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Restaurant & hospitality photography · Brooklyn, NY

Not stock plates and empty rooms — photographs your regulars would recognize.

Brass Lantern shoots the menu, the dining room, and the people behind the pass — then hands you a licensed, edited gallery ready for the website, the window, and every table it fills. Send us your service dates; consider the rest handled.

Plan your shoot See the packages
From the first call to the final export

How a shoot actually runs

No guessing what happens next. Here's the whole arc — we handle the production, the shot list, and the delivery so your floor never skips a beat.

  1. 1

    Pre-light call

    A 20-minute call to lock your dishes, hero rooms, and brand look — so shoot day arrives with zero loose ends.

    ~20 min
  2. 2

    On-site shoot

    We photograph during your prep window with our own lighting and styling kit. Your kitchen keeps cooking; we work around service.

    Half or full day
  3. 3

    First-look gallery

    A private proofing gallery lands in your inbox so you can flag favorites before we finish the edit.

    Within 48 hrs
  4. 4

    Licensed delivery

    Final retouched files, web- and print-ready, with usage rights written in plain language. Yours to run anywhere.

    Full license
Per-shoot packages · edited gallery delivered

Three ways to see your restaurant

Pick the package that fits what you're launching. Each one is billed per shoot with a licensed gallery included — add a room, a course, or a portrait and we'll fold it into the day.

01 — The Plate

Menu photography

From $1,150

Appetizing, true-to-plate shots of your signature dishes and drinks, styled and lit so the food looks the way it tastes at table four.

  • Up to 12 plated dishes or drinks, fully styled
  • Half-day on site with our lighting kit
  • Licensed gallery in 48 hours, web + print ready
Book The Plate
Pop-art screenprint of a styled plated dish
Pop-art screenprint of a restaurant dining room
02 — The Room

Interior & atmosphere

From $1,850

Your dining room, bar, and hotel spaces shot for the golden-hour feel that makes a scroller stop and book — dressed, lit, and composed by us.

  • Full-day coverage across your key spaces
  • Detail shots: tabletops, bar, fixtures, signage
  • Web, social, and large-format print crops
Book The Room
03 — The Pass

Chef portraits & brand story

From $2,600

The people and craft behind the food — chef and team portraits plus candid kitchen moments that give your brand a face worth remembering.

  • Full-day shoot: menu + room + portraits
  • Posed and candid team photography
  • Priority 48-hour edit, extended usage license
Book The Pass
Pop-art screenprint portrait of a chef at the pass
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Add-ons we'll fold into your day

Small requests, handled. Mix any of these into a package and we'll build them into the shot list before you ask twice.

Cocktail close-ups

Macro and splash shots of signature drinks, pours, and garnishes for the bar menu and socials.

$340

Vertical social crops

Every delivered image re-cropped and color-tuned for Reels, Stories, and Google Business posts.

$220

Seasonal re-shoot

Come menu change, we return for the new dishes at a returning-client rate — no re-lighting from scratch.

From $680

Extended licensing

Broader usage for franchise, delivery apps, and paid campaigns, written in plain language.

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Based in Brooklyn, shooting across the five boroughs

Your gallery, handled end to end

48 hrs
First-look proofing gallery
3
Package tiers from $1,150
Full
Usage license on every file
8:30–6
Mon–Fri · evenings by appt.
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