Use Your Noodles - Food Photography + Business Learning

Hey Reader, Have you ever felt that choosing your style is much harder than it sounds? Do you get caught in the paralysis of overthinking, what style to choose, resulting in you feeling inconsistent, or maybe even thinking that everyone else's style looks cohesive, but yours doesn’t? Well, let me be the one to tell you you’re not the only one. The problem with overthinking your style is, that as creatives we often try to find ourselves in our style. But it’s not the only way to do it. I...

Hey Reader, December is the month of lights for me. They are everywhere, and I can’t say I hate it 😅 Last year, when I was searching for photos to post on my social media and creating, I often saw Christmas lights, candles, sparklers, and such, which got me thinking… Why not create a guide to help everyone feel confident when photographing these types of lights? Because I wanted to see more photos like that. I wanted my feed and also my personal photo collection to be filled with warm cozy...

Hey Reader, would you agree that food photography doesn’t always go as planned? Well, I’ve learned throughout the years that you have to be prepared to change things as you shoot, because rarely does everything fall into place. It also got me thinking about all the BTS videos in Food To Frame and why they were so much fun to record (and, according to my students, also exciting to watch). It’s because I don’t cut out parts when things are not working. Instead, you see the actual process of how...

Hey, Reader! I don’t know about you, but sometimes I just feel completely out of ideas. I’d love to grab my camera, but I have no idea what to shoot… When that happens, I try to avoid Pinterest or Instagram, but instead I go straight to my own photos. Yes, the old ones… the cringey old ones 😬 Here’s what I usually do 👇 I scroll through my old work and find a photo that feels interesting (maybe because of the food, maybe because of the mood or something else). Ssomething I’d love to have in my...

Hey Reader, I keep hearing this advice for photographers, and quite honestly, I think it’s a little misleading… so I made a video about it! If you’ve ever been told, “Just be a great marketer, and you’ll never run out of gigs,” I have some thoughts. Marketing is important, but there’s something that’s also crucial that a lot of people forget. I break it all down in my latest video. Check it out here Let me know what you think! Do you agree? Disagree? I’d love to hear your take.