This year, the Pantone colour of the year is Very Peri. The shade provided the inspiration for my Pantone food photography idea. I created a series of food photographs inspired by this new Pantone colour. Purple is one of those colours that rarely appear in food and so it posed a challenge to create interesting […]
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I recently had the opportunity to do some food photography for The Oven, a wood-fired pizza truck based in Fife, Scotland. You might be thinking – wood-fired pizza? In Scotland? You read that right, friend. The Oven has its wood fired pizza oven right inside its sleek airstream vehicle. They not only make delicious Neapolitan-style […]
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The main reasons I do what I do as a food photographer, is to help ethical and sustainably-minded businesses enhance their marketing strategy with beautiful food photography. So when I had the opportunity to do a photoshoot with Edinburgh-based vegan bakery, The Plant Patisserie – I was so excited! The Plant Patisserie is owned by […]
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As a food photographer working for small business can be tricky. Small businesses don’t necessarily have a designated marketing team or even a marketing budget to spend on food photography. Therefore it can be challenging to justify why they should invest in a professional food photographer at all. That said, I’ve compiled a list of […]
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I recently had the privilege to attend Narroway Studio’s 2-day food photography and styling workshop. It would be an understatement to say I had the best time. So I thought I’d share my thoughts and the highlights from the weekend. Enjoy! Day 1 Intro to the workshop I was nervous on the way to the […]
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Recently I had the opportunity to take some lifestyle and food photography for The Edinburgh Butter Co. for their website, social media channels and press materials. Established after a trip to Australia in 2017, Nick and Hilary Sinclair thought to bring the artisan butter market to Scotland. Despite the UK having very high quality dairy, […]
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For my husband and I’s 5th anniversary we celebrated at the newly opened Stack and Still restaurant in Edinburgh. Stack and Still is essentially pancake heaven, boasting nearly 12 million combinations of pancakes using the options on their menu! We had visited Stack and Still at their Glasgow branch several times, so we were excited […]
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(P.S. it’s not just about colours!) 1. What are your brand values? Often we think of a ‘brand’ as purely a visual thing -colours, fonts, etc. But those things are just one part of what makes a successful food business.Your brand values are essentially what your company believes in and stands for. They’re at the […]
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Which of these comes to mind when you think of microwave meals? Processed, unhealthy, unappetising Nutritious, fresh and plant-based I’m assuming you’d pick the first set of words, and I don’t blame you – I did too! That was until I found out about New Norm, a plant-based meal delivery service that makes delicious and […]
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Did you know that cheese is the third largest greenhouse gas emitting food?1 It surprised me too! Cheese ranks just below beef and lamb in the amount of greenhouse gases it produces within the food supply chain, ranking above chicken, pork and fish. As a vegetarian, I assumed that simply cutting out meat would drastically reduce […]
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