Food Photographer in New York

Emanuel's Visuals shoots food and restaurant photography and video across New York City. Menus, delivery platforms, websites, paid social and brand campaigns. We shoot on location in your restaurant, style and light every plate, and hand back images that hold up printed on a menu and cropped into a feed. Recent food and hospitality clients include NOIR, Mamaleh, Adels Pastries, Grill Time, Carlos Sauce and French Accent.

What you get

A shoot built around how the images will actually be used. Menu shots need clean tops and consistent framing. Delivery apps need square crops that read at thumbnail size. Social needs vertical video and motion. We plan for all of it in one day rather than reshooting later.

Every plate is styled and lit on location. We bring the lighting, so the shoot does not depend on your window or your dining room fixtures, and we can shoot before service or between covers.

Stills and video from the same session. That is usually the difference between a menu refresh and a month of content.

Who this is for

Restaurants refreshing a menu or opening a new room. Food and beverage brands that need packshots and lifestyle images for a site or a retail listing. Caterers and hospitality groups that need one consistent look across several locations.

We have shot fine dining plating, bakery and pastry, sushi, grill, packaged sauces and coffee. Different food, same job: make it look like the version the chef intended.

How it works

Send the number of dishes, the location and the date. You get back a shot plan and a written quote.

Most restaurant shoots run half a day to a full day. Selected and edited images come back within a few days, and rush turnarounds are possible when a launch date is fixed.

Where we shoot

All five boroughs, Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk), Westchester and northern New Jersey (Bergen and Essex).