It's the season for amazing Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for photographers. However, we're not just any old photographer, we're food photographers. So below you'll find some great Cyber Monday Deals on Cameras, Lights, Accessories and Food Photography Backdrops and Props. WEEatTogether Food photography courses All Course At We Eat Together are 70% OFF: No Promo Code Needed! | View courses here: Food Photography Courses Best Ever Backdrops Food Photography Backdrops From Best Ever Backdrops: USE PROMO CODE ( ThanksSky15 ) Save 15% On all orders | BestEverBackdrops Black Friday A ..read more

Printing a portfolio is one step every photographer will do at some point in their career no matter what genre they shoot in. So with that being said, I want to share with you a deeper dive into the process behind printing a portfolio. Tough topics like layout, choosing good portfolio printers (not just the one in the video), preparing images for print and what to do with that beautiful printed portfolio when you're done! Building that perfect printed portfolio can seem like a fight!  It can be daunting to say the least. Selecting the right photos, to image order, to culling some of y ..read more

Making a GIF for Instagram is super easy. Scrolling past all the thousands of images and videos in my feed, food gifs always make me pause. You can create your own gif, no matter your skill level. If you have a camera, a tasty subject to photograph, and access to a computer, below you'll find out just how easy creating a gif in Photoshop can be! Making A Gif For Instagram in 5 Easy Steps 1. Create or gather your images for the Gif If you're creating your images for your gif, it's best to place your camera on a tripod especially if you're creating a food gif. A tripod will ensure that only the ..read more

Buy The Photography Bundle 5DayDeal is bringing us The Complete Photography Bundle 2019 packed full of 26 courses, e-books and editing software to help you master your photography. I'm proud to say I'm a contributor with my Lightroom For Food Photographers Course! And on top of that you'll be able to snatch up this whole collection and save thousands in the process for just $89! Purchase the photography bundle now (Oct. 3 - Oct. 8) and get 96% off. What is In The Photography Bundle? This bundle is filled with a huge collection of ebooks, online courses and editing software for beginners ..read more

Take your iPhone food photography to the next level. Today we have amazing cameras in our pockets everywhere we go. The best camera is the one that's with you, right? Great smartphone food photography, like any type of photography comes down to great light, composition, editing and of course a beautiful subject. Which is why these food photography tips are not just for iPhone users. It just so happens that I have an iPhone, but any smartphone camera will do. Plus we're going to dive into Lightroom mobile with some great editing tips. If you're not familiar with editing your food photography ..read more

Food photography backdrops are slowly, but surely becoming an addiction for me. A good kind of addiction however, because like ​food photography props they are so much fun to collect! So I'm really excited to announce my own collection of food photography backgrounds and surfaces provided by the great people over at BestEverBackdrops! Right now you can save big on your order, where the more backdrops you buy the more you save or if you just want to pick up one use the promo code SKYBEST10 and get 10% off.Before I show you all 8 backdrops in my collection, I want to discuss what makes for a goo ..read more

I have a couple of exciting new friends in my studio. Two brand new Godox SLB60 constant LED lights for my food photography and food videos. Check out the Godox SLB60 specs and buy them HERE. By the way they have a version without the battery pack for half the price, right HERE.If you're like me, natural light is not an option. At least in my windowless studio. A bunch of you have told me your woes of long winter days, or sun obscuring trees and high-rise buildings. I feel your pain. What is a crafter of crave, like us food photographers to do? By the way, if you want to see all the cool equip ..read more

Your food is beautiful. The recipe crafted to perfection. The light, softly coming into the frame of your camera. Now it's time to create that style, the environment. Here are 7 must have food photography props that will make the food in your photography pop off the screen.By the way, I have a whole chapter on styling and composing in my Food Photography Masterclass right next to all the great lighting and photography tutorials HERE. My top 7 must have food photography props1. Beautiful LinenSometimes, I feel I need a degree in linen folding. I swear if I tallied up the time it took to make my ..read more

If you have every wanted to make professional looking beverage photography, but thought you just don't have enough lights then take a look at my video above. It's a simple and easy to follow, one light tutorial. All you need is good pre-shoot planing combined with a little post production magic and the results will have you creating some beautiful beverage images. If you want to dive more into beverage photography or simply want to master artificial lights then you have to check out my Advanced Food & Beverage Photography Short Course here. It's packed with hours of tutorials both in s ..read more

Choosing the best camera for food photography or any type of photography for that matter is sort of equated to those choose your own adventure books from back in the day. You walk up to the counter faced with so many choices, which all seem very similar, coupled with the fear that any decision you make might ultimately decide the fate of your art and future creative outlets.It's easy to pick up the camera that has everything and let the pieces fall as they may in the future. In reality, does the way you shoot right now require all those bits and bobs? If not, then maybe a toned down budget cam ..read more