Emma Dunham Food Photography

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Today’s the last day for the £200 off the French château retreat 🇫🇷After tonight, that saving disappears.Some of the roo...
22/03/2026

Today’s the last day for the £200 off the French château retreat 🇫🇷
After tonight, that saving disappears.
Some of the rooms have already gone, but there are still plenty of options.
If you’ve been looking at it this week…
thinking about it…
opening the page and closing it again…
This is your moment.
A few days away, photographing food and drink in a setting that actually does your work justice.
Working with a top chef.
Shooting alongside me and Jack.
A backdrop to die for.
The real thing.
There are different room options.
You can share if you want to bring the price down.
And you can spread the cost with a payment plan.
If it feels like something you’d love to be part of…
You can book a quick call and we can talk it through…
https://calendly.com/emmadunham/15-min-retreat-chat
Or just go and have a look 👇️
https://www.foodiesphotography.com/chateau
(Or DM me)
(£200 off ends tonight)

Imagine this for a moment…You’re a couple of days in… 🇫🇷Camera in hand.Taking your time.And what you’re photographing is...
21/03/2026

Imagine this for a moment…
You’re a couple of days in… 🇫🇷
Camera in hand.
Taking your time.
And what you’re photographing is completely different.

☀️ Long tables outside
✨ Drinks catching the light
🍽 Food created by an incredible chef… the kind you’d happily sit and eat, and then realise you get to photograph it too
Not your kitchen.
Not your usual setup.
Because unless you’re the Earl of Makes-A-Lot-Of-Money… your back garden probably isn’t giving you this.
You notice more.
You try things you wouldn’t usually try.
And they actually work.
That’s what this is about.
If you can picture yourself in that…
You can book a quick call and we can talk it through…
https://calendly.com/emmadunham/15-min-retreat-chat
or just go and have a look 👇️
https://www.foodiesphotography.com/chateau
(£200 off until Sunday - tomorrow!, if you’re tempted)

Do you need something different with your photography right now?Instead of choosing from your 43 backdrops…which one to ...
20/03/2026

Do you need something different with your photography right now?
Instead of choosing from your 43 backdrops…
which one to use next.
How about somewhere different.
Time to focus.
Something that moves things on.
Like the French château 🇫🇷
If this is how you’re feeling, drop me a message or comment below and tell me what’s going on for you, and what would make something like this work.
You can book a quick call and we can talk it through…
https://calendly.com/emmadunham/15-min-retreat-chat
or just go and have a look 👇️
https://www.foodiesphotography.com/chateau
(£200 off until Sunday if you’re tempted)

I keep thinking about the château…Just… what it’s actually going to feel like to be there 🇫🇷You wake up somewhere comple...
19/03/2026

I keep thinking about the château…
Just… what it’s actually going to feel like to be there 🇫🇷
You wake up somewhere completely different.
Coffee in hand, camera out.
☀️ Long tables outside in the sunshine
🚪 Doors open
✨ Light pouring in
🕊️ Time slowing down a bit
You’re shooting when it feels right.
Moving things around.
Trying things you wouldn’t normally give yourself time to try.
Then stepping away…
good food, a glass of wine, conversations with people who just get it.
And doing it all again as the light changes.
That’s the bit I’m most looking forward to.
Not just what we create…
but how it feels while we’re creating it.
If this is your kind of thing, you can take a look here 👇️
https://www.foodiesphotography.com/chateau
(There’s £200 off until Sunday if you’re tempted)
And if you’re not sure if it’s right for you, you can book a quick call with me and we’ll figure it out together, here is my diary: https://calendly.com/emmadunham/15-min-retreat-chat

✨📸🇫🇷 It’s here.And, boy oh wow… this one feels a bit special.A food photography retreat…In a French château 🇫🇷☀️ Long ta...
18/03/2026

✨📸🇫🇷 It’s here.
And, boy oh wow… this one feels a bit special.
A food photography retreat…
In a French château 🇫🇷
☀️ Long tables outside in the sunshine
🚪 Doors open
✨ Light pouring in
🕊️ Time slowing down a bit
🚫🏢 No studio
🚫🖼️ No printed backdrops
Just beautifully styled food in real spaces… alfresco tables, rustic textures, and that French setting doing its thing.
🏊‍♀️ A pool
🍷 Wine tasting
🥃 Cognac tasting
It’s the kind of place where you switch off from everything else… and fully immerse yourself in what you’re creating.
Where the backdrop of your food is this… not something you’ve built.
And you come away with a portfolio that feels completely different to anything you’ve created before.
There’s a special early booking offer running until Sunday if you want to take a look.
The link is here or DM me: https://www.foodiesphotography.com/chateau
And if you’re not sure if it’s right for you, you can book a quick 15-minute call with me and we’ll figure it out together: Book here: https://calendly.com/emmadunham/15-min-retreat-chat

