This is a bit of a hodge-podge page I’ve created over the past few years collecting valuable resources on food photog – most of what I learned about food photography I learned from these sites.

General Photography Tutorials

Digital Photography School – this site has useful info about all types of photography, not just food.
Kevin and Amanda – A quick guide to understanding your DSLR camera
Lighting 101, Strobist – A guide to all sorts of off-camera lighting advice
Manual Photography Cheat Sheet – Living in the Stills
Online SLR Camera Simulator – Play with settings “live” to learn how they affect your photos
Two Peas: 12 Weeks to Better Photos – all about the basics

Food Photography Tips and Tutorials

An Amateur’s Perspective on Food Photography Series

written by your’s truly, my new series on Jenn Cuisine!

Look at photos with a critical eye (and making fun of one of my early ones!)
Food photography is about celebrating light
Take your time and find your “zen place”
Angles of Light
Pay Attention to Props
The Histogram
It’s Not the Camera, It’s the Lighting
Exploring New Directions
Plate to Page Workshop Summary
Building an Image
Shades of Gray
White Bean and Ricotta Salad
Apple & Caramel Dumplings
Prosciutto Corn Muffins and White Balance

General Food Photography Tips

101 Cookbooks Food Photography Tips
Chocolate and Zucchini’s Food Photography | Book Update
Constable’s Larder Food Blog Photography Lessons Pt 1
Crumbly Cookie’s Food Photography Basics
Digital Photography School – 10 Tips for Mouth Watering Food Photography
Digital Photography School – Food Photography – an Introduction
Food Photography Blog – Digital Food Photography Tips (page #1)
Food Photography Blog – Digital Food Photography Tips (page 2)
Food Photography Blog – Food Photography Tips for Bloggers Pt 1
Food Photography Blog – Food Photography Tips for Bloggers Pt2
Indian Simmer – Food Photography – My Process
Indian Simmer – Food Photography - Q & A
Learn Food Photography – 11 Essential Food Photography Tips From Top Food Photographers
Learn Food Photography – 21 Food Photography Tips From #FBC10 – Part 2: Food Styling, Colors and Post Processing
Mattbites Notes about Photography
Matt Wright’s Food Photography
My Diverse Kitchen – Food Photography Basics – Getting Started
Notions of a Novice Cook – Secret Handshake of Food Photography
Picture Perfect – Recipe for a Great Image
Pioneer Woman – Ten Things I’ve Learned About Food Photography
Sandie at A Bloggable Life culled together a collection of 21 of her favorite tutorials
Six Bittersweets – My Take on Food Styling and Photography
Smitten Kitchen’s Our Approach to Food Photos
Tartelette’s Tips on Food Photography, appearing on My Cooking Hut
Vegan Yum Yum’s Food Photography for Bloggers

Composition & Styling

Andrew Scrivani – Food Photography: The Elements of Styling
Culinographie – Choisir le Bon Fond
Digital Photography School – 11 Great Camera Angles for Food Photography
Donna Ruhlman – Adding Flour to Your Photos for Texture
Food Blog Forum – Making white textured backdrops for food photography
Food Blog Forum – Mis en Place of Shooting Food at Home – Back to Warm Meals!
Food Blog Forum – Photoshoot: Salmon Sandwich
Food Blog Forum – The Value of Vintage Silverware
Food Photo 101-4: Composition 1.0
Food Photo 101: FP101-5: Rule of Thirds
Food Pixels – DIY photography background – for food photography
Food Pixels – Improve Your Results
Food Pixels – Food photography: think out of the box
Food Pixels – Rules of Composition
Food Pixels – Prop Styling: great props make great food photography
Food Props on Sunday – an awesome series on Lucullian Delights about pieces used to style food shots
Frog Bites – Food Styling and Composition Part 1
Gourmande in the Kitchen – the Language of Food Styling
Gourmande in the Kitchen – the Language of Prop Styling
Gourmande in the Kitchen – Principles of Design
Gourmande in the Kitchen – Finding your Style
Gourmande in the Kitchen – Creating Moods
Irish Food Bloggers Association – 10 Food Styling Tips
Learn Food Photography  How to Photograph Soup: 6 Tips for Great Soup Photos
Learn Food Photography – The Best Camera Angle for Taking Food Photos
Pixiq – Food Styling for the Food Blogger
Running with Tweezers – when good food looks bad: a styling post
Running with Tweezers – RWT styles sandwiches
Still Life With – Cheapo Styling Tricks: Color Backgrounds
Still Life With – When Bad Food Goes Good
Souvlaki for the Soul – Food and Prop Styling for Food Bloggers
Taylor Takes a Tastes – Creating Backgrounds Part I
Taylor Takes a Taste – Exploring Hues with Hot Peppers
Taylor Takes a Taste – Using one Color to Say a Lot
What’s Cooking Mexico - Food Photography Composition
What’s Cooking Mexico - Food Photography Composition III
What’s Cooking Mexico - Food Photography Styling
Will Write for Food – Styling Pro’s Secrets to Gorgeous Food Photos
Yummy Food – Styling & Composition in Food Photography

Editing & Post-Processing

Food Blog Forum – Lightroom Healing
Food Pixels: Quick Black and White
Foodie Bride: How I Edit
Matt Wright’s Food Photography Post Production
No Recipes Adobe Lightroom Tutorial for Food Photography
Taylor Takes a Taste – Cropping and Orientation

