The Truffled hog // food photography
The truffled hog in Stokesley is such a cool bar, from Brunch and coffees to amazing evening menus, these guys stay on top of whats cool, as well as changing the menu to make sure they are delivering only the best to their customers.
For this shoot the brief was to capture the winter menu along with drinks and cocktails on an evening, to give those nice evening vibes for groups and couples to come and dine inside!
We met with the team before the photoshoot to make sure we would be delivering exactly what they wanted from the photoshoot.
Here is what we decided to go with:
– All images were taken using multiple lighting setups, the venue is cosy and warm, but we wanted to show off the food and make it look bright so it popped and grabbed attention.
– Staff were then used to interact with the food and drinks, to show actual movement in the images, as well as showing that this venue is a place to go as a group to eat and drink.
These types of images were going to be best to fit in with the look and feel of The Truffled Hog and their Social Media, and would show the high quality of the venue and food.
We also roped in some staff to try and get some action shots in terms of pouring drinks and sauces, as well as cutting into dishes, these kind of pictures make all the difference and usually get a lot of interaction on social media, because it looks like they’ve been captured by actual customers.
Photoshoots and video shoots like this take place on location, we always try and be as least disruptive as possible so we try to arrange shoot like this either on an evening after closing, on a morning before opening or during quiet periods of service.
We totally understand how it can add pressure to the kitchen if they’re having to cook up a full menu as well as cook customer orders.
We let them cook at their own pace and try not to have all dishes come out at once, as this too can cause problems when dishes start to dry out or go cold, we like to keep everything looking fresh and tasty!
It’s also great when you can rope in friends or staff to interact with the dishes and drinks, even if its holding a cocktail or cutting into a dish, it shows interaction and doesn’t look as staged.
When we do this we make sure not to capture faces too, so people don’t recognise that it is the staff in this images.
In total this was a two hour shoot and it took place after closing, one evening, meaning a couple of staff stayed back along with one chef, plus two friends of the restaurant came in for pictures.
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