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Brunch boards
Full brunch plates, mixed boards, sharing tables — the photographs Instagram and Google reward the most.
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Melbourne · VIC
Cafe Photographer Melbourne · Brunch · Coffee · Specialty
Cafés shot in
their best light.
A specialist café photographer for Melbourne — brunch boards, latte art, pastries, brunch service, fit-out and street-front. Shot in daylight, in your room, ready for Google, Instagram and your website.
Café Shoots From $450
Short morning shoot covering brunch hero plates, coffee detail, and a sweep of the venue. Full-menu refreshes from $540.
Session
2–4 hours
Turnaround
5–7 days
Coverage
All Melbourne
Why café photography is its own discipline
Cafés aren't restaurants.
Don't shoot them the same.
A café lives or dies on morning energy — bright daylight, steam off coffee, hands wrapped around a cup, a busy counter, a brunch plate that looks like the table just laughed. That's a different brief from a dim restaurant shoot, and it rewards a different photographer.
We shoot cafés in their light — natural where possible, top-up lighting where the room needs it, never the harsh studio look that flattens latte art and bleaches a brunch plate. The room should feel like the room your guests post about.
Most café shoots cover all three priorities in one session: brunch hero plates, coffee & barista detail, and a quick venue sweep — for Instagram, Google Business and your website.
- Brunch & breakfast plates
- Coffee, latte art & pour shots
- Pastries & bakery counter
- Counter & barista action
- Fit-out & street-front
- Brand details & signage
Editorial · The brunch board
One board.
A week of posts.
A single well-shot brunch board carries the Saturday Instagram, the new-menu cover, the EDM banner and the next Meta ad. We compose it for every crop you'll need — close, wide, vertical, square — in the same frame.
What we photograph · Café & coffee
Everything from the
counter to the table.
One morning, one library — coffee, brunch, counter, fit-out and street-front. Files ready for Google Business, Instagram, your website and any future menu refresh.
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Coffee & latte art
Latte art top-down and side, pour shots, espresso pulls, takeaway cups. The shot every café needs and most do badly.
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Pastries & bakery
Croissants, danishes, scrolls, slices — the counter spread that decides walk-in conversion at 10am.
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Counter action
Barista at the machine, plating at the pass, hands on the counter — café service moments that read as the room actually feels.
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Fit-out & interior
Café interior shot in working daylight — tables, counter, signage, tile, joinery, the line out the door.
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Street-front
The exterior shot Google Business needs — laneway, signage, A-frame, customers spilling onto the footpath.
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All-day menu
Lunch boards, sandwiches, salads, toasts — the menu items that keep the café busy after the brunch rush.
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Brand details
Takeaway cups, branded napkins, menu cards, A-frame chalkboards. The micro-imagery social actually engages with.
Plan it now · Interactive estimator
Cost your full café shoot
in under a minute.
Slide for menu size, tick brunch boards, coffee and venue, see your estimate. Most café shoots come in between $450 and $900 — confirmed on the call.
How much will it cost to
shoot your menu?
Drag the slider. Tick the add-ons. You'll see the price in three clicks — we hand-confirm everything on a quick call.
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Shoot Estimator.Pricing guide for Melbourne restaurant & cafe photography.
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20 images · min 15How many dishes?
20images$30/image
1520 · $2560100+ · $10
· 15–20 images @ $30 · 21–99 @ $25 · 100+ @ $10 (min spend $1,000)
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Multi-selectWhat's on the menu?
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Tap to includeAdd-ons
Step 1 of 3 · Estimate is hand-confirmed on a quick phone call
Live preview · sample frames
Dishes20
Add-onsDesserts
Melbourne café scene · Mobile coverage
A café photographer for
Melbourne mornings.
Café photography for venues across Melbourne — Brunswick, Carlton, Fitzroy, Northcote, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Brighton, St Kilda and the inner west. We arrive before doors and shoot through brunch service.
Cafe Photography Melbourne CBD
City restaurants, hotel kitchens, hospitality groups
Cafe Photography Brunswick
Cafés, wine bars, neighbourhood restaurants
Cafe Photography Richmond
Bridge Road and Swan Street venues, high-end dining
Cafe Photography Carlton
Lygon Street restaurants and Italian institutions
Cafe Photography Footscray
West-side food scene — Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Indian
Cafe Photography Glen Waverley
Asian dining strip, family restaurants
Cafe Photography Dandenong
South-east hospitality — Afghan, Indian, Sri Lankan
Cafe Photography Fitzroy
Brunswick Street venues and inner-north bars
Also offered · One photographer, one library
Other ways we shoot for Melbourne hospitality.
Menu Photography
Full-menu image libraries — built for Uber Eats, your website and Google.
Food & Beverage
Hero plates and signature dishes for marketing, launches and editorial.
Venue & Interior
Front of house, fit-out and ambience photography — real service, real tables.
Google Business Photos
Cover, interior, exterior and dish photography sized for Google Maps.
Final step · Hand-confirmed quotes
Ready to refresh your
café image library?
Quick form below or call directly — quotes confirmed inside one business day. We can walk through your space first if it helps.
Request a shoot quote