About

About Nate , His Food Photography, His Studio, and His Business

Nate is a Singapore based food photographer and has been photographing food professionally for more years that he cares to admit. Most people would consider him an advertising food photographer, as opposed to an editorial food photographer, but the truth is that Nate’s work has appeared in many national food publications as both advertisements and as editorial content.

What Separates Nate from His Competitors

Most people that truly understand the food photography industry would say that it’s Michael’s lighting that separates him from his competition.  He has the ability to light food in such a way as to bring out the maximum texture and to accentuate at the appetite appeal of the food.  He is able to not only make pretty pictures, but is also able to make the food look so good, that people think that they are able to reach out and touch the food in his photos. Many of the food photography tips that Michael writes about, come from is understanding of photographic lighting.

The Studio

Nate’s studio is located in his own home in the Northwest of Singapore where he does all the experimentation on food preparation and cooking. The Studio boasts a fully equipped kitchen, food stylist staging, plenty of backdrops and professional lights setup. Infact, the profile shot was taken here with a 2 godox lights setup.

Equipment Special For Food Photography

Food photography requires some special photo equipment, not needed by many other disciplines of photography.  Nate uses a Canon Mirrorless system, for most of his location shooting and a tablet tethering live view shoots on location. Nate’s camera systems allow for focus manipulation than enable him to produce his stunningly beautiful food photos.

Nate’s Lighting equipment is another thing that is somewhat special to the niche of food photography. His favorite “main” light is a Godox TT350C for the simplest of shots, otherwise for more precise control of the lights he uses Godox V1 Pro with a professional grade trigger, and of course he has access to soft boxes, reflectors, mirrors, tons of light stands, a. It’s the mastery of this equipment and techniques that enable Nate to share the food photography tips listed at the end of this introduction.

Food Photography Clients

Over the years, Nate has worked for many national, regional, and local food photography clients in the food manufacturing, restaurant, and magazine publishing industries. Some of his clients had included the following names:

Chirashizushi Shou, Heinz, Del Monte, Food Lion, Vocelli Pizza, Giant Eagle Markets, Kings Family Restaurants, Bruegger’s Bagels, Morton’s Steak House, Church’s Chicken, Boston Market, Rich’s, Nestle, Marzetti, Sarris Chocolates, StarKist Vitasoy, College Inn, LaRosa’s Restaurants, Donut Connection, Budget Savor, US Foods and a gazillion others…

please email me at natexshot@gmail.com