Laguna Beach Food Photographer
Menus, cocktails, dining rooms and reels for Laguna Beach restaurants, resorts and bakeries, shot on location with the coast in the frame.
Orange County is home. I’ve been shooting food here for twenty years, for kitchens that range from a Disneyland dining room to a falafel counter — and none of them want the same light. I bring the lighting, work around live service, and shoot stills and vertical video in the same visit, so your menu, your website and your social all come out of one shoot.
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From the blog: 20 years of food photography in Orange County.
Orange County food photography.
Restaurants, menus and reels.
Food photography and restaurant video for restaurants, cafes and food brands in Orange County. Flat rates with unlimited images, delivered in three business days.
Orange County is home
Twenty years of shooting food here.
On location in Orange County. I bring a full lighting setup to your restaurant, so there is nothing for you to move and no studio to book.
Photos and video, one visit. Still photos for menus and websites plus short vertical reels, captured on the same shoot day.
Unlimited images. Flat rates include every usable image from the shoot, delivered in three business days.
Hungry for better photos?
Tell me how many dishes and when you need them. I will come back with a straight number within one business day.
Food photography in Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach restaurants sell the setting as much as the plate, and the photography has to carry both. I shoot on location from North Laguna and the Downtown village to South Laguna and the resorts along Coast Highway, with a mobile lighting setup that handles bright coastal light at noon and the glow of a dining room after sunset. Menu shots, delivery-app images, cocktails, chef portraits and vertical reels come from the same visit.
What I shoot in Laguna Beach
Restaurant and menu photography, cocktail and bar photography, resort and hotel dining photography, lifestyle and dining-room photography, chef and owner portraits, pastry, chocolate and dessert, product and packaging, and restaurant video and reels. I have photographed Selanne Steak Tavern since it opened and shot two Laguna Beach Magazine covers.
Areas I cover around Laguna Beach
Downtown Laguna Beach and the village, North Laguna, South Laguna, Laguna Canyon, Crystal Cove and Newport Coast, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo and Laguna Hills.
Rates, turnaround and booking
Flat rates include unlimited images with no per-image fees. Hourly is available for smaller jobs, video and reels are a flat rate, and photo and video together are quoted as one flat rate. Photos are delivered within three business days and video edits in about a week. Send me the menu and a date and I will come back with a straight number within one business day.
Restaurants and food brands I have photographed in Laguna Beach
- Selanne Steak Tavern (Chef Josh Severson; Laguna Beach Magazine cover)
- Montage Laguna Beach
- Royal Hawaiian
- Tortilla Republic (Chef Chris Tzorin)
- Broadway by Amar Santana
- Maro Wood Grill (Chef Debra Sims; branding video)
- Michelle Haute Chocolat / M-Bar
- Abbot's Butcher
- Starfish
- Pizza Lounge, Laguna Niguel
- Savannah Chop House, Laguna Niguel
- Break of Dawn, Laguna Hills
Selanne, Broadway by Amar Santana and the juicing concept shoot all ran in Laguna Beach Magazine, and Tortilla Republic's chef work was featured in Stu News Laguna. See the national brands and publications I have worked with, or how a restaurant shoot works.
Laguna Beach food photography questions
How much does a food photographer cost in Laguna Beach?
Flat rates include unlimited images from the shoot. Most Laguna Beach menu shoots run a half day; hourly is available for a few dishes, and video and reels are a flat rate.
Do you come to my restaurant in Laguna Beach?
Yes. Every shoot is on location, and Laguna Beach is normal territory from the studio with no travel fee. I bring lighting and surfaces and work around your service and the light off the water.
Do you shoot resort and hotel restaurants?
Yes. Montage Laguna Beach and Terranea Resort are both clients, and resort work usually combines menu photography, bar and cocktail images, dining-room lifestyle and chef portraits in one or two days.
How many dishes can we photograph in a day?
A half day usually covers 12 to 20 dishes and drinks; a full day covers a complete menu plus the room, portraits and reels.
Can the photos be used on DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub?
Yes. Delivery-app images are shot to each platform's crop and background requirements in the same session.
How fast will I get the photos?
Edited photos are delivered within three business days. Video edits take about a week.
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