Creating a beautiful Instagram feed that attracts your ideal audience can seem daunting, I get it. There’s always something with the algorithm, a new feature, or some speculation about hashtags to be on top of. And my guess is the things that used to work for you last year just aren’t cutting it anymore. So you can spend your day trying to test allllll the hashtag strategies while cursing the algorithm. But creating a cohesive and beautifully styled Instagram feed for your food brand or blog is the fastest way to attract more ideal followers.

You only have a small window of time to catch someone’s eye, so you definitely want your feed to look good. However, attracting followers with a beautiful account is just step one. Sharing yourself and providing value so people stick around is what’s going to create engagement and growth. Being cohesive on Instagram doesn’t mean being perfect. People want to see real images, take a peek behind the scenes and get to...

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We get lots of questions about what kind of photography gear we use and recommend. Take a peek inside our camera bag! Since we’ve started on our journey of capturing food photos and video, we have invested in more expensive cameras, lenses and equipment, but don’t feel that you need all of these things. You can take great photos with your smartphone or an entry level camera… and we always recommend researching pre-owned options for cameras and lenses.

What's in Our Camera Bag

Camera Body 

Sony A7R III & Sony A7R II 

We used to shoot with a Canon but we’ve been shooting with Sony for the last few years and love it. We use the Sony A7R III as our main camera body and the Sony A7R II as our secondary camera body. Sony...