Food & Beverage Photography Melbourne

A lot of commercial food and beverage work doesn’t sit neatly in one category. A restaurant commission might cover the menu, the cocktail list and the dining room in the same shoot. A beverage brand might need its product shot alongside food pairings. An FMCG client might need both the hero product and a styled serve. These briefs need a photographer who can handle both disciplines — with a consistent visual language across the whole set.

That’s most of what I do. My food and beverage photography work covers the full range: restaurant menus, bar programs, wine and spirits, packaged products, campaign imagery and long-form content libraries. The approach stays consistent — controlled light, careful styling, imagery that holds up at every size and across every channel.

Food photography — restaurants, venues, menus, FMCG, cookbooks, editorial and campaign. Dark, moody and textural is where I’m best known, but I build lighting to match each brand’s visual identity.

Beverage photography — wine, spirits, cocktails, beer, coffee and pours. Glassware, bottle hero shots, serves in context, and full bar program imagery for hospitality venues.

Combined briefs — if your project needs both, it’s easier and more cost-effective to shoot together. One brief, one shoot day, a cohesive set of images that work across all your channels.

I’m based in St Kilda East and shoot on location across Melbourne and regional Victoria. Selected clients include the Ritz-Carlton Melbourne, Yarra Yering Winery, Valhalla Bar, Lui Bar at Vue de Monde, Brown Brothers Wines and Fonterra.

If you’re working on a food and beverage project — whether it’s a single shoot or an ongoing content relationship — get in touch or have a look at the food photography and beverage photography pages for more detail on how I work.

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