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Tasty Food Photography Workshops

Unlock your photography potential with our 2-day interactive workshops.

Available Workshops

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What We Cover

  • Take Photos That Perform

    We’ll talk about ways to style and take photos that get more likes, comments, and engagement in places like Pinterest, Instagram, and Google search results.

  • Style With Confidence

    You’ll discover the basic rules of styling and composition that should be guiding you in building out the entire frame of your food photos.

  • Time-Saving Tips

    You’ll walk away with tools for shooting and editing in a way that allows you to complete your workflow – from camera to blog or website – within an hour.

These food photography workshops are hands-on learning experiences that allow you time to learn, observe, and practice food photography and food styling.

All of our food photography workshops include three distinct teaching formats:

  1. Direct Instruction where we talk you through concepts with picture examples and Q&A;
  2. Live Demonstrations of each concept with a tethered camera set up (meaning you’ll be able to see our camera and photos live on the screen as we do demo photo shoots);
  3. Practice Photo Shoots that give you a chance to practice and get individualized coaching and feedback as needed.

What's Included?

  • Teaching

    12 hours of small group instruction (workshops limited to 12).

  • Food

    Breakfast, lunch, and snacks on both days as well as extra food for practicing.

  • Practice Space and Materials

    One window and table set up per person, and use of all props and tools in our studio.

  • Ongoing Learning

    One year membership to Food Blogger Pro, valued at $279.

  • Props

    Exclusive discount to Erickson Wood Works, valued at $60, to purchase background surfaces.

  • Growth

    Get direct feedback, insight, and tips for ways to unlock your photography potential.

Where Are They?

Our food photography workshops are hosted in the North Loop area of Minneapolis, Minnesota, in our rustic-industrial 3,000 square foot studio.

Also, be excited: we have enough windows, space, and props to provide each attendee with their own table and window to use for practice. Wheee!

Not from Minneapolis? No worries. Over two-thirds of our workshop attendees come from out of state. Most fly in the night before and leave on the last day of the workshop. There are several hotels within 1-2 miles of our studio and we can give you recommendations for getting around once you register.

Who Should Attend?

In general, our workshop attendees are:

  • Food lovers
  • Food bloggers
  • People who want to start a food blog
  • New photographers
  • Instagrammers
  • Social media managers
  • Food photographers for food brands
  • Content creators for food brands
  • Creative directors for food brands
  • Independent freelancers

What Are Others Saying?

“Lindsay's workshop helped me fall in love with food photography! My confidence for using my camera and working with light increased tremendously. There is still a lot to learn, but now I have a clear path for how to approach photos and have a more consistent workflow from capture to editing. The POY studio is a food photographers dream! It's designed beautifully, open, bright and inspires you to play. Thank you so much Lindsay, Jenna and the amazing volunteers! I left feeling so motivated, full of ideas, and couldn't wait to get home to shoot!”

Jessica, jessicagavin.com

“I truly loved the style and branding PoY workshop! The PoY team is so amazing and helpful. Lindsay has a true gift of teaching and inspiring us! I loved the smaller group atmosphere. I Loved how each styling and practice shoot was a challenge, but in a "growth" type of way. I left feeling more confident in myself and my brand. Thank you!”

Lindsay, cottercrunch.com

“Lindsay taught us a ton editing, storing, and uploading tricks I didn’t even know were possible. A billion lightbulbs were going off in my head followed by even more “aha” moments.”

Sally, sallysbakingaddiction.com

“The workshop is extremely well-organized, the food is delicious (cause let’s be honest, that’s super important to us food photographers right?!), and the studio is a dream atmosphere. Lindsay has hundreds of props, surfaces, linens, etc. She’s also very available for one-on-one help and any questions you have. I had questions answered that I’ve wondered about the entire time I’ve been taking food photos. This workshop was worth every penny and more. Whether you’re a beginner or more advanced, I’d recommend these workshops to anyone that wants to up their food photography game.”

Chelsea, chelseasmessyapron.com

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