Gear & Settings

Culinographie – La Balance des Blancs
David Lebovitz My Food Photography Gear
Food Blog Forum – Point and Shoot vs. dSLR
The Food in My Beard – How to Build a Softbox Photography Setup
Food Photo 101 – FP101-3: Depth of Field
Food Photography Blog – What’s the best lens for food photography?
Matt Wright’s Compact Camera Photography
My Diverse Kitchen – Do I need a DSLR to get Good Photographs?
My Diverse Kitchen – Which Camera? What Lenses?
Still Life With – Spring Cleaning
Still Life With – 2011 Guide to Food Photography Gear
Taylor Takes a Taste – Creativity with Shutter Speed
White on Rice Couple – Principles of Photography – ISO
White on Rice Couple – Principles of Photography – Exposure
White on Rice Couple – Principles of Photography – Shutter Speed
White on Rice Couple – Principles of Photography – Aperture
White on Rice Couple – Principles of Photography – White Balance
White on Rice Couple On Camera Speedlight Basics

Lighting & Setup

Andrew Scrivani – How to Shoot in Bright Daylight
Cook, Shoot Eat – Lighting with Food and Strobes
Culinographie – La Lumière – Part I
Culinographie – La Lumière – Part II
Digital Photography School – A Basic Food Photography Kit
Donna Ruhlman – Active Dry Yeast Photo: Appreciate Winter Light
Donna Ruhlman – Available Light/Snow And Using Fill Cards
Epicure in Lights: Easy Light for an Easy Recipe
Epicure in Lights: Light the mood… dark and elegant.
Food Blog Forum – Control the Light
Foodografia – Mozzarella – Lighting White on White Foods
Foodografia – Ricotta – Lighting White on White Foods
Food Lover’s Journey – Food Photography in Artificial Light – My Experience
Food Pixels – Daylight or studio light?
Food Pixels – Drinks photography: dark field lighting
Food Pixels – Food Photography Lighting Techniques
Food Pixels – Food Photography lighting setup
Food Pixels – Lighting techniques : bright-field photography
Food Pixels – Natural light, natural….. and mixed with strobes
Learn Food Photography: Lighting Tips For Food Photography Part 2 – Different Types of Lighting Equipment for Photographing Food
Learn Food Photography – 41 Awesome Food Photography Tips from Food Bloggers Connect #FBC10 – Part 1: Lighting for Food Photography
Matt Wright’s On Location Food Photography Setup
She Wear’s Many Hats – Handy Dandy Photography Tip
Shoot to Cook – Creating Sun on a Cloudy Day
Spicie Foodie – What Lights to Use when Sunlight is not Available
Steamy Kitchen – Lowel Ego Lights for Food Photography
Still Life With – The Joys of Tissue Paper
Strobist – Emily Knudsen’s Baby Veggies
Stuffed Pepper – Food Photography 101 – It’s all about the light
Taylor Takes a Taste – Flash with Food #1
Taylor Takes a Taste – Food Photography Lighting Tutorial
Taylor Takes a Taste – High and Low Key Food Photography
Taylor Takes a Taste – Shooting a Picnic in the Park
White on Rice CoupleHow we Photographed Edamame Soybean Soup

Food Photography Blogs

Adriana Mullen – Another beautiful blog, with stunning food photography
Appetite – Penney De Los Santos’ blog, beautifully inspirational
Cook, Shoot, Eat – Bill Brady has a great blog about the ins and outs of being a food photographer
Culinographie A French blog about styling, technique, tips, and lovely interviews with food photographers.
Desserts for Breakfast – by Stephanie Shih, absolutely beautiful images, styling, and inspiration. One of my favorite sites.
Epicure in Light: Behind the Scenes – Rob Davidson and Linsey Bell show how they produce beautiful food shots
Foodografia – by Alessandro Guerani, full of beautiful images and helpful tips.
Food Photo NYC – All about making and photographing food, by Linda Furlong and Richard Haber
Food Pixels – learn lots of behind the scenes details in creating food shots, by Dario Milano
Food Photography Portfolio – lots of cool posts about rather specific topics in food photography
Ilva Beretta Photography - Gorgeous inspiration, both photography and styling
Learn Food Photography – A blog dedicated to looking at food photography and styling
Plate to Page - hosts a lovely series featuring food photographers and their journeys throughout their careers
Still Life Style – All about food styling and using props, by renowned stylist Paula Walters
Taylor Takes a Taste – by Taylor Mathis, each post features lovely recipes and tips/pullbacks for how the images were created.
What Katie Ate – another beautifully inspirational blog by Katie Quinn Davies

Challenges and Contests

DMBLGIT – Does my blog look good in this? A monthly food photography contest
Donna Hay Styling and Photography Challenge – a monthly food photography challenge hosted by Simone of Junglefrog Cooking

Inspiration

What better way to learn how to create a shot than to model them after the pros? I love searching these sites for photog. ideas and seeing tasty beautiful food in the blogosphere.

Foodgawker
Tasteologie
Tastespotting

Food Stylism (group pool on Flickr)
Food Photography Club (group pool on Flickr)
Pinterest – I have boards for food photography that I find inspiring:
Food Photography – Ingredients
Food Photography – Savory
Food Photography – Sweet
Food Photography – Drinks 

Well those are just a few links, hope this is useful for those of you like me always looking to learn more about taking pictures of their food! Have you found any other awesome instructional sites in your food photography journey? Send me a quick message at jenncuisine at gmail dot com and if I think it’s useful I’ll add it to the list!