Welcome to Sue Todd Photography's blog.
An insight into life as a Food & Hospitality Photographer
The importance of a good Food Styling Toolbox
As a food photographer my food styling kit is really important and I need to have it to hand in the studio and on location. A few years ago I bought a dedicated food styling toolbox to tote everything around in it. For a while it was great. Except ...... that toolbox...
The Engineering Behind a Hot Chocolate Hero Shot
Today is National Hot Chocolate Day, which seems rather fitting looking out at the grey January weather. I've never been a huge hot chocolate fan myself, but it's slowly growing on me. Are you a fan? This is a shot I created a few years ago for a client, and it's one...
Life as a Food Photographer with My Sound Support Dog
Meet Henry, my Sound Support Dog, and my very own four-legged hero who’s changed the way I live and work as a food photographer. For those who don’t know me, I’m partially deaf, which brings a few challenges into daily life. I often miss what’s said,...
Make sure your colours are truly represented! It’s crucial for sales.
When we order something online, we expect that what arrives is going to look like what we ordered, be the same colour for instance. Do you agree? But so often people get it wrong. If you want to cut down on dissatisfaction and returns this year? Get your imagery...
Don’t Do Your Photography On The Cheap!
You've heard the saying, there's no such thing as a free lunch, so why the heck people still try to do their photography on the cheap beats me. It's a hiding to nothing. Here's why ..... I saw an ad recently, from a company looking for photographers to basically...
Why you need a food photographer specifically!
If you need food or drink imagery then you ‘need’ an ‘actual’, ‘real’, food photographer and nothing else will do. Why? Read on …. If you needed a trade-mark expert to help you with an IP issue, I’d hope you’d go to a specialist for help and not just your local...
What is White space and why you need it..
A term often bandied about by photographers is ‘White Space’ but what is it? ‘White space’, which is sometimes called ‘negative space’ (which can be something different again, but let’s not complicate things) is a concept photographers use that leaves areas in an...
July 2024 Better Food Photography Workshops
Well here we are a whole six months into 2024! Just Wow! It's simply sped over, don't you think? It seems like yesterday it was the 1st January with so much to do and so many options lying ahead! So have you done all you had planned so far? Have you come even close?...
Is Your Story Telling Hurting Your Business?
If you’ve been reading my blog posts or my posts on Social Media, you’ll be aware that I’m always going on about telling your Story! Photography to me is all about Story Telling. If your image doesn’t tell a story it’s not doing the job it was designed for and it’s...
The Importance of Brand Photography
Brand Photography is held by some as a new thing … however photography is a huge part of business branding and so often overlooked. If you think that branding is solely to do with having a logo, a set of fonts and colours you’d not be alone. It’s a commonly held...