FOOD & DRINK PHOTOGRAPHY & MOTION Jul 2021

Pedro Aguilar is a London-based photographer specialised in advertising and product still life.

He recently teamed-up with international advertising agency LOLA MullenLowe to shoot this campaign for the Magnum Double Ice cream range.

Claudia Link focuses mainly on travel, portrait and lifestyle photography and has a graphic, clean look to her pictures that is simultaneously enriched and transformed by applying a subtle artistic influence. Her work includes recipe photography and new image styles for food and drink.

Claudia is well known for her clear vision and clean style of photography, and has an experienced team of food stylists and other professionals that she often collaborates with.

She is based nearby Basel in a spacious studio with a fully equipped kitchen for big food productions, from where she creates unique visual work alongside internationally renowned food stylists, hair and make-up artists.

In addition to commissioned work, Claudia also focuses heavily on her own personal projects. In them she tries to put her personal style on the forefront. She loves meeting people and working with a big team.

Claudia is getting more and more involved in big commercial productions, shooting for clients such as Swiss Post, UBS and many more.

London-based photographer Colin Campbell specialises in food photography and moving image for many of the top agencies worldwide.

Colin works from his own large, fully equipped studio based on the canal in Haggerston.

Recent campaigns include Lurpak, Innocent and the new summer campaigns for Co-Op and Domino's. Summer looks as busy as ever, continuing to work with regular clients including Baxters, Waitrose and McDonald's.

Colin is represented by Gill Turner.

Comal Studios offer more than 20 years' experience in photography. Their customers, such as Dr. Oetker, Weight Watchers Austria or Gusto, also value their professional approach in planning, conducting and successfully finishing projects.

Comal Studios' work philosophy is minimalist and clear:

"We offer full service: From the discussion of wishes and goals, to the organisation of the production, to the delivery of the final images, we do it all.

We love what we do: Our experience. Our network. Our equipment. Of course this is essential for our work, but just as important: we love what we do.

We design, produce and photograph: we conceive ideas, produce image content and photograph for you.

We stand for content made in Austria - we think: what comes from the region not only tastes best, but also looks best. Simply because we know Austria, its food, its cuisine and its culture, we therefore offer our customers content made in Austria."

Best culinary images; high-end food photography; sense for beauty: his is, what Comal Studios stand for.

"We look forward to your request and realising your individual project."

Cream Electric Art is a multi-award winning creative production studio based in Sydney.

"We work with clients worldwide to create striking and beautifully crafted assets that span a broad range of still and moving content, including interactive, VR and AR. Luerzer’s Archive ranks us as one of the overall top three digital artists internationally. We’ve been lucky enough to have worked with some of the biggest brands, ad agencies and photographers around the world and our campaigns have won awards at every major international award show."

See more here and follow on Instagram.

Cream Electric Art is represented by JSR - you can follow the agency on Instagram for latest news.

Great food photography shows not only the food, but gives you a feeling of time and place. It has the power to take you back to the family gathering you loved as a kid. It can stir feelings and make you remember the smells, and the love that goes into the dish. It can remind you of the summer cookouts with friends, or just the feeling of a cozy warm meal at home after a long day. That’s the reason Eats Photography does more than just take food pictures. “We tell food stories.”

Todd Darling is an award winning commercial / food photographer based in Detroit, Michigan, with over 20 years' experience working with ad agencies.

His client list includes: Smithfield Foods, Simply Orange, Kellogg’s, and JBL. Homemade or at a five-star restaurant, he can help to sell, not only your brand, but also tell the story of the whole experience.

Henrik Knudsen is an award-winning photographer based in London.

Henrik's use of space and atmospheric lighting will bring stories of people and their environment to life. With a creative approach and attention to detail he enjoys incorporating food and drink into the story telling.

See more here and follow on Instagram.

Henrik is represented by JSR, give them a follow on Instagram.

Jonathan Knowles is an advertising photographer and filmmaker creating extraordinary imagery for the world’s most established brands. He specialises in drinks, still life, liquids, food and special effects. An innovator in shooting liquids and drinks, Jonathan has influenced an entire category of advertising photography. For the last two decades, he has consistently featured in the ‘200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide’ books.

Recent highlights of Jonathan’s work have included a fully immersive cross-media campaign for the single malt Scotch whisky Benriach, as well as the release of a fully integrated global campaign for luxury drinks brand Chambord, “Make The Moment Magnifique”.

Jonathan has also had an exciting collaboration with Thatchers cider, shooting a television commercial and print material. The commercial was adapted for sponsorship indents which ran on BT Sport throughout the later stages of the Premiership season, including the finals.

Visit Jonathan’s website and his Instagram.

Julie Renouf is an Australian based photographer / director / DP with longstanding clients around the globe. 

Known for her innate understanding of brand identity, storytelling, and her strong creative vision, Julie’s work genuinely increases consumer engagement, particularly with the female consumer.

