Food and Beverage

My inspiration is critical to every shot I take.

Julien Thomas

I find food and drink photography to be a time consuming subject, as I often step out from behind my camera to properly set my my close-up shots.

When taking such photos, I find it essential to use the aesthetics of my clients’ places to my images. This involves using my appreciation to show off the atmosphere, their branding and style. Also I want to work with meticulous shooting angles, natural or artificial lighting and perfect apertures as much is possible.

Very rarely I will shot two food and drinks photos in an identical way during a shooting, because each dish and drink deserves something unique in my approach to work.

Food Photography

Breakfast tables, all kinds of dishes and desserts are usually the images requested by my clients.

In my work, food photography involves to show a dining experience. In this regard, staging F&B props takes an important part in my photo shoots and such as table cutlery, restaurant chairs or the stalk of parsley topping a dish, to name of few.

I much prefer to work with props and elements found on a restaurant table, the property’ garden, etc., rather than just using a range of ingredients (e.g. veggies, seeds, sea salt, etc.) to stage my food shots.

Uramaki on an outdoor restaurant table. Photo at Sakmut Hotel & Spa in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Cocktails Photography

Are you fancy for a nice cocktail or a cocktail shot? 😋

My approach for drink and cocktail photography is to artistically show beverage with all types of elements found in my clients’ properties.

What are the shooting angles I prefer to work with? Eye level shots, low angle shot and close-up shots.

Restaurants & Dining Rooms

Showcasing my clients’ restaurants and dining rooms is also a common request. For this subject, I focus on architectural photography and look for to reproduce the aesthetics of the places and their atmospheres.