Happy St Patrick’s Day ☘️And happy 17th birthday to my youngest 🎂These are two very good reasons to raise a glass today ...
17/03/2026

Happy St Patrick’s Day ☘️
And happy 17th birthday to my youngest 🎂
These are two very good reasons to raise a glass today 🍺
This Guinness shot below as taken back in 2022
and somehow ended up winning an award.
Here’s how it came together:

• Main light, side on to the Guinness

• Flashgun behind with a green gel for that glow

• A rim light from the back/side to catch the edge of the glass

• Shot on black acrylic for the reflection

• Black card in place to keep reflections and highlights under control
It’s one of those setups that looks really simple…
but there was plenty going on behind the scenes
Drama. Faffing. Yes. Lots.
And a surprising amount of attention on the bubbles in that Guinness
And I think that’s the point really…
We can spend so much time trying to make things bigger, cleverer, different
when actually, getting something simple spot on
often hits harder than anything else.
If you drink it, shoot it, or bake it into a cake…
enjoy your Guinness and Happy St Patrick’s Day ☘️

Red pancakes, props and unicycles 🥞🤸‍♂️🫖That pretty much sums up my weekend.On Friday afternoon I bombed up to my mum’s...
16/03/2026

Red pancakes, props and unicycles 🥞🤸‍♂️🫖
That pretty much sums up my weekend.
On Friday afternoon I bombed up to my mum’s in Derby so Saturday’s journey would be easier. We had a lovely curry with family, a proper catch up and I actually had a decent rest.
Saturday morning, instead of washing, cleaning, shopping and doing all the usual weekend bits, I was heading over to the NEC for The Photography Show.
I presented in the segment on food photography and then did a live demo showing how I built my red velvet pancake stack that placed 6th internationally in the BIPP awards.
It was amazing to see so many familiar faces, but the people that always have a special place for me are the Food Photography Academy members. We chatted about food, photography and plenty of non-food things too. Their support at events like that means a lot.
A few of us stayed afterwards for a drink that was, frankly, uninspiring and absolutely not worthy of a photo… but the people were.
Then it was back down the motorway, arriving home just in time to see my husband take the boys to the cinema. Which meant the TV remote, a beer, some food and mini eggs. Perfect evening.
Sunday morning… back in the car again. Different motorway this time as we headed down to Portsmouth to see my daughter for Mother’s Day. I always love it when the five of us are back together again.
I was treated to a wander around the Junk Emporium. I’ve driven past it so many times and finally went in. Crockery, cutlery, glassware everywhere… heaven.
I bought a basket’s worth.
Literally.
Including the basket.
The whole lot cost me a tenner.
I’m a cheap date with very low standards.
Then as we were loading everything into the boot, my husband tried to discreetly slide a unicycle in.
My reaction wasn’t “why are you buying that?”
It was…
“You already have one in the shed.”
Yes. Really.
Apparently the old one is rusty and he “needed a new one”, so that looks like our next bit of entertainment.
Fun fact. With Mr D’s dad having run Chessington World of Adventures, and my great grandparents being trick cyclists, we were probably never going to turn out normal 🫣
Lunch by the sea, lots of laughs, and then the long drive home feeling completely shattered but very happy.
So whoooosh… there went the weekend.
I think I now need a weekend to get over the weekend.
And I don’t think I want to see a motorway again for a while.

Are you coming along to on Saturday?If so, I’ll be speaking on the The BIPP stand – F60 on:What Makes A Food Photogra...
13/03/2026

Are you coming along to on Saturday?
If so, I’ll be speaking on the The BIPP stand – F60 on:
What Makes A Food Photograph Stand Out And Sell
I’ll be sharing my top tips and then building a live set, recreating the red velvet pancake stack below, which placed 6th in the International Print Awards at the BIPP Awards.
Come along and see what I look for when building an image and making food stand out.
Afterwards we’ll grab a cuppa and have a relaxed chat if you fancy it.