Current work is varied and includes a collaboration with Saatchi & Saatchi London for Procter & Gamble, rebranding for HYPOXI, TVC plus various media for Heathcote Gin, Don Smallgoods’ rebranding, and her short food films feature on SBS Australia. Her client list includes Kellogg’s, James Boag, Darrell Lea, Tourism Victoria, and ALDI, to name a few.

Shoots follow Covid safety protocols, and she regularly shoots remotely - sharing images and rushes with clients in real-time via Zoom.

Julie’s capacity to shoot both photography and film streamlines production and maintains style consistency across various media. On set, she works closely with clients - she believes collaboration, a positive attitude, and a shared enthusiasm for evocative visuals is the most effective way to create beautiful, authentic stories worth sharing with the world.

No Flakes? No problem. It was reported in the news that the Cadbury’s 99 Flake was in short supply, fortunately there are plenty of Flakes to go around apparently, but this news prompted Karen and Pete Ryan from Chuck Studios to shoot a test with some fun alternatives. Bacon and maple syrup or Curly Wurly and sprinkles anyone?

This Spotlight also includes a feature for Walnut Magazine, some still life food tests and Karen’s new work for Marks and Spencer.

Also featured in this Spotlight are Karen’s new videos for Circulon and her own personal film: 'From Here To There'.

Karen Thomas is a London-based food and still life photographer. From editorial to advertising, Karen works with some of the biggest names in food including M&S, Costa, Sainsbury's, McDonald's and Nestlé.

Photographer Kate Cauffiel brings her passion for food and beverage to life through her bright and vibrant images. Based in Chicago, Kate and her team create an environment of collaboration and warmth centered around the idea that food brings people together.

Her fresh approach delivers enticing images that arouse the appetite and captivate the senses. From a simple bowl of beans to an indulgent tablescape, Kate finds beauty in everything and she focuses on telling a visual story with each photograph, on every project.

In her free time, you’ll find Kate garnering inspiration from an outdoor hike or paddle.

Roberto Luzzitelli and Laura Danieli is a photography duo based in Turin, Italy, specialised in food and drink photography.

They work in their studio with a fully equipped kitchen, ready to shoot all kinds of images. Luzzitelli Danieli Studio works with a team of expert economists, assistants, food stylists and retouchers.

"We will always make sure that your products look beautiful for you and special for the market.

We carry out food and drink photography for advertising, packaging, editorials, and video content for our customers, ranging from supermarket chains to advertising agencies, to large and small companies in the food and beverage field."

Mark Mawson is a London-based advertising photographer and director with 30 years of experience in producing beautifully inspiring images.

Mark specialises in shooting liquids. His colourful series 'Aqueous', has become very well known, is held in many private collections and is used for advertising and design work. Mark also shoots underwater fashion and beauty.

Mark's 'Aqueous' video was projected onto the walls of Buckingham Palace as the backdrop for The Queen's diamond jubilee concert.

Light, colors and compositions, these are Meike Bergamnn's tools. In her studio in the heart of Berlin her center of attention is food. She focuses on the unique beauty of food, be it a complicated dish from Far East, the simplicity of a popsicle, or a perfectly imperfectly overflowing hotdog.

Food photographer with passion. Her visual language was enriched by a life that took her from a village in northern Germany to the desert of West Texas. The food, the colors and the light at the Mexican border inspired her to her first outbursts into the world of art.

The next relocation to Southern California filled the palette with further experiences and impressions that gives her photos a unique signature up until now. Meike Bergmann studied photography in Los Angeles. A coincidence finally led her to a table with grandiose food prepared by a star chef and discovered her passion for food photography.

She works and lives with her family in Kreuzberg and worked for customers such as ADAC, Aldi Süd and Dorling Kindersley Verlag. Whether book publisher, magazine or advertising agency,

Meike Bergmann can be booked in the food sector via her agent KME studios from Berlin.

"Austria. Small country, large number of photographers.

One of us is Mona Lorenz.

She's a leading lady. In commercial photography.

Head over heels in love with her job.

Knowing me, knowing you, it’s time to come and visit her!

Nothing more to say.

No more ace to play."

See more of her recent work on her website or through Instagram and feel free to get in touch.

"With the twist and turns of the last two years it feels like the whole industry has learned new ways of working. I have adapted in so many ways, always finding the best workflow for my clients.

After 20 years of shooting, I have found time to test and expand a little. Investing in new equipment for motion and stills bringing the level of what I produce in a resected world to a higher level. Discovering I can easily shoot for clients anywhere in the world seamlessly and with great results.

This year I have produced work for Kellogg’s, McDonald's, Costa, Marks and Spencer, Nestlé, to name a few.

As the way we work and communicate keeps evolving I’m here to work with you in any way you feel comfortable doing."

Working within the picture industry for over 20 years, Neville Mountford-Hoare is a London and Kent-based photographer specialising in product, still life and beverage advertising imagery.

Working for both agencies and drinks brands directly, Neville produces work from his studio that has a bold graphic style. His technical skills and expertise in lighting bottles, glass and liquids combined with his attention to detail and vision, help Neville create imagery that has a strong identity and clear visual message.

Remko Kraaijeveld is one of the leading food photographers in the Netherlands and has been fascinated by food from the beginning of his career. Its structure, its succulence, its graphic forms - food as visual poetry.

