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How to Prepare for the Menu Photoshoot

Whether it's your first professional photoshoot or you're working with a new photographer, preparation is key to a successful shoot. Here are some steps to ensure everything goes smoothly.

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How to Hire a Food Photographer

Hiring a food photographer is about more than just finding someone with a camera—it’s about choosing someone who understands your brand, knows how to make food look irresistible, and can deliver high-quality visuals that attract customers.

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The menu shoot for Maitsete Tänav

Autumn is a time for new beginnings and my calender is also filling with new projects. After having written some in depth pieces about my everyday work, here is a good example of a menu shoot. Maitsete Tänav in Rocca al Mare shopping center is a restaurant concept where you can find all imaginable temptations. This is only a tiny part of what's being offered.

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Estonian Tableware Design Exhibition and My Prints

I have a dream. In my dream all people have developed a sophisticated taste for designer goods, they can afford them and designers and makers of crafts can earn a decent living from their art. 

My dream became my mission and it found a way into a food magazine Köök. I have a section Nõudepeatus (meaning sth like 'dish stop') in this quarterly magazine where I find a ceramist or a designer I like, present their work to a chef and let the chef develop a dish according to the tableware. Then I photograph the outcome of their collaboration, write the interviews with them both and thats it. I hope the readers will find something they like, either the tableware or the recipes.

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Photographing Ice Cream Desserts

I had a lot of fun (and ice cream) when photographing ice cream desserts for a supermarket chain. Luckily I didn't have to capture the whole setup at once, because it was melting in a blink of an eye. I chose best items from different frames and photoshopped them together. But to show you what the actual work process was like, I made a little slideshow.

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