Home/Menu Shoot Planner
Melbourne · VIC
The 4-step shoot plan
From idea
to locked date.
Use the steps below before opening the planner. Most shoots come together in under 24 hours from first call to locked date.
Decide the menu scope
Pick which dishes need a photo. For a 14-dish Brunswick brunch venue, that's usually the 6 hero plates plus 4 supporting boards. For a 60-dish Carlton group venue, scope the 25 best-sellers first — the long tail can be added in a second shoot. Skip anything you're retiring.
Choose the channels
Web (16:9), Google Business (1080×608 cover + 10 dishes), Uber Eats (1:1 square 968px min), Instagram feed (4:5) and Stories/Reels (9:16) — each crop is captured in-frame so no recropping later. The planner ticks all of them in one shoot day.
Lock the date
Tuesday to Thursday between 7:30–11am is the Melbourne sweet spot — kitchen prep is calmer, espresso is dialled in by 8am, traffic into the inner-north and bayside is light. Friday/Saturday possible but the prep team is under service pressure. Avoid AFL Grand Final week.
Prep the kitchen
Fresh garnish (especially herbs — coriander wilts in 20 min under lights), clean plates, branded crockery if relevant, sauces in squeeze bottles, A-shift chef on the pass. We bring everything else — surfaces, linens, lighting, glassware, props, colour-calibrated monitor.
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.
Free · No login · Reply within 1 business day
How many dishes?
· 15–20 images @ $30 · 21–99 @ $25 · 100+ @ $10 (min spend $1,000)
What's on the menu?
Add-ons
Step 1 of 3 · Estimate is hand-confirmed on a quick phone call
Live preview · sample frames
Day-of checklist
What we bring.
What you bring.
We arrive with everything except the food. You arrive with a kitchen ready to plate. Most prep is invisible to your guests — most shoots wrap before the room opens.
We bring
- Full lighting kit
- Surface boards & linens
- Glassware & cutlery props
- Tripod & rigging
- Macro + standard lens kit
- Colour-calibrated monitor
- Backup body & memory
You bring
- Plated dishes (per the brief)
- Fresh garnish & sauces
- Branded plateware if relevant
- Access to the venue
- A staff member on call
- Final menu list
Coverage · All Melbourne metro
A planning service for
every Melbourne kitchen.
The planner above scopes the shoot day in detail. We coordinate timing, dish order, and prop kit to fit around your service — most shoots run pre-doors or in a quiet mid-service window.
Menu Shoot Planning Melbourne CBD
City restaurants, hotel kitchens, hospitality groups
Menu Shoot Planning Brunswick
Cafés, wine bars, neighbourhood restaurants
Menu Shoot Planning Richmond
Bridge Road and Swan Street venues, high-end dining
Menu Shoot Planning Carlton
Lygon Street restaurants and Italian institutions
Menu Shoot Planning Footscray
West-side food scene — Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Indian
Menu Shoot Planning Glen Waverley
Asian dining strip, family restaurants
Menu Shoot Planning Dandenong
South-east hospitality — Afghan, Indian, Sri Lankan
Menu Shoot Planning 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.
Brand & Campaign
Multi-frame campaigns for openings, PR, franchise rollouts and editorials.
Final step · Hand-confirmed quotes
Ready to plan
your shoot?
Use the planner above, or call directly. We'll lock the date, brief and prop list the same business day.
Request a shoot quote