product or mood to be extremely valuable to her clients, especially with the need to promote on social media and for those who want to build a library of images. She believes that investigating other angles can lead to more intriguing and unpredictable hero images, while at the same time create a story of supporting images. This will add value to each photoshoot by being able to portray your brand to consumers in various ways.

Visit Carlin Creative's website for more information.

From the age of 13, Cherry Li has devoted herself to the art of photography, spending all her time in the darkroom as soon as she could escape school each day. After completing her BFA in photography from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, she started travelling the world in search of visual inspiration. She found her second love, food, while living in Paris. From then on, photographing food became a natural union of her obsession with photography and love of eating.

In the ensuing 10 years, Cherry has won multiple awards and shot for numerous commercial and editorial clients, such as Anchor New Zealand, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Travel+Leisure, Condé Nast Traveller, GQ, Malaysia Airlines, Dragonair, Wall Street Journal, Theme, Wallpaper, The Cleaver Quarterly, Qatar Airways, British Airways and Australian Gourmet Traveller.

Cherry now bounces between Hong Kong and Los Angeles, and is always excited to shoot elsewhere.

"Like in many Italian-American households, food was the cultural centerpiece of the home I grew up in. On any given Sunday, we would have a dozen or more people over for dinner. Food was a way to celebrate, to mourn, to heal, or to simply enjoy each other’s company. Even when there wasn’t a special occasion, it was time well spent, enriched by family, friends, and dishes to remember.

Now, as homage to my mother's and grandmother's recipes, and to the people who I’ve shared them with over the years, I have set forth to capture their essence in this heartfelt project, 'Nana’s Recipes'.

This was always meant to be more than a photography project or recipe book, although I didn’t realize that until far into it. It is an autobiographical story, steeped in memories and stories that my mother and Nana passed along to me, and that I am now proudly sharing with the broader world beyond our family table."

With a wealth of experience and a keen eye for detail, Duncan Loughrey is technically adept, and thrives on a bit of problem solving.

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

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

"Food Hall doesn't just film food, we also help plan and create media campaigns, working closely with marketing teams to deliver impactful, brand-sensitive campaigns across all media.

We know how to maximize budgets and deliver fabulous, on-brand visual content, whether you are looking for presenter-led food stories, high-end recipe films, or beautiful table-top moments.

Feel free to call us to discuss how we can take a brief from concept to distribution to showcase you or your client's brand to the widest possible audience.

We created a series of beautiful content films for Lurpak's Easter 2018 campaign and for the launch of their new Mini Block product. These state-of-the-art mobile-first films have been distributed around the world.

We also work with Bacardi on their international Bombay Sapphire and Bombay Star cocktail recipe films which have accumulated over three million online views."

Francine Zaslow brings an immediately recognisable and distinct style and attention to detail to her photography. Clients trust her many years of experience and her well-honed creative instincts to bring an elevated look and feel to their products.

Francine works with national clients such as Dunkin Donuts and Panera, shooting across a range of applications - including point of sale displays, packaging, billboards and video.

Her passion for food photography is further supported by a wide circle of talented food and prop stylists in the Northeast. Her stunning 4000 sq. ft. studio in Newton - with its fully-equipped kitchen and a large selection of props and backgrounds - offers an inspiring and comfortable environment for the creative process to thrive.

It's both her fine-art background and her passion for the culinary world that keep her renewed and inspired: transforming and evolving how we see and taste with our eyes.

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.

Ian Garlick shoots from his London Shoreditch studio but is more than happy to work on location if needed. He can offer a complete package of food and drink photography, food and prop styling, editing and design.

Ian also offers a recipe development service. With his small team he can produce something entirely bespoke for you.

He is always happy to work to a tight brief and budget for design or advertising.

James Murphy has been busy this summer travelling throughout Europe for exciting editorial commissions, as well as collaborating with a varied number of clients, authors and designers on projects at his studio, on the Regent’s Canal, London.

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

Recognised for the natural window light quality of his images, and with a knack for making even the prickliest subjects feel at ease, Joe Schmelzer’s work has appeared in every major interiors-centric magazine, website and blog.

Recent editotial clients include House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Luxe and The Wall Street Journal. Joe’s ability to help clients achieve their own creative vision has also made him a sought-after commercial photographer for high-profile brands including One Kings Lane, Bed Bath & Beyond, Cost-Plus World Market, CB2 and Pottery Barn.

Joe is based in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. Lately, he has expanded his still photo work to also include full production video. All aspects of photo/video projects are handled through his independently owned company, Treasurbite Studio, Inc.

Karen Thomas is a London-based food and drink photographer and director. In addition to being represented by Horton-Stephens for her stills work, she is proud to announce that she has joined the production agency Snapper, who will represent her for moving image.

Karen loves shooting and is never far from her camera - whether it’s creating beautiful splashes in coffee for Costa, cross sections of trifles for Marks & Spencer, or juicy steaks just for fun - all featured in this Spotlight.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower," Albert Camus.

