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Food Photography · Chennai

Food Photography for Menus That Sell.

A dish that looked right on the pass looks tired under the wrong light. We style every plate on the day — garnish, sauce, steam, surfaces — and shoot it at the angle that sells it, so it looks on Swiggy, Zomato and your menu the way it tastes at the table.

Shot on location at your kitchen, anywhere in Chennai — three fixed packages from ₹29,500.

Food photography

Packages

Food photography in Chennai starts at ₹29,500 for 20 dishes. Menu Pro is ₹47,200 for 30 dishes and Brand & Advertising is ₹89,000 for 10–12 heroes plus up to 23 menu dishes. Files arrive in 7–10 working days, or 2 weeks for Brand & Advertising.

All prices GST-inclusive. Prices updated .

Hotels, resorts and restaurant groups with several outlets — we scope these as multi-day projects rather than a single package. Talk to us (opens WhatsApp)

  • Food

    Brand & Advertising

    ₹89,000GST-inclusive

    Covers
    Day 1 — 10–12 campaign heroes at advertising grade
    Day 2 — up to 23 menu-grade dishes, styled to the same moodboard
    Delivery
    2 weeks

    Best for: A restaurant group, a launch or a brand campaign — a visual identity, not a menu refresh.

    What’s included

    • 2-day shoot with full art direction, custom backgrounds and set design
    • Hero dishes on dedicated sets, with multiple angles where the dish deserves it
    • 2–3 combo and spread table-scapes
    • 6–8 ambience shots and lifestyle moments — hands, pouring, cutting
    • About 45–55 finished images, print-ready

    Dedicated food stylist and custom props billed at cost + 15% — standard on this package.

    Retouching: Advanced — compositing for steam, pour and layered exposures; campaign colour grade

    Book Brand & Advertising

Every package

Included in Every Food Package

The tiers change the dish count, the planning and the set design. They never change how a dish is plated, styled or retouched.

  • On Location in Chennai

    We shoot at your restaurant or kitchen — your kitchen plates, we photograph. Travel within Chennai is included; beyond city limits, travel is priced separately.

  • Shot List and Plating Brief

    From your menu we build the shot list — which dishes, in what order, what plating — and send your kitchen a plating brief: smaller portions, cleaner rims, fresher garnish.

  • Styling on the Day

    We bring the styling kit — surfaces, props, tweezers, brushes, spray bottles — and handle garnish, sauce, steam, crumbs, cutlery and napkins. Your kitchen cooks; we make it photograph.

  • Retouched for Appetite

    Colour corrected for appetite — warmth, contrast, natural colour — with garnish, crumbs, spills, backgrounds and plate rims cleaned up.

  • Files Named to Match Your Menu

    High-res and web-optimised files in a Drive folder, organised by dish and named to match your menu. One revision round included.

How it works · On location

The Food Shoot

The shot list and plating brief reach your kitchen before we do, so shoot day goes on light and styling — not on deciding what to shoot.

See the full food process
  1. Choose Your Package

    Pick your package. A 50% advance confirms your date.

  2. We Send a Shot List and Plating Brief

    From your menu we build the shot list — which dishes, in what order, what plating — and send your kitchen a plating brief so every dish is plated for camera.

  3. We Come to Your Kitchen

    We shoot on location at your restaurant or kitchen. Travel within Chennai is included; beyond city limits, travel is priced separately. Menu Essentials (20 dishes) is one session of about 5–6 hours and Menu Pro (30 dishes) is one full day of about 7–8 hours.

  4. We Style and Shoot Every Dish

    Your kitchen cooks; we style — garnish, sauce, steam, cutlery, surfaces — and shoot each dish at the angle that sells it: overhead for bowls and thalis, 45° for burgers, side-on for drinks.

  5. Files in 7–10 Working Days

    Finished files arrive in 7–10 working days (2 weeks for Brand & Advertising), organised by dish in a Drive folder and named to match your menu. One revision round is included.

What You Prepare

  • Kitchen briefed and available on shoot day
  • Ingredients for every dish on the shot list, plus extras for re-plating
  • A clean, well-lit area or table we can set up on
  • Your menu, with dish names as they should appear in file names

Everything else — surfaces, props, styling and retouching — is ours.

The work

Selected Work

Extend your package

Add-Ons

Add-ons for every food package · all prices GST-inclusive
Add-onWhat you getPrice
Extra dishSame treatment as your package tier, one more dish.₹2,000
Extra edited imageAn additional finished image from frames already shot — no new shoot.₹700
Express deliveryHalves the delivery timeline.+30%
Additional styling conceptOne more built set or visual theme within the same shoot.₹15,000–25,000
Restaurant interiorsUp to 6 ambience images, added to Menu Essentials.₹15,000
15-second reelA short vertical video shot during the session, edited for Instagram.₹8,000
Swiggy / Zomato kitYour dish images re-cropped and sized to platform specs, up to 20 dishes.₹12,000
Festive refreshFor existing clients — up to 10 items re-shot in a festive theme.₹18,000

Where your images can run

Usage

Every food package includes use on your website, social media, one delivery platform and marketplace listings for 2 years in India. Images that run in print, on hoardings or as paid ads need the print and paid-ads usage upgrade, at 30% of your package, including any additional dishes; an unlimited buyout is 75–100% on the same basis.

