Who we are
A small studio for an old craft.
We started Ember after years shooting for restaurants, hotels and food magazines. The work was beautiful — and impossible to repeat. Ember is the studio we wished existed: the same hand and the same eye, applied to every plate, every week.
Our story
How we got here.
- 2019
First shoot together — a tiny natural-wine bar in Belleville. We charged €400. It took us three days.
- 2021
Two of us joined a hotel group full-time. We saw the same brief, week after week, eat hours of skilled time.
- 2023
Built an internal tool to repeat scenes. It changed how the team worked. Operators kept asking if they could license it.
- 2024
Spun Ember out. Four founders, twelve venues, one promise: the studio you wished existed.
- 2026
412 venues across nine countries. Still shipping every Monday.
The team
Photographers, chefs, engineers.
Formerly food photographer for Le Fooding, Kinfolk and Apartamento.
Eight years shooting Michelin kitchens across Scandinavia.
Built and ran the photography studio at a leading hotel group.
Previously infrastructure lead at a generative-image platform.
What we believe
Three rules we don't break.
We respect the kitchen.
Service comes first. Our work fits around prep, never the other way around.
We love repetition.
Consistency is the hardest part of brand photography — and the part we obsess over.
We charge fairly.
One subscription. No retainers, no shoot fees, no surprise invoices.