Guest Interview with Denise Brady - Food Photographer

Denise Brady spent years shooting weddings and families before Covid forced a pivot — she has now been a food photographer for two and a half years, working from her base in Suffolk.Marcus and Sam talk to Denise about swapping genres mid-career, developing a signature dark-and-moody style, and the surprisingly tight choreography behind photographing food while it’s still hot.How a disappointing set of wedding photos turned Denise into a photographer herselfWhy Covid pushed her out of weddings and into food photographyThe dark-and-moody style she keeps coming back to, and when she lightens it up for clientsWhy her son-in-law, a chef, has become an unofficial industry advisorWhat a food stylist actually does on setThe planning that has to happen before hot food ever reaches the cameraA masterclass in reinventing a photography career around one very demanding subject: dinner.Denise’s influences: Jonie – The Bite Shot and Sarah – Broma Bakery.Food photography is its own specialism — Why is film photography still important today? zooms out to why film photography still matters in a digital-first industry.