I'm Sue Todd, a fine food and hospitality photographer. I create mouthwatering images that people make people hungry.

I'm never happier then when I'm working on creative ideas to deliver fabulous images and its my passion for photography that drives me forwards. I love my work and having worked in the hospitality industry have a good working knowledge of what is needed.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
I create the vision you want your customers to envisage when they think about you. Portraying delicious food, a fabulous venue and dedicated staff to their full potential, ensuring the 'you're making me hungry' reaction that helps drive sales.

I also create, cook and shoot recipes for clients using their produce/products.  Capturing a range of different images for use on social media, web, marketing and more.

I can work on site with you, on location or in my studio, where I also have kitchen facilities.
We will have a full pre-shoot consultation where I design your shoot to your specific needs. If you have a stylist I can work with them or I can style your shoots for you, taking your food photography to new heights, creating team portraits and stunning images of your venue all inline with your branding to boost your company profile.

If your website and social media don't fully reflect who you are and what you do then you are missing out on sales opportunities. I work with you to ensure that your imagery reflects your brand accurately and tells the right story to your prospective guests, then I use my photographic skills, editing expertise and knowledge of the industry to create the images you need to enhance your reputation.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM ME
I take the pain and stress away, producing exactly what you need
Creative expertise in camera and post production
Beautiful images that you'll love - guaranteed

WORK WITH ME:  

✉️ email sue@suetoddphotography.co.uk or call me  📱 07546 299768.

SPECIALITIES: Food & Drink Photography, Food Styling, Restaurant, Bar & Venue Photography

One of the loveliest things about visiting the NE Expo last week was seeing some of my clients and seeing and picking up examples of their print work with my work all over them!  

You don't always get to see your work after it's left which is such a shame.  It's always lovely to see it but also it gives me the opportunity to give that client an extra shout out, which I always love doing.

I knew these pics had gone to print as I saw Matthew Slack's post all about their Hamper Brochure and I'd asked him to keep me one.  Better than that we had a great catchup and I picked a copy up in person.

We had such a great time on this particular shoot, we cooked and shot in my studio for two days solid with 3 ovens going none stop in the middle of a very hot August.  It was tremendous fun as well as being really productive and boy did we eat well!!  Rib of beef for lunch anyone??

So here's some quick shots I took of the brochure to share.  They do web orders as well and I can vouch for how good the meat is.  When we lived up near Alnwick that's where we got our meat and I love them coming into shoot now as I get the chance to have more of it.  So if you want something special for Christmas or to gift one of their fab hampers go take a look.   

#christmasfood #christmashampers #hampers #finefood #suetoddphotography

Sue Todd Speciality Food and Drink Photographer

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Helping the Fine Food & Hospitality industry increase organic reach, boost engagement and increase sales by providing the WOW factor with Beautiful Mouth-Watering Images that shout "Eat Me". Follow: #suetoddphotography

Oooh a snow day!! That rather put paid to my plans for the day I have to say. Lorna and I had planned a co-working day but since neither of us can get out, never mind get to my studio that's been postponed.

In an interesting twist though it seem that my super lovely Sound Dog Henry who HATES the rain or getting wet simply ADORES snow! 

He's been bounding about like an oversized puppy and if my hands hadn't been suffering with the cold I might have managed some video. While he'll jump over puddles, won't contemplate going into the sea, it's apparently great fun to lie in the snow?? Who knew? Proper little contrary Mary he is.

 It was lovely to be the first people through the wood this morning though, watching deer in the field across the river and watching a squirrel close by. 
Lovely way to start the day.

So a few snowy pics for you today. Hopefully it will be gone tomorrow and normal life can continue.

#suetoddphotography #snowday #snow

Today has been a lovely chilled day filled with doggie cuddles from Henry, a visit to the Hartburn Christmas Fair for the first time in however many  years we have been here! 

I’ve found some new prop suppliers and bought a new basket.  I’m sure it will feature in a photo soon. And I’ve got some wonderful new ideas which are really firing me up.  

I didn’t take enough photos but here’s what I did get…

I've just started knitting again.  I really love knitting, but I'm not the fastest and my fingers have never really cottoned on so I'm the slowest knitter imaginable.  I kid you not.

However, some of the instructions I'm coming up against are just unreal and unfathomable.  Why do they make it so hard?   Some things like casting on are assumed knowledge it seems, but when you know there are several ways and you can't quite remember which one you want you lose hours online researching.

Then you get into the pattern and all went well till shaping for the raglan.  Which given this is knit in the round from the top down, isn't far!  

So I take a deep breath and look once more at the instructions.  Knit 11 - I'm good with that.  

Then it says Patt6inc ???  `

WTF??  

That apparently means - K3tog, yfwd, K3tog, yfwd, K3tog all into the next 3 stitches ????, slip sts off needle (5 sts) [Where do the stitches go?? Do you just drop them?], K3togtbl, yfwd, K3togtbl, yfwd, K3togtbl, K3 togtbl all into the next 3 stitches, slip sts off needle (5sts).  

