Creating a Moody Farmhouse Kitchen Photography Backdrop

While my photography style has changed some over the years, one thing I still love to create is a more moody farmhouse kitchen look. But what do you do if you don’t have that type of kitchen to photograph in?

I find that piecing together wood boards with a vinyl surface can create a rustic countertop look as a photography backdrop. In this video, I show you one way to create it to give you ideas for what you can create in your own space. This is a photo I included for my Farm Fresh Photos stock photography membership.

15 Props for Food and Product Photography

In the past 10 years, I went from a photographer who hated the idea shelves stacked with a clutter of props to a food and product photography prop LOVER. I can’t see anything - a cup, a spoon, or even a salt shaker - without envisioning a photo.

I try to be cautious of repetitively using the same items to prop my food and product photos. But there are some that I love so much. I just have to have them around. 

These are a few things that make it to set with me for nearly all my shots with examples of them in food, candle, and flower photos. I hope they give you some creative ideas for things to keep around your set.  

Reused and Upcycled Props for Food and Product Photography

A little while back, I showed a glass on my Instagram Stories that formerly held a candle. I’d cleaned it up to use as a juice glass in my food and product photography prop collection.

I do this a lot - reuse and upcycle everyday things and keep them as props.

When I asked if you all would like me to go through some examples of these items in my prop collection, I got a lot of yeses. So here you go.

In this video, I go through several props and finish up with photo examples of how I’ve used them.

*Also, minor typo. I said copyrighted when I meant trademarked. Sorry, it was too minor of a mistake to reshoot a whole video so I corrected it in the captions.