50 Tastiest Food Photography Blogs
Inspiration. It can go a long way. It can provide motivation and keep you going when the going gets tough. Yes, aspiring food photographers need to learn lighting and styling techniques, but perhaps the best remedy for getting your career on the road is a good dose of inspiration. Learn from these food and photography enthusiasts who know just how to cook up a mouth-watering delicacy and capture it in an even more stunning photograph.
Top Five
- http://www.deliciousdays.com/: Named one of the 50 Coolest Websites by TIME, Delicious Days is an amazing resource for food bloggers and food photographers alike. Expect to find yourself cooking vivaciously for hours after browsing Delicious Days.
- Why We Love It: The site has an enormous following on the Web, and for good reason. The original recipes and professional food photographs demand attention. Browse food photography by color, an insanely creative and original idea. Why hasn't anyone thought of this before?
- Favorite Post: Delicious Days: Photography
- David Lebovitz: Mouthwatering, inviting photos straight from the heart of Paris and a pastry chef who knows what he is doing. This guy is not a bad writer either - he knows how to steal your heart like a steaming bowl of chicken soup on a blustery winter day.
- Why We Love It: Just browsing this blog is going to make your mouth water. In fact, we'll be surprised if you don't rush off for a supply of fresh ingredients to whip up Homemade Nutella or simmer glazed fruits. Grab that camera!
- Favorite Post: Homemade Nutella
- 101 Cookbooks - Healthy Recipe Journal: Learn how to take whole natural foods and create a work of art. After collecting 101 cookbooks, Heidi determined to start cooking more simply. Most of her cooking features are vegetarian in nature.
- Why We Love It: This entire website screams quality and demands our attention and admiration. Food photographers will be inspired to take their passion to an entirely new level.
- Favorite Post: Richard Olney's Garlic Soup Recipe
- Matt Bites: Named #7 of the World's Best Food Blogs, Matt Bites is created by a man documenting his obsession with food and photography. This guy has an edge as one of the few male blogger out there, and his work was recently popularized with an appearance on Martha Stewart's television show. The photography on his site is visually stunning.
- Why We Love It: This site is a great combination of food and photography. Even if you aren't a food photographer, Matt's collections make you want to be.
- Favorite Post: Adam's Scary Apples
- Michael Ray Food Photography Blog: An expert food photographer posts his best work for all to see. Get ideas for presentation, new inspiration, and a sudden appetite.
- Why We Love It: This blog is pure food photography. No fuss about recipes, cooking tips and more. Simply food photography.
- Favorite Post: Food Photography
The Rest of the Best
- A Slice of Cherry Pie: This self-taught cook has a love for good food and feeding her family frugally, something that most of us can relate with. Photos present the recipe selections brilliantly.
- Baking Bites: Those with a thing for baked goods will find a home here. Get exclusive recipes such as Homemade Girl Scout Cookies and find cooking tips with no-fuss, high quality photos.
- Becks & Posh: Make a commitment with Sam Breach to eat local. And browse gorgeous food photographs.
- Biscuits & Such - A Southern Food Blog: A mixture of traditional and modern foods. The writing and photography here are both inspiring.
- Cafe Fernando: The mere name of this blog makes you want to visit. Meet Jenk, a food blogger and baker who's passionate about chocolate (and The Golden Girls). Stop by his photo blog for a visual feast.
- Cannelle et Vanille: Get your visual food fix. You'll be instantly delighted the moment you visit.
- Chez Pim: This blogger has earned her place in the world, famous not only on the web, but in the media world as well. She has been featured in top food magazines and television cooking shows worldwide. Readers can enjoy interesting recipes and professional food photos from a woman who's tasted and seen it all.
- Chocolate & Zucchini: Learn new techniques that will boost your photography creativity. This blogger's foodie passion will rub off on you.
- Chocolate Shavings: Specialty foods and unexpected recipes. Learn little cooking tips and techniques that can turn an ordinary dish into something extraordinarily special. The photos really make the blog.
- Chubby Hubby: Learn how to shoot delicious food photos by implementing food prep strategies such as building a better burger. Aun will help you more effectively capture the beauty and personality of your subjects.
- Cook and Eat: Photos and recipes are both tasty here. Enjoy the section about learning food photography
- Cook Sister: This innovative cook and blogger has South African roots, which shows in her recipe selections. Enjoy her unique writing style along with professional photos that enhance each post.
- Cook, Shoot, Eat…A Food Photographer's Journey: A food and photography blog from someone who is extremely passionate about both. Guaranteed to make you want to get to work capturing delightful delicacies.
- Cream Puffs in Venice: Italian-influenced sweets dominate this inspirational site. Warning: after seeing these mouth-watering photos, you are likely to go out and devour a load of pastries or whatever other sweets you can get your hands on.
- Dessert First: Indulge your passion for pastries in every way on Dessert First. Learn about handling dough, browning butter, and everything cookie related while enjoying nice photos.
- Dorie Greenspan: Dorie Greenspan is the author behind Baking with Julia, the book that accompanied the PBS Julia Child television series. Enjoy delectable recipes along with photos to please.
- EatingAsia: Get a taste of traditional Asian cuisine and pick up cool photography tips along the way. While you're here, check out the link to David Hagerman's photography, the man behind EatingAsia's amazing photography.