It might as well have been written in Latin.  Clueless I was.  I think with the help of Google I've finally gotten my head around it, time will tell, BUT REALLY??

How does this link to photography you ask?  

Simples!  

A lot of people have cameras languishing on a shelf or hidden in a cupboard.  

Why?  Because they can't get their head around how it works and the instructions seem infathomable.   

And while Google and YouTube can help to an extent, its working out which information relates to you, and being able to follow it.  A lot of photographers don't help by making it sound way more technical and complicated than it needs to be to really get going. Both photography and knitting can be very complex but you can explain things way better than a lot of folks do.

That is why I love teaching photography too.  It's great to be able to see that moment when it all falls into place and the person you are working with lights up and you know 'they've' got it.

When you are learning, there's a lot to take in, and we all begin from different places, assuming knowledge at the outset is a big mistake and in my book there's no reason why you shouldn't start out wanting to do something complex from the get go.  The only issue then is finding someone who can hold your hand and help on the journey.  

So if that's you, you may not know I also teach, reach out and lets have a chat.  I believe in creating the shortest path possible to achievement and making it as easy as possible.  Now if someone at Sirdar could do the same with their knitting patterns I'd really appreciate it.

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Picture my wool, needles, scissors and pattern with my laptop as I do research. But do you like my very old and funky row counter?  It belonged to either my Grandma or Nana, I forget which but is still in use.  I love it.

So today we've been out helping Santa Claus!  I knew I was going off today to do photos at a charity event at Grand Hotel Gosforth Park  organised by Ben Fearon and Sarah Fearon.  They are fund raising for the second time for St Oswald's Hospice and Hazlewood Community Primary School.

I arrived thinking I was doing event pictures to find that instead I was shooting Santa Claus with all his little visitors.  I'm hoping my phrasing there doesn't get me into hot water.  Obviously the shooting was with my camera.

What a day.  Such lovely little ones, and even a lovely little doggie in training as a support dog - which obviously struck a chord with me, given my Henry.
I am shattered this evening though.  Out far longer than intended in 'new' shoes - I mean which part of my brain actually thought that was a good idea?

How's your Sunday been?

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Rant incoming .... Drivers in the countryside .... boil my blood at times.  I live in a tiny village, there are no pavements and there are no street lights either.  There are signs signifing the 30 miles an hour speed limit in the village. This mostly is ignored.  

Outside of the village, the roads are fairly quiet mostly but .... cars come racing along often on the wrong side of the road way faster than 60 miles an hour speed limit.  They also overtake on blind corners or hurtle around a corner on the wrong side.

JUST WHY?

You never know what might be around that next corner, it may be horses, cyclists, or a ruddy great tractor that is more than half the road in size.  It might be me and my dog.  The difficulty for me is that I may not hear oncoming cars until it's too late, especially electric ones.  Windy days also render my total hearing down to nill. 

Thankfully people seem averse to actually hitting us though we have had some close calls.  Just today someone came flying round the corner, saw me and Henry flat up against the hedge, slammed on the brakes and almost went off the road in an effort to stop. 

We do sometimes walk through the wood but it's steep with sheer drops and very slippy and muddy so it's not a great option in wet weather, so the lane is the fall back then.  It would be nice to feel a bit safer out walking through.

The council in their infinite wisdom (or utter stupidity depending on your standpoint - I know my thoughts on this) when relaying the road surface decided that the central lines in the village weren't necessary.  Sadly the majority of the population don't seem to be able to navigate a road without these lines and seem to forget instantly what side of the road they are meant to be on.

I adore country life I really do, and I put up with badly repaired roads, no street lighting etc but please if you drive in the countryside give safety a thought and ask what might be around this next corner before attempting to beat the land speed record.

I've been stewing on this one for weeks but just had to vent, it drives me mad.  I can't be the only one?

Heavens it's been cold today and waking up to white stuff wasn't so good. The fact that there's lots more expected isn't filling my soul with glee either.  

Don't get me wrong, given the right circumstances, no where I need to be, warm cosy house, roaring fire, no lack of electricity and plenty of food with a nice viewpoint to 'look' out at it then I'm all in favour.  

But when I need to be somewhere and want to be somewhere but am dubious about getting home that is just plain anxious making.  

Today I was running late and thought I'd walk Henry from the studio. All was well crossing the car park but I hit the path and nearly hit it with more than my little feetsies. Boy, did that slow me down. Slipping and sliding is not my idea of fun, and I never got away with ice skating as a kid either, I used to spend the duration valiantly trying to stay on my feet and terrified someone's skates were going to go straight over my fingers and cut them off. I had some imagination as a child. But even now I'd not be happy. But I'm resigned to being a wimp so that's okay.

Just about to head home for the day now to cuddle up round a cosy fire but thought since I needed 'cosy' today, you might too, so here's another from the Squash Collection to bring a little brightness and warmth in.

#suetoddphotography #winter2025 #squash

Today has been a funny day that never went according to plan.  So much so that every single thing changed all day! 

I thought this rather silly photo of the very magnificent double, very vibrant rainbow we saw on the way to work should have been a good indicator of the day to follow?

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