As you smell autumn dancing on the breeze, take a look at how full of light and colour Karinehnyc photography is and what they can create for you.

Lucy Richards's style reflects the naturalism and authenticity of food, working with mostly natural light to make her images tactile and delicious.

Lucy works with a range of UK and European magazines, chefs and brands and has recently returned from travels in Southern Asia and Africa where she continued to build her portfolio and work on overseas commissions. Her most recent and up-to-date portfolio can be seen at her website.

Her background stems from fashion and she maintains a love of shooting lifestyle, portraiture and travel. Lucy is a foodie, a passionate photographer, environmentalist and supper club host, continually aiming to add strings to her bow.

Lucy is currently seeking European agency representation.

Mark Zawila is a London-based photographer with over 10 years' experience shooting still life, food and drink.

Mark seamlessly blends CGI and photography to allow him to push his creativityfurther as well as keeping as much of his retouching in-house. He works from his own fully equipped studio with facilities including:- superfast wi-fi, coffee shop and loads of on site parking.

Mark has had the pleasure of creating work for Morrisions, Nutribullet, Chivas Regal, Sony, SABMiller, Delta Airlines, Johnnie Walker and Uncle Nearest.

Nick Howe is an award-winning drinks and lifestyle photographer now based in London having lived in Amsterdam, Paris and Dubai over the last 15 years.

His client-list includes the likes of Martini, Thomson Holidays, The Macallan, Ford, Jack Daniels, Adidas, GLH, Unilever and Bacardi.

Paul Saraceno is a food and product photographer based in Newton, Massachusetts. With over 25 years of experience, Paul has consistently created stunning images through his meticulous craft and his deep relationships with creative directors, food stylists and prop/set designers

Together with top digital, video and retouching teams, he is able to provide outstanding work for his clients. His 5000 sq.ft. studio has a fully equipped kitchen and abundant daylight.

His portfolio can be viewed at his website.

Piotr Gregorczyk is a London-based artist, photographer and retoucher specialising in food, liquids, drinks and still life. He is best known for his conceptual, food and liquid photography exploring the concept of weightlessness of food and drink in zero gravity. His images are clean and exceptionally detailed with a sense of vision unique in the industry.

PG Photography manages all post-production in-house, relying on 16 years of shooting and retouching experience in London. Piotr recently took on the mission of becoming a table top food director to translate the visual language of his stills into film.

Working with a network of London's best model-makers, food and prop stylists and set builders, Piotr has built a reputation for creating dynamic and graphic images - the hallmark of his style.

Clients include Smeg, Camelot, EDF Energy, Diageo, American Express, Ted Baker, Smirnoff, Knorr, Harrods, Pink Pigeon Rum, Wyborowa Vodka, National Car Rental, HMV, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan and Which Magazine.

Piotr is represented by Terri Manduca. Visit his website for more information and follow him on Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Behance, Vimeo and Twitter.

Scott Grummett is a photographer and director who likes to make you hungry. He is known best for his burgers but believes he, along with his talented team, can turn any food or drink into something to make your mouth water.

Scott’s bread and butter clients include Lurpak and Warburton’s though his work stretches from restaurants like Honest Burgers and Nando’s to supermarket’s such as Tesco. He also works regularly with drinks brands such as Grey Goose, Jim Beam, Bombay Sapphire and Glenfiddich, and loves nothing more than finding himself filming something beautiful in a distillery on Speyside.

Clients include Bacardi, Heinz, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Snickers, Deliveroo, Just Eat, KFC, WeightWatchers, Hawksmoor, John Lewis, Hellmann’s, The Balvenie, Byron Burger, ASDA, Dewar’s, Dominique Ansel Bakery, Diageo and Iceland.

Stills representation by Terry Manduca and Directing representation by Food Hall.

Shirish Sen is an India-based photographer who has spent over a decade creating images of food, liquids, products and still life for clients in India and across the globe.

His award-winning images have appeared in advertising campaigns, over a dozen cookbooks, as well as in several leading national and international publications.

He is currently based in Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi.

Visit his website for more information.

"Autumn has arrived! And it's a great time to present Albert Heijn soups and a new Unilever product with a veggie smoked sausage.

The team also completed a lovely LaPlace tea and chocolate range for Jumbo supermarket, while HOOP breweries asked the studio to shoot their new Queen Bee beer. Isn’t she a beauty? She deserved some great shots.

The new high-speed flash generators and sound laser triggers did the job in capturing dusty and splashy spuds for outdoor banner prints. Some clean-up for the aquarium was required, so a bit of Glassex jumping into the frame. Splashy, isn’t it?

New Videos for Albert Heijn with the motion-control rig completed the Autumn-feeling. All studio assets were involved, including props, styling and in-house backdrop artist.

Tobias Reymond Foto | Film could be your preferred supplier too!"