His use of light, whether daylight or studio, is pure and simple, in which lies also the complexity, as there is nothing to hide from.

Remko is known to sink his teeth deep into his subject, never losing his personal signature. His rugged images have a 'less is more' approach, allowing the food always to be the protagonist.

In recent years also started to capture the people behind the food he photographs, resulting in a growing list of portrait photos.

He has won numerous awards for many of his cookbooks and works for magazines, restaurants and advertising agencies all over the world.

Ryan (or Creevey as he's affectionately known) is an acclaimed rising star in Melbourne's photographic scene.

At his heart, Ryan is all about intuition. Anyone can press a button and take a photo, but it takes a specific eye and perceptivity to capture a moment - a moment that tells a story and says more than the sum of its parts.

Specialising in food, beverage and still life, Ryan loves applying his unique attention to detail to create iconic imagery. He especially loves a technical challenge, the more technically challenging, the lovelier Ryan is.

All in all, Ryan is precision-driven, thirsty for a challenge, and always ready to have a chat.

Scott Grummett is a food photographer and film director specialising in all things food and drink. Whether it's creating tabletop or performance based tv commercials to billboard stills advertising, the thing that Scott separates his work with is a love and understanding of food. From its provenance, growing techniques, varieties of vegetables, cuts of meat through to cultural appropriations Scott is an all round foodie.

Once you add in the photographic and cinematography elements of lighting, art direction and working with the models and team to deliver top results, the aim is to deliver a film that makes you hungry and warm inside.

Recent clients include McDonald's, Lurpak, Johnnie Walker and Baileys but he has also been working with his favourite local restaurants, chefs and growers. Be it a simple shot to full scale production and consultancy, UK and abroad, Scott is your man for food and drink.

Photographer and director Stephen Hamilton’s passion is food and beverage, and he is known for expertly capturing food you want to immediately pick up and savour.

Stephen has recently found inspiration in seasonal fruits and vegetables, capturing the beauty of Mother Nature’s bounty. Focusing in on the sensual lines of a mushroom or the magnificent fringe of frisee, he highlights that simplicity can be stunning.

Hamilton’s studio is based in Chicago, but he brings his vision to clients all over the globe. His versatile facilities offer an integrated, comprehensive and Covid-19 safe approach to any size production.

Covering over 11,000 square feet of three studios, the Stephen Hamilton Productions team delivers their client-first full-circle capabilities in the form of still photography, animated stills, cinemagraphs, stop-motion builds, how-to videos, tight and textured “delicious moments” videos and broadcast / commercials.

Steve Ryan is a portrait and food photographer with over 10 years of experience from Kilkenny, Ireland.

Now London-based, Steve has been commissioned by some of the most innovative and exciting food and media brands in the world including Apple, Jamie Oliver, Guinness, Deliveroo, McDonald’s, Honest Burgers, Domino's, Tabasco, Jamesons and KFC.

See more of Steve's work here and follow him on Instagram.

Steve is represented by JSR, follow them on Instagram to see their latest projects.

Named one of the best advertising photographers in the world by Archive Magazine and called a lighting master by PDN, Teri Campbell is the creative lead for Teri Studios - a destination for consumer packaged goods companies, restaurants, beverage, and food-related businesses seeking original photography and motion work for advertising and packaging.

Client partnerships include: Kellogg’s, Sonic, Maker’s Mark, Kraft-Heinz, KFC and Jimmy John’s.

"It’s always been about the light for me. Even as a teenager in my parents’ basement, I remember being obsessed with the lighting of my model train set; the streetlights and their placement, the light coming from the various homes, gas stations, and businesses - even the headlight on the train. It all played a part in creating the perfect scene. As an adult, I find it impossible to allow others to position the landscape lights, and almost every fixture in our home has a dimmer on it! In hindsight, a career in photography was the obvious choice. Today, as a commercial food photographer and director, I help craft the visual identity for some of the most iconic brands in the world, using my lighting skills to create an emotional connection with their audience.

When not in the studio, I’m often asked to speak at industry conferences and events. And I’m also the author of 'Food Photography, A Commercial Photographer’s Guide to Creating Irresistible Images'".

Tina Sturzenegger is a food and still life photographer who is passionate about creating beautiful and memorable visual stories.

She has a passion for building modern set ups and bringing the images to life with a catchy and modern light.

Tina's work has been featured in many food and lifestyle books and magazines and spans a wide range of editorial and advertising campaigns.

"If you have any questions, please get in contact with me."

"Hi I’m Warren, a London-based photographer specialising in drinks and liquid photography with 30 years' experience.

I shoot campaigns for a multitude of clients and agencies both local and worldwide.

I’m equally at home shooting from my studio or out on location; my approach is professional yet relaxed, working closely with creatives to deliver imagery on time and on budget.

Retouching is also part of my skill set, giving clients the added option of a complete one-stop personal service, from planning to final delivery of the finished assets.

Recent projects include Chivas Regal 13 campaign, Funkin cocktails and Jim Beam."