Choose your usage when you book. An upgrade shows as its own line on your booking summary, so you see the total before you confirm.

Usage included with every food package, and the two usage upgrades
UsageWhere the images can runPrice
IncludedYour website, social media, one delivery platform and marketplace listings — 2 years, India.In every package
Print, hoardings & paid adsFor images that will run as Meta or Google ads, in print, or on hoardings. Calculated on your package, including any additional dishes.Usage upgrade+30% of package
Unlimited buyoutYou own usage outright — forever, anywhere. Calculated on your package, including any additional dishes.Usage upgrade+75–100% of package

Booking Terms

The same terms apply to every food package.

  • One revision round included
  • 50% advance to confirm, 50% before delivery
  • Files released once the balance is paid

Your first project

Founding Terms

Founding terms for our first five food clients: 25% below the published price on your first project, in exchange for a written testimonial, permission to publish the shoot as a case study, and one referral.

Request a Sample for food photography
  1. A Sample That Suits Your Kitchen

    There’s nothing to courier. Name your key dishes on the sample form and we agree a sample that suits your kitchen on WhatsApp — then you decide whether to book, with no obligation.

  2. Founding Terms

    Your first project is booked at the founding rate. It shows on your booking summary before you confirm.

  3. Published Price

    Your second project — and every food project once the founding slots are taken — is booked at the published price: fixed, GST-inclusive, with a delivery date.

Food photography FAQ

Questions Restaurants Ask Before Booking

Do you come to our restaurant for the food shoot?

Yes. Every Shutterfeed Creative food package is shot on location at your restaurant or kitchen, and travel within Chennai is included; beyond city limits, travel is priced separately. Your kitchen cooks and plates to the plating brief we send in advance, and we handle the food and prop styling on the day.

How long does a menu shoot take?

Menu Essentials (20 dishes) is one session of about 5–6 hours — roughly 15 minutes for each dish, including plating. Menu Pro (30 dishes) is one full day of about 7–8 hours. Brand & Advertising is 2 shoot days: Day 1 — 10–12 campaign heroes at advertising grade; Day 2 — up to 23 menu-grade dishes, styled to the same moodboard. Finished files follow in 7 working days for Menu Essentials, 10 for Menu Pro and 2 weeks for Brand & Advertising.

Can Brand & Advertising cover 35 dishes at advertising grade?

No — advertising-grade food takes 45–60 minutes a dish, so a day yields 10–12 finished heroes. Brand & Advertising gives you 10–12 heroes plus up to 23 menu-grade dishes. If you need more heroes, we add shoot days at ₹44,500 each.

What does our kitchen need to prepare for a food shoot?

Four things: kitchen briefed and available on shoot day; ingredients for every dish on the shot list, plus extras for re-plating; a clean, well-lit area or table we can set up on; and your menu, with dish names as they should appear in file names. We bring the styling kit — surfaces, props, tweezers, brushes and spray bottles — and style every dish ourselves.

Do you size food images for Swiggy and Zomato?

Every food package includes usage on one delivery platform, and files arrive high-res plus web-optimised, with each dish shot at the angle that sells it — overhead, 45° or side-on. The Swiggy / Zomato kit add-on (₹12,000) re-crops and sizes your dish images to platform specs, for up to 20 dishes.

Can you photograph our restaurant interiors too?

Yes. Menu Pro includes 4 ambience and interior shots of your space and Brand & Advertising includes 6–8 ambience shots alongside lifestyle moments. With Menu Essentials, add the restaurant interiors add-on (₹15,000) for up to 6 ambience images.

What if we need print or ad usage for our food images?

Every food package includes usage on your website, social media, one delivery platform and marketplace listings, for 2 years in India. If the images will run as paid ads, in print or on hoardings — for example a Meta or Google ad campaign — add the print and paid-ads usage upgrade at 30% of your package, including any additional dishes. An unlimited buyout — use anywhere, with no time limit — is 75–100% on the same basis. You choose the usage you need when you book.

How do I pay for a food shoot?

Payment is split 50/50: a 50% advance confirms your shoot date, and the remaining 50% is due before the final files are released. For Menu Essentials at ₹29,500, that is ₹14,750 to confirm and ₹14,750 before delivery. All package prices are fixed and GST-inclusive, and we email the advance invoice after you book.

What is the revision policy?

Every Shutterfeed Creative food package includes one revision round. You review the delivered set, send one consolidated list of changes, and we make them. A second revision round is ₹2,360.

How does the founding rate work?

Founding terms apply to our first five food clients. A founding client's first project is booked 25% below the published price — for example, Menu Essentials at ₹22,125 instead of ₹29,500 — in exchange for a written testimonial, permission to publish the shoot as a case study, and one referral. Founding terms cover the first project only. Later projects, and every food project once the five founding slots are taken, are booked at the published price.

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Book Your Menu Shoot.

Choose a package. Pay half to hold your date. We bring the kit to your kitchen. No quotes, no calls required.