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Food & Restaurant Photography across New Zealand

For businesses building NZ's food scene

Ever wonder what makes a food image really, really good? It's the vibrant colours, textures and story behind it. The goal is to evoke emotion looking at the photos and realising you are hungrier than ever before. 

Cookie time loaded cookie held by food photographer New Zealand.
Hand holding a cookie time loaded cookie by a food photographer New Zealand
Hand holding a cookie time loaded cookie by a food photographer New Zealand
Hand holding a chocolate-topped cookie time loaded cookie in New Zealand captured by food photographer in Queenstown

True-to-Colour Food Photography

Food That Looks Like Food

Natural colour, honest texture, no heavy grading. The food does the work.

Packaged Food & Product Photography

Hero shots, range line-ups and lifestyle imagery for food brands. 

Wine and gourmet dishes by a food photographer New Zealand.

Restaurant & Hospitality Photography

Menu & Dish Photography
Imagery of your best dishes for websites, menus, delivery platforms and social.

Venue, Atmosphere & People
The room, the team and the moment, shot so a new customer can picture themselves there.

Mmm! Loaded Cookie packaging by a product and food photographer in New Zealand

Food Photography for Brands, Agencies & Marketing Teams

Campaign & Packaging Imagery
Planned around the brief, the launch and where the images will run.

Website, E-commerce & Social Content
Consistent images built for how you actually market.

Gourmet salmon dish by food photographer New Zealand

How a Food Shoot Works?

Brief, Styling & Planning

Every food photography project starts with a conversation and a written brief: what the images are for, where they will run, and how the food should look. From there we plan the styling, props and location, so the shoot day stays focused on the food. 

Shoot Day

On the day, we photograph to achieve the vision. Either in natural light or using artificial lights to enhance the textures and colours of the subject. Whether it’s a studio set-up, your  own venue, the planning we did before keeps the day calm and the food in focus.

Delivery

You receive a final set of edited, colour-accurate food shots, ready for your website, menus, e-commerce and campaigns.

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Wine Photography

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Product & Lifestyle Photography

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Brandstories nz is a commercial photography studio in Wanaka producing wine photography for New Zealand wine brands: bottle shots, styled wine imagery, lifestyle shoots, cellar door and vineyard and winemaker portraits. True to colour, so the wine and the label look the way they do in real life.

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