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Amy Kellner, a photo editor at The New York Times Magazine, says it was old box of Betty Crocker recipe cards that inspired her idea for the wacky, technicolor Jello salad that graces the Magazine’s food issue this week. “I brought [the recipe cards] in on a whim, thinking &

Tomato Basil icon Looking for a new still life project? Try shooting raw fruits or vegetables. They’re readily available, can be beautiful, cost little, and—unlike cooked or frozen food—they can hold their shape, color, and attractiveness for da

Day in the Life: Cayla Zahoran by popphoto Cayla Zahoran is a food photographer who lives and works in New York City. She works with magazines and restaurants, creating appetizing images. You can see more of her work on her website and follow her on Instagram. Huge thanks to the Saveur te

The trend in food photography right now mirrors the food itself: Natural is better. For years, however, food stylists and commercial photographers have relied on a number of tricks—many of which leave the appetizing subjects inedible—to make the final images dazzle. A new video from

Louise Palmberg’s love for food shines through in her photographs. The New York-based food and drink photographer (by way of Sweden) shoots for commercial clients like Starbucks, Cointreau, Carl’s Jr. and The Cheesecake Factory. Here she shares her tips for how to make dishes look deli

There is no human experience more universal than food, which makes it an ideal photography subject. And while smartphone cameras and social media have made snapping and sharing food photos easier than ever, a little skill still goes a long way. Even the fanciest culinary creations can look

Some tips for getting better black and white photos: • Always shoot in color and convert to black and white on your computer. The black and white setting on your camera works by capturing color and then converting it– your software will do a much better job. • Focus on contrast. Vi

If you don’t have an SLR around, but want to try to get a limited depth of field shot with a professional-looking blurred background, David Pogue of the NY Times suggests backing up and zooming in: • Set your camera to portrait mode. • Make sure your subject is far from the backgro

Darwin Wiggett at Nature Photographers.net has some tips for making your images look like Michael Orton’s impressionistic, dreamy photos. • Open your image in Photoshop and make a duplicate of it. Apply Image. • Select the “screen” blending mode and set the opacity to

Using a flashlight to paint your images during long exposures can leave you with shots full of depth and mystery. Allison Earnest recommends starting with a 15-second exposure at f/5.6 and turning on noise reduction. Let your camera focus before turning off all of the lights and firing th

This relatively new exposure setting is found on the main command dial of some Canon EOS DSLR’s. What it is: Creative auto (CA) is literally and figuratively between the full auto (a.k.a. the “Green Zone”) and program exposure modes. It gives inexperienced shooters control ove

Over the years, we’ve heard certain guidelines, maxims, and rules repeated over and over again by nature photographers. We’ve even repeated a few ourselves, before stopping to think, “hey, some of these have merit, but most don’t.” Here are 10 of our favorite “rules

fly “Macro Photography provides shooters with the opportunity to explore a very unfamiliar world which is often beautiful, strange, and always interesting,” says Brian Valentine, the British photographer who captured the eye-popping Muscid

Michael Peres loves photographing the tiny details of our natural world. A professor of biomedical photographic communications at Rochester Institute of Technology, Peres specializes in capturing these intricate details by photographing with a microscope. Here, he explains how he does i

A lot of people have a new-ish DSLR or mirrorless camera just sitting in a drawer. It’s just that there’s really not a pressing need for one—most of the time, your smartphone will be able to capture that photo you want, or you’ll be able to get close enough to the action that there’s actua

Storee Elle Walton is a renaissance woman. Or, more precisely, a renaissance girl. The Memphis, Tennessee, eight-year-old has taken the internet by a storm since being photographed capturing a Memphis Grizzlies game with her Nikon D90.  “I just want to be known as a kid, but I thin

Scott Mead‘s adventure in beach photography started back in 1975 when his grandfather gave him a Kodak Instamatic and sent him off on the sands of Maui. Since then, he has been creating striking images of sand, sea, and sun. Here are some tips for taking full photographic advantage o

When we set out to find modern masters of the b&w landscape, we were astonished at the quality and variety of monochrome scenics being made today. Three artists tell us why digital tools have both transformed b&w and kept it thriving. One started as an audio design engineer, anot

If, like many photographers, your list of favorite subjects includes sunsets, try going abstract by rendering them as blocks of color. Alfonso Calero, a pro photographer and photo tour leader from Australia, credits his success at this to his source of inspiration: the paintings of Mark Ro