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IFBA Articles
- How to write a recipe like a pro: Cookery books editor Kristin Jensen shares her top 5 tips on recipe writing
- Talking food all over the world: Attending international food blogging conferences by The Daily Spud
- Top 10 food styling tips for bloggers by Sharon Hearne-Smith
- Top tips on submitting photos to Foodgawker and Tastespotting by Kristin Jensen
Food Photography and Styling Tips
Whether you’ve got a basic point-and-shoot camera or a top-of-the-line model, there are plenty of ways to improve your photographs on your blog. Here’s a round-up of food photography and styling tips from other bloggers, magazines and newspapers. If you know of another helpful link, let us know at and we’ll add it to the list.
- 101 Cookbooks
- A Thought for Food – 5 tips
- Current food photography styles and trends: A cake case study
- David Lebovitz
- Digital Photography School – Food Photography – An Introduction
- Food & Wine – Shoot First, Eat Later
- Food Blog Forum
- Food Pixels
- Food styling 101 – tips from the pros at Food52
- Foodista – 15 essential food photography tips from Andrew Scrivani
- From China Village - tips on shooting in indoor light
- Gourmande in the Kitchen – part 1 (learning the visual elements of design), part 2 (the principles of design), part 3 (prop styling)
- Introduction to Food Photography – an overview of some of the basics
- La Tartine Gourmande - here and here
- Lara Ferroni
- Learn Food Photography and Food Styling – 10 food styling tips to make any food photo look appealing; My food photography process at a food photo shoot
- Maison Cupcake – 21 great tips from Alastair Hendy, professional food photography and stylist
- New York Times – five basic tips to make food look good; action shots; how to shoot soup; manual settings for shooting food; shooting in bright daylight; how to shoot ugly food; how to shoot the holiday table part 1 and part 2; how to shoot steam, smoke and flames; mastering the pour shot; and Q&A (round 1 and 2)
- New York Times – Food Photography: The Elements of Styling
- Nikas Culinaria – Food Photo 101
- Pixiq - 5 simple ways to improve your food photography; Food styling for the food blogger
- Running with Tweezers – how to make ugly food look good and styling egg salad
- Sarah Wilson – 23 tips for beautiful food photography
- Saveur magazine – 9 tips for taking fabulous food photos
- Serious Eats
- Simply Recipes
- Smitten Kitchen
- Steamy Kitchen
- The Boogie Blog
- The Pioneer Woman
- Vegan Yum Yum
- White on Rice Couple – exposure; shutter speed; aperture; ISO; white balance
- Wright Food - food photography set-up part 1 and part 2; compact camera food photography; artificial light food photography
