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Food & Restaurant Photography · 2023

Case Study 005

Restaurant photography doing two jobs at once — the food worth ordering and the room worth booking, in the same warm, low light.

  • Food Photography
  • Lifestyle Photography
  • On-Location Production
Case Study 005 — campaign poster

The hardest brief in food photography is the honest one: make it look exactly as good as it tastes, no better. Shot on location in low, warm restaurant light instead of a studio softbox — candlelight is a better art director than most lighting kits. The brief widened past the plate too: the same warmth had to carry the room, the bar, and the night out around the meal.