New York Restaurant Photographer
Brent Herrig is a New York restaurant photographer, partnering with restaurant groups and hospitality brands. Interiors, menus, staff, and campaigns, shot on location across the city.
The New York Method
Shot for the whole restaurant, room to plate to staff.
Partnering with New York restaurant groups and hospitality brands, the work covers the interior, the bar, the plate, and the people who run the room: chefs, sommeliers, and service staff. Shot on location across Manhattan and the boroughs, built to run across menus, paid, social, and print.
For food-led work, see the New York food page. For drink-led work, see the New York cocktail page. This one is the whole restaurant, in one production.
See the work
From the room to the plate.
New York restaurant photography across the whole space: The Clocktower, BlackTail, Peak, and The Hill. Interiors, bar and service, plated dishes, and the campaigns behind the groups that run the city's tables. Click any frame to open it full screen.
The people who run the room
Kitchen and front of house, both.
Portraits shot where the work happens: the kitchen, the floor, and the bar.
How the work gets made
One production, built to run across the year.
A shoot day, planned around service, delivered as a set you can run across every channel.
01
Pre-production
Every space, dish, and shot mapped before the shoot day. Shot list, lighting plan, and staff schedule locked, so the day runs on plan.
02
Production
Shot on location in your restaurant, before, during, or after service. Interiors, staff, and plated dishes captured in the same set.
03
Hybrid extension
Real frames extended with AI for new formats, seasons, and variations, so one shoot covers months of content without booking a reshoot.
04
Delivery
Hero frames, supporting angles, negative-space crops, and motion loops, retouched and sized for every channel.
What a shoot day covers
- 01Call time, walk-through, and lighting setup around service hours
- 02Interior and bar photography before the room fills
- 03A hero frame for every dish on the list
- 04Staff and chef portraits, kitchen and front of house
- 05Motion: pours, plating, and service moments, captured alongside the stills
- 06Live review at the monitor, so selects are approved before the day ends
- 07A retouch brief and delivery timeline before you leave the set
Trusted in New York
Restaurant groups and hospitality companies behind the work. New York rooms and national campaigns, shot from one production.
Common Restaurant Photography Questions
Hiring a restaurant photographer in New York City.
- Who is Brent Herrig?
- Brent Herrig is a commercial photographer and director based in New York, working with restaurant groups, hospitality brands, and agencies. He shoots stills and motion on location, covering the room, the plate, and the people who run it.
- What does a New York restaurant photographer shoot?
- Interiors and bar photography, menu and plated dish photography, chef and staff portraits, service and hospitality moments, and campaign work for restaurant groups. One production covers the whole restaurant, not just the food.
- Where is the studio located?
- Anchored in Manhattan, with a network of partner studios and rental houses across New York. Most restaurant work is shot on location, in the room and kitchen the client already has.
- How do usage rights work?
- Usage is scoped to the brief. Media, territory, and term are set in the estimate before the shoot, so you own exactly the license you pay for. Buyouts and extensions are available and priced up front, never as a surprise renewal.
- What does it cost to hire a restaurant photographer in New York?
- Every project is quoted to its brief. Shoot days, how many spaces and dishes are covered, usage rights, and whether motion is included all move the number. Share the brief and you will get a clear estimate before anything is booked.
- What is hybrid shoot plus AI production?
- Real photography, extended with AI. The shoot captures the source frames, then AI builds the formats, seasonal variations, and background options from them, so one production covers months of content while the craft and the brand stay intact.
- Can one shoot cover the whole restaurant, not just the food?
- Yes. Interiors, bar, staff and chef portraits, and plated dishes are all covered in the same production, so the restaurant group gets one consistent set instead of piecing it together from separate shoots.
- Do you only work in New York?
- New York is the base for this work, with execution available anywhere the brief needs it. London is a second base. For food-led or drink-led campaigns, see the New York food page and the New York cocktail page.
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