Plate to Pixel
Where culinary vision collides with visual mastery — a food photography and video agency serving Los Angeles, Orange County & San Diego.
★★★★★ 5.0 on Google · Since 2006 · over 4,500 restaurant and culinary clients served
Professional food photography
that breaks through the noise.
Everybody eats with their eyes first, so as a food photographer in Los Angeles and Orange County, I shoot photos and short videos that make your food look as good as it tastes. Menus, websites, delivery apps, and social media.
Lights.Camera.Eat.
Cinematic restaurant video and scroll-stopping reels for Los Angeles and Orange County restaurants, shot the same day as your stills. Sizzling pans, slow pours and steam rising off the plate, edited for Instagram, TikTok, your website and delivery apps. Your kitchen is the set. Your food is the star.
Food videographer for restaurants: cinematic food video and vertical reels shot on the same day as your stills.
Every reason to make your
food look irresistible.
Craveable.
Plan it. Plate it. Shoot it.
Plate to Pixel is a boutique creative agency for restaurants and food brands in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. We plan every shoot with you, from concept and mood board to lighting and shot list, so every photo has a job. Bright, high-key shots for delivery apps and menus. Dark, moody images for Instagram. All from one shoot.
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Fresh from the kitchen.
@culinaryphotographer. New dishes, behind-the-scenes moments and reels from our latest restaurant shoots. Follow along for a daily dose of food that looks as good as it tastes, and join our 178K followers on Facebook.
Get a quote for your restaurant or food brand
Tell me how many dishes, your city, and roughly when you need them. Quotes go out within one business day, and the person you hear from is the person behind the camera. Flat rates come with unlimited images, or call (714) 335-3252.
Frequently asked questions
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Flat rates include unlimited images from the shoot. Hourly options are available for shorter jobs, and I put together affordable packages for independent restaurants and cafes.
The pricing page breaks down what is included and what moves the number up or down.
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Within three business days of the shoot. That is my standard turnaround, not a rush fee.
If you are up against a menu print date or a launch, tell me the deadline and I will work to it.
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Sometimes. Ice cream, melting cheese, foam and any hero item that has to hold up for hours under lights really benefit from one. For most plated restaurant menus your own kitchen team can plate for camera with me directing, which costs you nothing extra. Styling is quoted separately, so you only pay for it when a dish needs it.
This is the single biggest difference between photos that look like the food and photos that look better than the food. A burger that has to hold up for hours under lights is a styling job before it is a photography job.
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No. You get every usable frame from the shoot. Per-image pricing makes everybody count shots on set and negotiate over the twelfth dish, which is the opposite of what you want while the food is hot.
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Everywhere, indefinitely. Menus, your website, delivery apps, social, print and paid advertising. There are no licensing tiers, no usage renewals and no expiry date.
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Yes, and it is the most cost-effective way to buy video. The lighting is already up and the food is already styled, so adding vertical reels to a stills day costs a fraction of booking a separate video shoot.
One visit can cover your menu, your website, your delivery listings and your social feed.
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Most restaurant work is a half day or a full day on location. I agree on the scope with you first, so you know which one your menu needs before anything is booked.
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Yes, and often I would rather. Real plates coming out of a real kitchen look like it. It is slower than shooting a closed room, so I plan for that.
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Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego and the Inland Empire as standard, including Irvine, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Long Beach, Riverside, Corona, San Bernardino and Palm Springs.
Further afield is possible; it just adds travel.