Gorgeous food deserves amazing photography

Blue Sky – brilliant food photography in Edinburgh (and across Scotland)

Together, we’ll cook up a storm in the kitchen

Food photography, Edinburgh: something we’re more than a little passionate about.
You’ve created an amazing menu: now you can trust us to capture the hours and labour of love you’ve put into every part.
Whether you’re looking for showstopper hero images for your new restaurant website, a bank of food images for your Instagram feed or a set of photographs to promote a seasonal campaign you can trust us to deliver the goods.

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A plated dessert perfect for food photography Edinburgh features a brûléed tart, a scoop of white ice cream, a translucent sphere, dark red garnish, and green microherbs on a white patterned plate.

Think of us as your sous-photographer, partner by your side. But you’ll discover we’re more than just photographers, we’re stylists too with our full arsenal of plates, cutlery, crockery, backgrounds and props entirely at your disposal.

Utterly professional and with endless experience, it’s no wonder we’re trusted by many top restaurants and venues in Edinburgh.

Drop us a line and we’ll bring a little bit of Blue Sky to your next Edinburgh food photography photoshoot.

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A table set for afternoon tea with two cups of tea, a teapot, flutes of sparkling wine, and a tiered tray of sandwiches, desserts, scones, and jam—perfect for food photography Edinburgh enthusiasts.

We recently used Blue Sky Photography to take images of our new product range and the photos are honestly out of this world!

We ABSOLUTELY LOVE them. Niels is a genius with a camera. The Albert Einstein of the photography world!!!! Thank you so much!

Linton & Co

Food photography frequently asked questions

Each shoot begins with a discovery call to understand your brand, target audience and visual style. This may include mood boards, shot lists and examples so the final imagery aligns with your menu, brand identity and marketing goals.

We provide guidance is provided on composition, lighting, props, and visual style. Whether you want clean and minimal menu shots or rich, lifestyle-driven imagery, the shoot can be tailored to your brand identity.

Each shoot begins with a discovery call to understand your brand, target audience and visual style. 
From this call, further development may include mood boards, shot lists and examples so the final imagery aligns with your menu, brand identity and marketing goals.

Food styling can be included or arranged depending on the project. For simpler shoots, guidance is provided on presentation and plating. For larger commercial campaigns, a dedicated food stylist can be brought in if needed.

Food shoots can take place in your restaurant or kitchen in Edinburgh or in a controlled studio setting depending on the style required. On-location shoots are especially useful for capturing your food in its natural environment.

We bring professional lighting equipment to every shoot, using industry-leading Profoto kit to ensure your images look polished, consistent, and true to your brand. Whether we’re photographing people, interiors, products, or food, our lighting allows us to create natural, flattering imagery in almost any environment while maintaining the highest level of quality.

Is it a takeaway menu item we’re photographing or is it a fine dining dessert?
We’ll work with you to understand what your brand visuals are and what you need to have photographed. It’s really important the food photography aligns with your branding and food style. 
You’ll have a clear idea of how the food needs to look on the plate and we’ll have a good idea of the best way to showcase this in a photograph.  So it’s a fusion of you and us both doing brilliant things together. 

A key focus is to ensure visual consistency across all images so your menu, website and marketing materials are cohesive and professionally aligned. We do this through consistent lighting, editing and composition so that every photograph says you care. 

Every brand has its own visual language and we’re very comfortable working within established aesthetics. Before any shoot, we take time to understand your brand — reviewing mood boards, brand guidelines, previous campaigns and the overall tone of your imagery.
Our aim isn’t simply to copy a style, but to interpret it thoughtfully so the photography feels authentic to your brand while remaining beautifully crafted and consistent across your channels.
If you have references, mood boards or an Instagram style you’d like us to align with, we’re always happy to collaborate and shape the visual direction together.

