Food & Beverage Photography for CPG Brands
20+ years. 250,000+ visuals. Southern California studio, ship-in or virtual shoots. Free 15-minute call.
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Food, Beverage & CPG Photography for Brands That Mean Business
Food, beverage, and CPG content with stills, elevated UGC, lifestyle, stop motion, and video. All under one roof. A creative studio with a smooth, well-prepared process, and we love to tame the budget beast.
Every shoot is planned as a content library: hero shots, packaging, lifestyle and reels. See the beverage page for drink work.
Based in Southern California, shooting in my studio for national and worldwide brands, working locally in California, and on location anywhere in the US and across the globe, Judy Doherty Studio produces complete visual libraries. Photos, stop motion, GIFs, lifestyle, and video for food, beverage, supplement, and pet brands selling on Amazon, DTC, retail, and social media are all in the wheelhouse!
Our full production service goes from planning to styling & shooting to a retouched final image library.
We fuse expert food styling with dreamy, high-end lighting and a meticulous eye for texture and detail to deliver crisp, clear, delicious visuals. We capture the essence of your brand, whether it's the refreshing condensation on a beverage can, the satisfying texture of a frozen meal, or the vibrant ingredients of a snack.
We produce a full range of assets critical for CPG success: from clean, white-background e-commerce shots (Amazon, Shopify, GS1, etc.) to aspirational, lifestyle photography optimized for social media and advertising. Our in-house chef stylist, curated local models, and extensive prop library ensure every shot is current, captivating, and speaks directly to your target consumer. Choose us for professional food imagery that guarantees maximum visual impact, enhances brand recognition, and significantly boosts conversion rates. We don't just photograph your product; we package its story.
Judy Doherty Photography is a food, beverage and CPG studio based in Southern California, shooting in studio and on location across the United States and worldwide. Clients include Bastion, Beyond Meat, Dairy Queen (Colle McVoy), Rao's, Noosa, Pure Protein, Vallarta Supermarkets, Popcorn Indiana, Mrs. T's Pierogies (Hunter PR), Sugar Foods, Nuts for Cheese, Partners Crackers and The Culinary Institute of America.
Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII, is the studio's photographer, director and owner. She holds a master's degree from the Culinary Institute of America and a Visual Art Certificate from UC Berkeley Extension. She brings over 20 years of professional culinary experience and more than a decade in commercial photography. Based in Southern California and formerly in the San Francisco Bay Area, the studio works throughout California and on location nationwide. Her background in nutrition and food science is why brands in the supplement, protein and better-for-you categories bring their label and claim questions to this studio as well as their cameras.
We worked with Judy to help establish a fresh new visual direction for Big Tree Farms, and she nailed it. Operating on very tight timelines, she understood the vibe we were going for and brought it to life through beautiful, vibrant product photography that feels distinctly us. Super creative, very resourceful, and highly collaborative.
Susie Picken, Big Tree Farms
Our company is based on the East Coast, but we were so confident that Judy was the right person for the job that we flew all the way to Los Angeles specifically to work with her. Looking back, it was absolutely the right decision. Her professionalism, attention to detail, creativity, organization, and understanding of commercial brand photography were exceptional throughout the entire process.
Irfan Bulca, Head of Sales, Retail & Food Service, Pure Anatolia
We recently worked with Judy for a CPG photography project, and she exceeded our expectations. Her professionalism, creativity, and attention to detail were outstanding. The final photos and stop motion videos perfectly captured our brand and were delivered in a timely manner.
Beth Love
I've had the opportunity to collaborate with Judy and love how she is detail oriented with lighting and arrangement. She is constantly building upon her art and so easy to talk and kick ideas with. She is a true professional who cares about her work.
Adam Brennan
I'd recommend working with Judy to anyone. She has done a wonderful job as a photographer for my company, and the photos are literally breathtaking; she helped elevate my business.
DeAndre Weaver
Judy was quick, communicative, and gave us incredible photos!
Dallin Hughes