Online photo gallery for food and restaurant photographers

Are you a food photographer looking for a French platform that truly fits your line of work? MesGaleries.com offers a complete professional tool designed around the specifics of food and restaurant photography: one gallery per restaurant client, updated in real time, fast high-definition delivery, automated print sales, and support based in France that replies in under 18 minutes. All your data stays stored in France, in compliance with the GDPR.

This page explains how MesGaleries meets your practical needs, from the first client meeting to the last print sale.

The specific challenges of food photographers

The dominant tools (Pixieset, ShootProof, Pic-Time) treat galleries as a simple file repository and do nothing about the practical friction points of food and restaurant photography. Here are the problems you run into regularly, and to which MesGaleries offers a suitable answer:

• Restaurant owners change their menu several times a year and forget the previous delivery links. You spend time resending files.
• Each medium has its own delivery format: high resolution for print, web for the website, square format for Instagram, landscape format for Facebook. Producing multiple versions is time-consuming.
• Chefs and restaurant owners are not technical. A complicated interface kills usage. They want a link, a download, and that's it.
• The business relationship with a restaurant is long-term: you shoot several times a year, and your tool should make the most of that continuity.

One gallery per restaurant client, updated in real time

Restaurant owners change their menus several times a year and need their photos to be accessible at all times. With MesGaleries, you create a permanent gallery for each restaurant client, organized into chapters (appetizers, main courses, desserts, atmosphere, team). You add your successive shoots to it as the seasons go by. The restaurant owner downloads on demand for their website, printed menus, social media or Deliveroo, in the right format. No need to resend everything with each update.

A gallery that respects your visual identity

The work of a food photographer is above all artistic: the gallery should step back and let your images speak. MesGaleries offers a clean, professional design by default, fully customizable to match your studio's visual identity: colors, typography, logo, custom subdomain (your-studio.mesgaleries.com), tailor-made welcome banner.

Above all, the platform learns from the way you work. After a few galleries, MesGaleries automatically suggests your usual chapters, your export quality preferences and your protection settings. You save time where your peers lose it.

Key features for food photographers

• Permanent gallery for each restaurant client, accessible 24/7
• Multi-format download in 1 click (HD for print, web-optimized, Instagram square, Facebook landscape)
• Built-in video hosting for recipes, chef presentations and restaurant atmosphere
• Custom subdomain for your recurring clients (restaurant-x.mesgaleries.com)
• Documents area for service contracts and usage rights

Smooth delivery, in high definition

Your clients collect their photos through a permanent gallery, secured by password or by face recognition, accessible 24/7. No more expired WeTransfer links, no more full Google Drive, no more lost files.

• Individual or batch download, at the resolution you choose (compressed preview for public sharing, full HD for clients).
• No time limit, no file size limit.
• Detailed download statistics.
• No ads, no ad tracking.

Sell your prints without handling the logistics

Print sales are a regular source of additional income for food photographers. MesGaleries automates everything: your clients order directly from the gallery, you set your commission on each sale, and the partner lab Negatif+ prints, packs and ships the prints.

You collect your commission without ever handling a single box. Negatif+ quality is our benchmark: no parcel arrives damaged.

The food photographer's workflow from A to Z

Here is how a food photographer actually uses MesGaleries, from the start of the assignment to the last print sale:

1. You book the appointment with the restaurant and shoot the menu, the team and the atmosphere.
2. At the studio, you upload the edited photos to the client's permanent gallery, organized into chapters (appetizers, main courses, desserts, atmosphere, team).
3. You send the link to the restaurant owner, who bookmarks it and comes back to it on a self-service basis.
4. For later shoots (menu change, new season), you add new chapters to the same gallery. The client finds all of your work in one place.
5. The restaurant owner downloads on demand in the format they need (website, printed menu, Instagram, Deliveroo) with no action on your part.

MesGaleries vs Pixieset, ShootProof, Pic-Time

The international solutions are solid, but built for the North American market. For a food photographer in Europe, here is what changes:

• Interface available in English, as well as in French, Spanish and German.
• Billing in euros with French VAT, compliant invoices for your accounting.
• Data hosted in France, GDPR compliant with no additional contract.
• Support based in France, average response time under 18 minutes, weekends included.
• Extensive customization of the design (colors, fonts, subdomain).
• Eco-friendly hosting: refurbished servers powered 100% by solar energy produced on site.

Competing solutions force you to recreate a gallery for every shoot. MesGaleries treats the client relationship as a long-term one, which matches exactly how food photographers work in B2B.

Pricing and getting started

The Standard plan at €15/month covers the needs of a food photographer who is starting out (10 active galleries, 80 GB of storage). The Gold plan at €28/month takes you up to 40 active galleries and unlocks the customizable commission on sales as well as face recognition protection. The Premium plan at €50/month removes any limit on published galleries.

The Free plan remains usable indefinitely and lets you test the platform on two galleries, with no time limit whatsoever.

See all plans and their detailed comparison →

Frequently asked questions from food photographers

A few answers to the questions you ask yourself most often before trying the platform.

• How do you deliver several versions of the same photos (web, print, social media) to a restaurant? MesGaleries offers multi-format download in 1 click: high definition for print, a compressed web version for the website, square format for Instagram, landscape format for Facebook. The restaurant owner chooses from a drop-down list.
• Can you keep a permanent gallery for a restaurant client? Yes, that is the recommended use. You create one gallery per restaurant and add your successive shoots to it as the seasons go by. The client has a single link to remember and finds all of your work there.
• Can you host recipe videos or chef presentations? Yes, MesGaleries has native video playback. You add recipes, chef presentations or restaurant atmosphere clips directly to the gallery. The client uses them for their website and social media.
• How do you bill a restaurant owner on a yearly "photo subscription" basis? You handle your billing independently. MesGaleries provides you with the permanent storage and delivery tool. Several food photographers work on a subscription basis (X shoots included per year + unlimited access to the gallery).

You will find more answers in our general FAQ.

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