Home Cooks+ Photography
Styled Plate is a community of home cooks sharing recipes, how-to and enhancing their visual presentations photographed with a mobile camera or a big-camera (DSLR). Although our focus is not professional food photography Professional Photographers are welcome to join in for the fun!
Mobile Camera or DSLR
Have camera will shoot? That’s all that matters. We’re not a professional food photography group. It’s home cooks cooking in their kitchens for themselves and their families and enjoying the journey.
What we share about Photography
We share basic tips on cooking, plating, styling, lighting and props. AND by basic we mean basic-we’re not a professional food photography group. The goal is enhanced images not necessarily images that pass commercial food photography standards.
Promo, Spam, Bullies, Affiliate Etc.
Please don’t. There’s not much else to say on the topic. The group host is a professional photographer as well as Business + Project Manager that puts in the time to manage a group where keyboard bullies, spammers and people who criticize what others eat don’t want to hang out. We all eat differently, we’re not here to “UGH” someone else’s food choices.
Is there a specific food theme?
No, we’re not devoted to a particular style of eating such as vegan, plant based, pescatarian, keto, diary free, gluten free or anything. We are devoted to home cooks in their kitchens cooking and sharing ingredients and all things related to cooking. Whatever they choose to cook and photograph is okay. The tools they use to achieve their visual goals is up to them. That’s all, that’s it.
COMMUNITY
The community is free to join and you’re invited. Grab your camera (any camera) and come on in. Bring your dish clothes, plates and tools and let’s enhance those images you share. The good news is what you have is already good enough for better images. I know it’s been said twice already but third time is a charm, right? We’re not a group focused on commercial level images…just ENHANCED images.
Why we exist…
Food is a universal language. We all eat. We exist to share and encourage and GROW. The online world is full of food images, why not make them visually pleasing-that’s normally why they are being shared right? They are shared to make mouths water and share moments around having a meal together or learning about other cultures and things we enjoy. They are also shared as a creative outlet. I believe there is ALWAYS something to be photographed and I want us to celebrate the art of food.
