Rising with the popularity of Instagram, food photography became prominent among amateurs and professional photographers. Today, food photography has become an art and these Instagram artists have demonstrated how to properly stage a meal and displays food that is rich with color. These food photographers have inspired many to great their own photography or explore the wonderful experimental world of cooking.
Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your own food photography or just looking for a new recipe, these 5 food photographers know how to share their best photos on Instagram that will instantly make you drool. Get on your social media game and check out the top 5 food photographers to follow on Instagram:
AranGoyoaga (@cannellevanille)
Hailing from Seattle, AranGoyoaga’s food pictures on Instagram are pure rustic heaven. A trained pastry chef and author of “Small Plates and Sweet Treats”, Goyoaga focuses on making delicious gluten-free meals and creating delicious For those feeling especially inspired by Goyoaga’s photos on Instagram, you can join her in her next workshop in Brooklyn, focusing on food styling and photography.
Michelle Tam(@nomnompaleo)
No matter whether you’re on the Paleo diet or not, nomnompaleo is the account you have to be following for absolutely scrumptious meals and lovely food photography. As a blogger and an author of her cookbook, “Nom NomPaleo: Food for Humans”, Tam helps guide you through the Paleo lifestyle while showing off her appetizing meals on her Instagram feed.
Brittany Wright (@wrightkitchen)
Another Seattleite, Brittany Wright’s photos presents the wonderful bright colors of food photography. Working primarily as a photographer, Wright approaches cooking and food as a type of blend between science and art, which is reflected through her work.Whether it’s Thai chilies or pink cupcakes, Wright finds the joy and fun in showing off the best that our food has to offer.
Tamara Peterson (@_tamarapeterson)
As a lifestyle, food, and travel enthusiast, Tamara Peterson brings food staging and photography to the next level throughout her Instagram feed. Peterson creates fanciful feasts through careful staging and including a couple champagne bottles on occasion. Every photo she captures transports you to an elegant place where food is abundant and delicious.
Julie Lee (@julieskitchen)
Lee became a prominent Instagram food photographer through her food collages that highlighted local products from farmers’ markets in LA. These food collages have grown in popularity and Lee now sells prints of her photography. As Lee has grown in popularity so has her Instagram feed, which focuses on the “study of plant design, exploration of color theory, and pure, unadulterated food-love”, according to her website.
