FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER AND FOOD STYLIST
Celéste is not just an excellent food photographer due to her expert lighting and story telling skills, but she is also an amazing food stylist and art director. She has worked with many brands, restaurants and agencies including Costa, Jumeirah, McDonalds, Maggi, Kraft, Pinza, etc. and recently styled for Pizza Hut. She cooks herself, which is unusual for a food stylist and food photographer and call herself a "FOODIE".
THE ART OF COOKING AND PRESENTING
"I'm always on the lookout for pairings of food, different ways to tell a story and concepts with food, to learn small tricks from food stylists and ways of presenting. My love for food comes from my love for wine. As a trained wine sommelier, visual pleasure, aroma, pallet, and the experience in itself, is a form of art on its own. There is nothing really as special as planning and cooking for someone or being cooked for. My favourite culinary experience (to cook and to eat) on an ideal day would be... Ostrich steak with my secret most exquisite sauce accompanied by crunchy garlic mash, Tzatziki sauce & fresh seed bread, watermelon feta salad and papaja covered with lime juice, desert: 'Warbat' " Drink: Old Fashioned
A tavola non si invecchia.
the following is ALL SHOT & STYLED by celeste van rooyen photography
UNLESS MENTIONED OTHERWISE
oishii restaurant dubai
Japanese Ramen - a noodle soup that consists of chinese wheat noodles served in a meat or fish based broth, often flavored with soy or miso, toppings could be sliced pork, nori (dried seaweed), menma and scallions. (but I love the bowls with lamb or chicken)
My favourite as a "FOODIE" : the edamame!!
mohap sugar awareness story
CLIENT : VIP FILMS
macdonalds ramadan billboard campaign
THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT
FOOD lifestyle RAMADAN 2021
CLIENT: @DUBAI TOURISM - social media content creation - the visual story of 3 restaurants
RESTAURANTS: @FISH TAVERNA; @SENOR PICO; @3FILS
PROJECT: FIYA RESTAURANT OPENS IN KETURAH RESERVE MEYDAN
Full menu of the outdoor charcoal fireplace with the surrounding olive trees. A magnificent experience.
REBRANDING, STYLING, PHOTOGRAPHY & ART DIRECTION
Rebranding of the amazing restaurants: Pinza, PUNS & BR8 Kitchen
The biggest growth since Covid, is online food deliveries. How to make a white-background stock image type of food shot look appetizing? and more like the lifestyle shots we all are use to? Just add that shadow, a bit of background color and depth of field.
for all the Dubai delivery platforms: Deliveroo, Talabat, Zomato & Chatfood.
My recommendation as a "FOODIE" is for sure the PINZA experience of receiving the Beetroot Humus, Banana Bread and Margarita, famous for their amazing rustic crusts.
PROJECT: STILLS ON SET FOR PUCK ARABIA COMMERCIAL
AGENCY: WHAT IF CREATIVE
CLIENT: PUCK @PUCKARABIA
FOOD STYLING ONLY
AGENCY: PUBLICIS DUBAI
CLIENT: MAGGI
coming soon
COKE MEALS | SHOT FOR THE NIGERIAN MARKET
AGENCY: @SCOUTPRODUCTION
CLIENT: @COKE & @OGILVY KENYA
Semo with seasfood Okra, Amala + Ewedu + Gbegiri, Jollof rice, pounded jam, Ofada rice etc....
PROJECT: PIZZA HUT RAMADAN TVC
AGENCY: NUDGE MEDIA
CLIENT: PIZZA HUT @PIZZAHUTUAE
PROJECT: SUNNY TVC TIK TOK RECIPES
AGENCY: NETIZENCY
CLIENT: SUNNY
SCOPE: FOOD STYLING & HAND MODEL & ART DIRECTION - PROPPING UP LIGHTHOUSE STUDIO KITCHEN ACCORDING TO BRAND GUIDE AND COLORS TO FIT BRIEF
PROJECT: VARIOUS RECIPY'S WITH PHILADELPHIA CHEESE FOR TIK TOK
AGENCY:
CLIENT: PHILADELPHIA
SCOPE: FOOD STYLING & HAND MODEL & ART DIRECTION - PROPPING UP LIGHTHOUSE STUDIO KITCHEN ACCORDING TO BRAND GUIDE AND COLORS TO FIT BRIEF
PROJECT: NESPRESSO RAMADAN FOOD STYLING CAMPAIGN 2023 & RECIPES
AGENCY: LACOSA
CLIENT: NESPRESSO
PROJECT: CIRCLE CAFE FULL MENU
Fresh look and feel for healthy meals.
SCOPE: FOOD STYLING ONLY
the AI midjourney food story
food photography has taken on all styles of photography
I wanted to create a story about all of the different background options and lighting "styles".
THE FOOD TYPE OF MY CHOISE for THIS STORY IS: PRAWNS & SHRIMP: all THOSE LOVELY DISHES LIKE TEMPURA SHRIMPS, SEAFOOD PAELLA, SHRIMP TACO'S, SHRIMP BARBEQ SKEWERS, SHRIMP PASTA, PRAWN COCKTAIL; ETC. WILL BE DISPLAYED IN SHOWING THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY DIFFERENTIATED BY LIGHT:
- THE PROUD CORPORATE PRAWN PORTRAIT
- THE FASHION PRAWN
- THE LIFESTYLE SHRIMP
- THE PACK SHOT SHRIMP
I WANTED TO USE AI, NOT TO ONLY SHOW OFF MY PROMPT SKILLS, (IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM) BUT TO SHOW YOU HOW SCARY REAL IT LOOKS.
this story is created with #ai in #midjourney only
Keep an eye out for this post as it's still in progress .....
"Prawns and shrimp are both decapods (skeleton and 10 legs) but they have some differences in terms of anatomy, habitat, and taste. The terminology used to distinguish between prawns and shrimp can vary between regions and countries, and in some places, the terms are used interchangeably. It contains selenium, an antioxidant mineral that activates enzymes that fights the growth of cancer, causing free radicals, but too high in cholestrol"
—fun facts