Food styling & photography

Food has a unique power to captivate through both still and dynamic imagery. A beautifully styled food photo can instantly spark curiosity, excitement, and appetite, drawing more people to your website or brand. With over thirty years of food styling experience in New Zealand and internationally, we’re experts at bringing the latest trends to life and showcasing food in the most compelling way possible.

Whether it's for social media campaigns, advertising billboards, sponsored cookbooks, shelf-ready packaging, or high-quality food photography, our focus is on making your product shine at its very best.

'Smartmouths' photos hand on heart, are amazing and without them I know with conviction that Twisted Citrus would not be where it is today. Good photos sell products, it’s just that simple.'

Bron Kemp

Twisted Citrus

Twisted Citrus (Gisborne, NZ)

Website and social media development (continual) from 2014, through to 2022. Recipe development, food styling and photography for website publishing, product imagery, and social media campaign for the New Zealand and local market.

Regal Salmon - NZ King Salmon and Republik Communications (Auckland, NZ)

Promotion (continual) from 2000 through to 2022. Recipe development, food styling and photography for website catalogue, billboard campaign, calendars, and social media campaign New Zealand & USA markets.

'I’ve had the pleasure of working with Sally for over 10 years now and she still remains one of my top choices whenever we’re in need of a food stylist or food photographer. She’s an absolute pleasure to work with and attacks every brief with excitement and positivity. We love working with Smartmouth.'

Emma Munro - Account Director

Republik

Silver Fern Farms and Mindfood Magazine (Sydney, AUS)

Promotion (continual) from 2012 through to 2022. Recipe development, food styling and photography for website catalogue, monthly magazine campaign, packaging, and social media campaign New Zealand & USA markets.

Waimata Cheese (Gisborne, NZ)

Food styling & photography images. 2012 - 2022. Product range, lifestyle images and most recently for their rebrand of their core range of cheeses.

Mindfood Magazine (Sydney, AUS)

Advertorial and editorial (continual) from 2012 through to 2022. Recipe development, food styling and photography for website publishing, internationally distributed monthly magazine and social media campaign New Zealand & Australia.

Sanitarium (Auckland, NZ)

Food styling and photography for advertorial, packaging, social media, cookbooks for Sanitarium Nutrition Service, Sanitarium Cereals and Product categories, New Zealand, Australia and Asia

Swiss Deli

Styling and photography for re-brand and website catalogue for Swiss Deli cured meats.

Leaderbrand (Gisborne, NZ)

Food styling & photography for continual social media campaign, and update of new website 2011 - 2022

Matawhero Wines (Gisborne, NZ)

Food styling & photography for food and wine matches, social media campaign and newsletters - 2018-2022.