429: Tips for Styling, Editing, and Monetizing Food Photography with Rachel Korinek

Shooting multiple recipes in one day, styling ‘hard to style’ foods, and reaching out to brands for partnerships with Rachel Korinek from Two Loves Studio.

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Welcome to episode 429 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Rachel Korinek from Two Loves Studio.

Tips for Styling, Editing, and Monetizing Food Photography

Food photography can be overwhelming, no matter if you’re a beginner or if you’ve been blogging for a decade! Luckily we have Rachel Korinek to help walk us through the tips and tricks that make food photography and editing just a little bit easier.

In this podcast episode, Bjork and Rachel chat about Rachel’s journey as an entrepreneur, and how her definition of success has changed over the years. She also shares her strategies for shooting multiple recipes in one day, and how she prepares in advance for her food photography days.

She also has lots of valuable advice about styling foods that aren’t photogenic (meatloaf, anyone?). The episode ends with a series of listener questions about phone photography, editing, and background props — it’s a good one!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Rachel got into a career in food photography and the different stages of her business.
What the seasons of success and the seasons of reinvention have looked like for her business.
How she tackles shooting multiple recipes in one day.
How she sets herself up for success before big photography days.
Her recommendations for growing your team to help with efficiency with photography.
Some of the common mistakes she sees food photographers make with food styling.
Her tips for styling ‘hard to style’ foods.
Why she primarily shoots with artificial lighting these days and the tools she recommends.
How she approaches reaching out to brands for partnerships.
The three core edits she recommends for editing photographs.
Her recommendations for background props.
Tips for using your phone for food photography.