Here’s a scenario we’ve all been in: You’re trying to decide where you want to eat tonight and are going through restaurant websites or Yelp looking for good food. You stumble on a restaurant that looks good and has the exact food you’re looking for, but when you look at photos of their food, they’re low-quality and amateurly done. If you’re like most people this is enough for you to reject the restaurant and search for something else. The amateur photos make the food look unappealing and make the restaurant look generally low-quality. “If they can’t even spend money for proper photos,” you think, “there’s little chance they’re spending it on quality ingredients or good ambiance.”

In the 21st century photos of food are one of the most important aspects of promoting your restaurant and attracting new customers. For this reason we would highly recommend hiring a professional photographer to capture high-quality, appealing photos of your dishes. These photos will be front-and-center of your website, your Yelp page, and other social media sites, so its very important they capture your cuisine at its best and make people’s mouths water when they look at them.

For more information on local photographers make sure to check out our Vendors Page

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