My Food Lens

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. I've had to step away from food photography, and I’m sharing the real reason why. This is the most personal episode I’ve ever recorded — a story about loss, identity, intuition, unexpected change, and the bizarre ways life can completely unravel everything you thought you were. Over the last two years, my life transformed in ways I never could’v...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. I've had to step away from food photography, and I’m sharing the real reason why. This is the most personal episode I’ve ever recorded — a story about loss, identity, intuition, unexpected change, and the bizarre ways life can completely unravel everything you thought you were. Over the last two years, my life transformed in ways I never could’v...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. I've had to step away from food photography, and I’m sharing the real reason why. This is the most personal episode I’ve ever recorded — a story about loss, identity, intuition, unexpected change, and the bizarre ways life can completely unravel everything you thought you were. Over the last two years, my life transformed in ways I never could’v...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week, I’m sharing 2 ways to create powerful photos without props.  How to think on your feet, tools to use, and get creative with working with no props. How to use limited props to your advantage, and perhaps, even create a new style. Free yourself from the idea of using props all the time, and create visual stories by tapping into different tec...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, I’m sharing key Photography techniques to make sure the hero doesn’t fall flat but stands out in your photos. I share ways to make sure the hero takes the center stage and isn’t mistaken for the sidekick.  Composition techniques that make sure that your hero is not in a spot it shouldn’t be in, and lighting concepts that you...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Editing is directly linked to business results. It is the finishing touch to our creativity and to that raw photo. And if that end product does not blow the viewer’s minds, it’s a red alert - a gap we may not see, but clients most definitely will, which will begin to show up as fewer clients, clients not returning, confusion, and second-guessing ours...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Often, we see editing in isolation from the creative process. In fact, many creatives don’t realise that editing is not an optional step, and miss it. The consequences of weak editing or missing it altogether are never obvious. When our photos don’t stand out, we are unable to create a brand’s style or don’t see progress in winning clients - we think...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Free work or working in exchange for anything except $$$ isn’t a NO-NO.  In fact, it can be a big fat “YES” too. I share how to easily decide when to work for free. After endless mistakes & many lessons learnt, I’ve created a decision-making process for offers to work for free or in exchange for products. I’ve created a simple way to quickly deci...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. If we send our rates and the client ghosts us, we blame ourselves for being too expensive. If we don’t send our rates, but request more information and then the client ghosts us, we blame ourselves for sabotaging the opportunity.  If we send our rates and the conversation moves further, we think it’s sheer luck.  We are forever living in this debate...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Pitching through email or video is a pain but it is one of the most essential tools for building a business.  If it feels frustrating to keep sending pitches without hearing back, then there’s a need to shake things up. This week, Candice Ward, food photographer and business coach for creatives with a background in corporate sales, returns on the pod...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, Candice Ward, a business coach for creatives, food photographer, dessert blogger, and online educator with a background in corporate sales, shares how to use LinkedIn powerfully to boost your leads without stress and overwhelm.  She shares different ways to use LinkedIn, how to power it with chatGPT prompts, types of LinkedI...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Collaborations are crazy effective, they double the results and double the impact but can go sideways, which can be detrimental to business growth, which makes it essential to approach them the right way.  This week on the podcast, Aimee Twigger @twiggstudios discusses how collaborations could be the secret sauce for business growth. She explains how...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. The struggle of feeling alone in business is real. We all wish for a listening ear, an accountability partner, or a mentor. In some way or the other, most of us wish we had a sounding board to encourage us and complement the gaps in our skills:  a no-judgment person who shares the same passion for the mission.  Collaboration is having a partner in cr...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s podcast, I’m sharing 3 simple ways to work with colour without falling back on the colour wheel. I’m sharing an unconventional approach to simplify the colour selection process to make your photos unique and stunning.  The episode covers selecting the number of colours in a photo, working with neutrals and creating a striking multi-col...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s episode, Seema Rose, a Food & lifestyle photographer whose life’s purpose is to bring Creative communities together through her creative retreats, continues to share why retreats are complete game-changers for business and personal growth.  She shares the transformation Creatives can expect from attending retreats, how to choose th...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s episode, Seema Rose, a Food & lifestyle photographer, whose retreat invite changed my life and business, and who organizes the most magical creative retreats shares why we need to attend at least one retreat a year.  She shares how retreats are complete game-changers, can help us find our creative style, give business ideas, lead t...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In today’s podcast episode, we’re sharing game-changing advice from successful food photographers, bloggers, and creatives who’ve tackled these same challenges—and come out stronger. 💪✨ This isn’t just inspiration; it’s actionable advice from food photographers, bloggers, and creatives who’ve been where you are and found their way forward.  How to...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. I’m not as good as the others. Why would a client work with me? I still don’t know my style. I’m so behind.  Should I quote lower so I don’t lose the client?  I post regularly on Instagram but no one engages with my content anymore. I feel so lonely o n this journey. Who do I speak to? These are a few of the thoughts that keep us awake at night. Wors...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, I’m sharing 3 questions you should be asking yourself this year if you want to grow your business.  We all have a long wishlist or goals for the year but I’m giving you just 3 simple things to think about that will help you get laser - focused, give you direction, and make it easier for you to get started.  It will simplify...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s podcast, grab a box of tissues and join me for an emotional yet powerful episode where I share how to turn your low point in life into a high point, How to have a breakthrough when you’re at your lowest & How to grow your business when you're going through a rough phase. I spent days thinking about how I had met big goals that...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, Jessie Sierra Ross, Food blogger, TV personality, and cookbook author shares everything about writing your cookbook without overwhelm.  In this part, she discusses writing,  photographing,  pitching, working with a publisher, the role of an editor, negotiating contracts, sequence of marketing activities, and ways to promote...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. W hat if creating our cookbook was the breakthrough we need in our business? What if Writing our cookbook is actually a gateway to bigger opportunities? What if it is actually the missing piece of the puzzle that can set us up for the success we are looking for?  Truth is, that creating your own cookbook is one of the most powerful ways to build cred...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Food photographers are called visual storytellers for a reason. We are known to create photos that tell a story, and transport a viewer into the frame. The best part is that we can tell if our photos have a strong storytelling element in them or not because it shows. It shows in the results that they bring. They either attract more clients, bring mor...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Being laser-focused about where we want to take our business and working on the right aspects that will bring results. Creating a portfolio and marketing it, is a huge part of building a photography business.  In fact, it is the key step in starting right because if the client does not like what they see, there’s no 2nd conversation from there. But w...

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, I’m sharing 3 powerful ways to bounce back when you’re not loving your work.  I share ways to shift your focus, your energy and your photography efforts when you’re feeling stuck or blocked. Some of the ways might feel counterintuitive but are highly effective. I share how to look at your work when you’re not loving it, what...