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Product & food photographer

The thing itself

A plate as it comes out of the kitchen, a bottle on a clean ground, the detail a customer zooms in on. I photograph food in your own light and product on a seamless.

A pour into a glass, motion frozen, black and white.
A single rosé bottle on black, product photography.
A white quenelle on a green plate.
One bottle on a barrel in the dark.
Rows of wine bottles with labels.
A flower in a coupe glass on black.
Yellow bracket close, the product, on a foundation-repair crew's job site.
A glass raised at an event.
A cube on black, geometry and shadow.
A coupe glass with a neon streak behind it.
A red glossy dome dessert on a dark plate.
A citrus cocktail against dark.
A red pepper on black, product photography.
A cocktail and snow globes, styled still life.
A tall candy-striped drink in high color.
A sunflower in black and white on white.

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In the room, or on white

Food sells best where it's served: the table, the bar, the window light at the hour people eat. Product sells best clean, so packaging and detail get a seamless and a controlled light. Most jobs want some of each.

Menus, sites, listings

Delivered at full resolution, because the same dish ends up on the menu board, the site and a delivery app in the same week.

Scheduled around service

I photograph restaurants between lunch and dinner and shops before the doors open, so the day fits when the room is yours.

Need the team or the building too? That's all on my commercial photography page.

Questions I get

Do you shoot in a studio or on site?

On site, usually. A plate photographed in the restaurant's own light, on its own table, sells the restaurant as well as the dish. A bottle on a seamless can be done anywhere, including your back room.

How many products or dishes in a session?

It depends on the dishes and the angles. Send me the list.

Do we need a stylist?

For food, your kitchen plates it and I photograph it as it comes out. If you want it styled, bring your stylist and I'll work with them. For product, a clean sample and the packaging is enough.

More questions: all of them in one place.

What people say

Stan is an artist when it comes to photography. He does such an incredible job setting up the atmosphere that is both friendly and comfortable for his clients.

James S.