I was supposed to be working in Dubai last week, but with the war, airports closing and the serious risk to those out th...
09/03/2026

I was supposed to be working in Dubai last week, but with the war, airports closing and the serious risk to those out there, the airline cancelled the flight.
And I went through a range of emotions.
• I was gutted. I was due to fly in 12 hours. My shorts were packed.
• I was relieved I hadn’t gone a day earlier and ended up stood with shrapnel falling from the sky.
• I was in limbo not knowing if I’d get my money back for my flight.
• I didn’t actually know what to do with myself. My week had been planned out step by step with work and time off.
I even Googled going somewhere hot to work for the week,
until I gave myself a good talking to.
I kept wafting around knowing I didn’t want to waste the week, but not actually knowing where to start.
So I decided I needed to carry on working ON my business, not IN my business.
I grabbed my A4 pad of paper and wrote Monday through to Friday. I drew a line down the middle and put IN on one side and ON on the other.
I promised myself I wasn’t allowed to spend the week:
• Fighting fires
• Replying to everyone
• Getting my email to the magical place where it doesn’t have a scroll (best job ever!)
So I strategised about where my business was going and tackled all the horrible jobs that had been moved onto about 156 different to-do lists over time.
I ate the frog and it made me:
• Grumpy
• Unsettled
• In control
• Happy to be moving real stuff forward
Each day I took myself out of the studio and sat in a coffee shop for two reasons.
• To feel like I was somewhere exotic. Hhhmmmm.
• And because Mr D had taken the week off to do DIY and there was a lot of banging 🤕
But it was weird having no meetings and no distractions.
I realised how much I rely on those distractions.
Did someone say squirrel?
Anything to avoid the uncomfortable jobs.
And I also realised how much my business had slipped into reaction mode.
• Answering things instead of creating things
• Tidying emails instead of making decisions
• Doing small jobs instead of the big ones that actually move the business forward
Monday was a nightmare.
I kept checking everything.
I had to put my phone on Do Not Disturb because I couldn’t trust myself.
As the week went on though, the fog in my head cleared.
Ideas started coming through.
The to-do list shrank.
And I actually felt like I was winning against the never-ending list of everything 👊
The real win was the space in my head.
Once that appeared, new ideas for my business started flooding in.
By Friday I had moved mountains on and in my business.
I haven’t felt this positive about how the plates are spinning in a long time.
It made me realise how easy it is to run a business that runs you instead of the other way round.
What have I learnt from this week?
• I am in control of my own business.
• I am rubbish at focusing and need timers and Do Not Disturbers.
• I love going away with my mastermind buddies to work on the business.
• A blank piece of paper still scares me.
• Slow down. Think more. Don’t rush in.
If this is how you feel - let me know below 🙂

Join myself and Jeff Brown in Prague for 4 daysOr...... carry on trying to run your business from home with the same di...
04/03/2026

Join myself and Jeff Brown in Prague for 4 days
Or...... carry on trying to run your business from home with the same distractions you’ve always had.
Your call.
🇨🇿 Prague → Sun on your face walking across Charles Bridge
🏠 Home → Sunlight from the fridge when you open it looking for snacks again.
🇨🇿 Prague → Cheap beer in a beautiful old square after a day of big business thinking
🏠 Home → Tea you forgot you made three hours ago.
🇨🇿 Prague → Two coaches. Me and Jeff Brown. Different perspectives. Different expertise. Proper conversations about your business
🏠 Home → You, Google, and twelve open tabs titled “How do I get more clients?”
🇨🇿 Prague → Four days away from the noise of everyday life
🏠 Home → Doorbell. Washing machine. Email. “Mum where are my trainers?”
🇨🇿 Prague → In person learning. Proper discussions. Ideas bouncing around the room
🏠 Home → Watching another webinar on 1.5x speed while replying to WhatsApps.
🇨🇿 Prague → Space to think about your business properly
🏠 Home → Thinking interrupted by someone asking what’s for dinner.
🇨🇿 Prague → New photographer friends you’ll probably stay connected with for years
🏠 Home → Talking to the dog about your marketing strategy.
🇨🇿 Prague → Inspiration from a beautiful city full of history, food and atmosphere
🏠 Home → Looking at the same kitchen wall you’ve seen for the last five years.
🇨🇿 Prague → Four days that could genuinely change how your business grows next
🏠 Home → Four days that disappear into the blur of normal life.
Also worth mentioning
⭐ Two coaches for the price of one
⭐ Four days in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe
⭐ And beer that costs less than a Pret sandwich.
So…
Prague
Or....
Another week where the kettle gets more action than your business plan 😆
If Prague sounds like the better option, come and join us.
Details here: https://www.foodiesphotography.com/prague
(Or DM me)

Four days.
One incredible city.
Two coaches.
And a room full of photographers actually moving their businesses forward. 🍻

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