Luigi’s Restaurant Food Photography

I got a call not too long ago from Panos, who was the groom in a wedding we photographed about a year and a half back, asking if I did food photography. I told him that, yes, I had taken photos of food before. Which was true. I mean how hard can it be, anyway? Panos’ family owns the Luigi’s restaurant on the north side of Lethbridge and they were wanting to update their old photos for their upcoming website and get some prints for their walls.

I did two shoots in the end. The first one was of some of their menu items, which I photographed late at night, mostly after they had officially closed. I shot everything there in the restaurant as the chef made the food. Due to some bad organisation on my part, I had not had dinner beforehand and so I had to photograph all of these mouth-watering dishes—and desserts!—one after another, all on an empty stomach. Not that they wouldn’t have let me eat something, but we were trying to keep things rolling. At least Panos sent me home with cake.

The second shoot was in the kitchen. It was all photojournalistic photography, shot during a busy lunch time as the staff did their thing. I have a new respect for everyone who works behind the scenes in restaurants now! These guys are awesome—and fast. They were really easy to work with, too. I might post some of those photos later—they turned out really well—but for now I just wanted to show you a few of the food images.

P.S. you wouldn’t believe what I used as a backdrop.