Food, Drink & Hospitality Photography Stories from Sequoia Studios
The Fifth Element
Behind the Lens of Food and Drink Photography
Welcome to The Fifth Element, our blog celebrating professional food, drink and hospitality photography throughout Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex, across the UK and abroad.
Here we explore the essential elements of cooking — fire, water, air and earth — and the fifth element that brings them all together: love.
Expect behind-the-scenes stories, client features, creative insights and the passion that turns every image into a story worth sharing
🍂 Luring Autumn Lasagne
Discover the warmth of autumn in our take on a luring lasagne! A creative blend of food photography, pasta and seasonal ingredients…
🍏 Homemade Apple Pie
We celebrate the craft, colour and creativity behind great food photography with homemade apple pie…
National Taco Day
National Taco Day occurs annually on the first Tuesday in October and while tacos may not be a British tradition, they’ve become a firm favourite…
National Curry Week
From humble spice roots to the nation’s favourite takeaway, curry has become woven into Britain’s culinary culture…
Club Pizza
We were asked if we had availability for a shoot this week. By Monday we’d spoken, by Tuesday we were shooting with photos delivered in 5 days…
Celebrate National Pizza Month!
October is National Pizza Month! A whole month dedicated to the world’s most universally loved food…
National Bacon Butty Day
Few things match the humble bacon butty, and on 23rd September each year, we celebrate this beaut…
Asking For Seconds
On 4th September, Eat an Extra Dessert Day is here, and it is a celebration of pudding in all its glorious forms…
Celebrating Organic September
Showcasing the beauty of organic food, farming and sustainable produce through photography for chefs, restaurants and food producers…
Whisky Sour Day
It felt like the perfect excuse to revisit the classic and this time I brought something extra to the glass…