- Egg Beater: Interesting relatable posts with good photography. The life of a chef in a nutshell.
- Food Gal: Award winning food and wine writer features interviews from top chefs, new restaurants, products, and delightful recipes. Food will be a bigger part of your life after you browse the posts and visually stunning photos here.
- Food Photo Blog: Color, color, color, and lots of it. These bright photos stand out and make you want them. These pictures speak a thousand words. Learn to capture food in this way by studying the photos posted here.
- Food Photography Portfolio: All aspiring food photographers should spend an afternoon browsing the articles on this site. Learn various aspects such as styling, lighting, and other techniques.
- Gluten Free Girl and the Chef: With a rising culture full of people who are gluten-intolerant, a site such as this is a gem. Foodies or photographers who have Celiac disease will get inspired just reading the About page. And wow, these photos take you to another world. There just aren't enough of them.
- Homesick Texan: Craving Southern comfort food? Join the ranks of a blogger who will empathize in every way and showcase the best of Texan foods. Everything from biscuits to country fried steak, portrayed stunningly with photos.
- Joy the Baker: Just a few minutes of reading this blog will have you smiling from ear to ear. Joy's good humor and optimistic view on life is inspirational. Let your eyes wander on to the food photos and set your tummy to grumbling over Peanut Butter Pecan Biscotti or Toasted Marshmallow Milkshakes, along with Barbecue Buttermilk Onion Rings. Mmmm…these photos are scrumptious!
- Lucillian delights - an Italian experience: Could anything be more delightful than Italian-inspired food and photographs? Ilva loves Italian but comes from Swedish roots, so expect a little of both. She lives in Tuscany, the perfect setting for the food blogger, and one that readers can't get enough of.
- Nordljus: Food and Photography: Simple, fresh, and clean photography adorn this blog. Kind of makes you want to browse the local farmer's market for local whole foods for your photos.
- Not Eating Out in New York: New York is known for its distinctive culinary treats. Yet this blogger is all about eating in. Get inspired to eat in more by browsing her recipe selections, each complete with photographs.
- Not Without Salt: A part of Martha's Circle, this blog is visually inviting and features high quality content. Get original recipes and gather photography tips.
- Orangette: Food photography and delectable recipes exist in simplicity here. If ever there is proof that aspiring writers and photographers should own their own blog, this is it. Molly landed a lucrative book deal and magazine with with Bon Appetit as a result of her blog. She was also introduced to her husband (with whom she now owns a restaurant) through her blog. So there you go!
- Piece of Cake: Get creative and mouth-watering glimpses of sweet recipes for every season and holiday. Good photos and definitely good sweets.
- Rambling Spoon: Get inspired with food photography from all over the world. Karen has been a traveling food correspondent for years, and her documented journey is complete with stunning photos.
- raspberri cupcakes: Bright, clean photos dominate this sweet-treat blog. They look as if they could be direct from a magazine.
- Serious Eats: A host of food enthusiasts contribute to this foodie blog. Learn cooking techniques, browse recipes, and read up on the results of taste tests and Food Lab science. Enjoy the photographs along the way and learn more about the art of presentation.
- Smitten Kitchen: You gotta love that Deb is so down to earth and relatable. When readers can relate so easily to a blog, they are converted to instant loyalist status. Photos here are beautiful and simple.
- Sticky Gooey Creamy Chewy: Get a look at every day in the kitchen with an aspiring chef, wife and mother. Wow, does it look good! Her most recent creation was a Tagalong Crescents Recipe that is, judging by the mouth-watering photo, pretty tasty.
- Still Life With Lara Ferroni: The author of this site is a food photographer with a long list of credentials and well known clients. Her work is featured in a host of published books. Get food styling tips from a professional and enjoy her creative and stunning photography as inspiration.
- Tastespotting: A community submits best food photos for an all-out visual feast. Browse hundreds of tasty photos and get fresh inspiration.
- Tea & Cookies: Read stories, get recipes, and be entertained. The photography here is always bright and cheery.
- The Amateur Gourmet: Get a little of everything here, from restaurant reviews and ravings to recipes and how-tos. A lot of the tips are simple, yet are things that make us all wonder how we could have been cooking thus far without them.
- The Kitchn: From a blog that focuses on interior decorating, you can learn to nourish your home with style + cooking. This is great way for photographers to become more conscious of their surroundings and background.
- The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Ree has a story reminiscent of Green Acres, and her Pioneer Woman blog has intrigued thousands of readers. One of the reasons that her blog is so delightful is the host of quality photos that are regularly posted. Browse photos from her Cooking section or enter the latest photography contest.
- the scent of green bananas: Visually appealing site. Gorgeous photos that are unique, too.
- The Traveler's Lunchbox - Journal: If passionate food writing and bright, cheery photography excite you, then you'll be more than pleased to find high quality content of both here. Visit the photo gallery to be blown away by the contents.
- The Wednesday Chef: Feel like your photography and cooking are a little dry and stale? Try something different: leave with fresh ideas and inspiration after visiting The Wednesday Chef.
- Wild Yeast Blog: If you love freshly baked buttery rolls or sweet cinnamon buns, then get those taste buds and eyeballs ready for a feast. Hosted by a professional baker, this site is designed to help aspiring bread makers succeed. You can't visit without craving fresh bread.
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