This depends on the nature of the shoot. Some clients prefer to supply their own ingredients, props or kitchen space so everything aligns perfectly with their brand and products.
However, we’re very happy to help with styling and sourcing where needed. If you have brand guidelines, props, or specific ingredients you’d like included, we can incorporate these into the shoot. Alternatively, we can arrange suitable props, ingredients, and studio facilities to achieve the look and feel you’re after.
We’ll discuss all of this during the planning stage to make sure everything is in place for a smooth and successful shoot.

The number of dishes that can be completed in a session will depend on the complexity of each setup – if you would you prefer a unique look and feel to each dish this will take more time to set up than if you would like to use the same background and layout for each dish – keeping the consistency of background will help you maximise the number of dishes and photographs you’ll be able to produce in the booked time.   

We recommend booking as early as possible to secure your preferred shoot date, particularly during busy periods. In most cases, booking 3–4 weeks in advance allows enough time for planning, styling and preparation.
If you’re working to a tighter deadline, please do get in touch — we’ll always do our best to accommodate shorter lead times where our schedule allows.

Every photography session includes base editing to bring consistency and polish to the photograph. Our base edit includes:
Cropping and Straightening: Adjusting the composition to remove distractions and aligning the horizon.
White Balance: Correcting colour temperature and tint to ensure colour appear natural, fixing images that are too “blue” or “yellow”.
Exposure Correction: Adjusting the overall brightness, including boosting shadows and controlling highlights to prevent clipped details.
Contrast and Tone: Using sliders or tone curves to improve the distinction between light and dark areas.
Saturation/Vibrance: Adjusting the intensity of colours.

If you wish to add in full Photoshopping to your collection of photography (over and above the Blue Sky Photography base edit) this can be added for an additional fee. 

Full Photoshopping would include precise digital retouching of the photograph and any object removal from within the photograph to eliminate distractions like stray crumbs, sauce spillages, reflections on cutlery or background distractions.  This can be added into your photography option for an additional fee. 

Pricing depends on the scale of the shoot, duration and usage requirements. Pricing start from £180 per hour +VAT with half day and full day rates available. 

We deliver high resolution imagery via our secure cloud server. You will be provide you with a personalised download link. We can provide you with a matching social media sized collection of your photography if required. 

Yes. We take a booking fee to secure time in the studio diary. 

The specific number of fully edited photographs delivered to you would depends on the length of time we are photographing with you and the scope of your project.  Typically, our standard commercial food photography delivery would be anywhere between 5 to 50 highly polished “hero” images per shoot session, which are selected by you from a preview gallery. 

Standard file delivery is via high resolution JPEG – which are 20mb in size and at a resolution of 300dpi. 

Yes.  We can provide you with a corresponding social media sized collection of your photography if this would be helpful to you. 

Our standard turnaround time is typically 5 to 10 business days from completion of photography. . This timeline ensures every image receives the detailed, high-quality editing we provide. Depending on our current editing queue and the complexity of your project, we always strive to deliver your final collection in as timely a manner as possible.  If you require imagery for a specific date, please discuss this with us and we’ll try to meet your deadline. 

Rush edits are available by prior arrangement and subject to a rush edit fee. 

We will plan and work with you to carefully budget and estimate the timeline for your food photography session. However, if it looks like it will extend past our scheduled session time, we will have a conversation with you. 
Together, we can then decide if we extend the booking window for an additional fee or adjust the remaining shot list to ensure we complete on schedule and budget. 

We understand the world moves fast and will attempt to accommodate last minute amendments. Just reach out and let us know as soon as you know plans may need to change. If you have an urgent deadline, we offer rush edits for an additional priority fee. 

Yes we carry full pubic liablity insurance. 

We specialise in professional food photography designed to help hospitality businesses present their food in a visually compelling and commercially effective way. The focus is on creating clean, appetising, brand-aligned imagery that works across both digital and print platforms. Our goal is to help your business generate more sales through our photography — effectively making our services pay for themselves.