Food photography is very popular and the demand for free food stock photos has never been higher. Photographing food can be very tricky for beginners as ingredients, lighting and camera angle play a huge part in creating appealing images that are worthy of publishing.
Creating quality food photos requires training, and if you set up with a good camera you can find really good information online on how to set up lighting. Check out this tutorial on 11 Quick Food Photography Tips to Make Mouth Watering Images, it should cover the basics and help you get started.
If you’re not a photographer and you might need a food photo for your blog post or an advertisement that you’re designing, sometimes you don’t have a budget to hire a professional photographer. That’s where free stock photos come in handy. There are plenty of great free food stock photos online and we have over 6.500 images related to food and drink photography alone.
In this post I have collected 30 images of food from our free image gallery. They vary from raw ingredients, fruits and vegetables to cooked meals. I hope you find some images worth downloading.