I have spent a lot of time researching and looking into the food photography niche because my mom does a lot of food photography. She also paints photo backgrounds for Instagram.
Food photos and food photography are up there among the most competitive photography genres on Instagram, so in order for you to stand a chance, you will need amazing Instagram content and you need to utilize every Instagram Marketing tactic, starting with choosing the right food photography hashtags.
Popular Instagram Hashtags for food photography
These hashtags are general food photography hashtags you can use for almost any photo you upload. If you need it, I’ve made a guide on how effectively use hashtags on Instagram.
#photosoffood #foodphotographyforbusiness #foodphotography101 #foodphotographyprops #foodphotographyguides #foodphotography #foodphotographyme#picturesoffood #foodphotographytoday #foodphotographystyling #foodphotos #foodphotographymagazine #foodphotographyblog #foodphotographypropsed #foodphotographyaspire #foodphotographyprop#foodphoto #FoodPhotographyPH #foodphotographyni #foodphotography #foodphotographyclass #foodphotography #foodphotographyandstyling #foodporn
What kind of food are you photographing?
Depending on the food you are posting and Instagram, you will need different hashtags.
If you photograph healthy food, you should use #healthyfood too.
If you upload a photo of carrots to Instagram, you should also hashtag #carrots.
You get it… It’s not that complicated, but it’s easy to forget.
Instagram accounts that feature food photography
@foodprnshare -Use #foodprnshare
@ohmygodfoodporn Tag them to get featured. It’s greasy food.
@foodporn_xox – Use this hashtag #foodporn_xox
@food52 use #f52grams
@thefeedfeed use #feedfeed
@thrillist use ##forkyeah
@bestfood_aroundtheworld use #bestfoodworld
@infatuation #eeeeeats
@foodrepublic use #FRavorites
@devourpower use #devourpower
@foodbeast #foodbeast
@gastronogram #gastronogram
@love_food #lovefood
These guys love desserts and chocolate
@foodprnshare #foodpornshare
@lefooding use #lefooding
@eatfamous #eatfamous
@munchies #eatmunchies
@eater #eater
@FoodAndWine use #foodandwine
As you might have noticed, these Instagram pages about food have an insane amount of followers and in order to get your food photography featured, you really need some amazing content.
Another thing to keep in mind
What camera are you using for food photography? I use the Fujifilm x100f for street photography, so I also tag #fujifilm, regardless of the what I’m photographing. This gives me a small chance that the fuji-page will repost my photo. As a food photographer, you should also tag the brand of your camera so that brand might notice your food photos.
Get a lot more of my Instagram Marketing tips in my free photographer’s guide to social media & marketing.