Earl Studios

Earl Studios Earl Studios is a New Hampshire based commercial video production company. We also specialize in food photography.

Earl Studios is a video production and food photography company located in New Hampshire. We shoot and produce professional commercial videos and films for high profile clients like Southern New Hampshire University, Crotched Mountain, Stonyfield Farms, Loon Mountain, Fright Kingdom, Tuscan Kitchen, and have worked for the Food Network. Our commercials have been broadcast nationally and can be see

n both in New England as well as around the country. As a former chef, owner Jeremy Earl Mayhew has always had a passion for food, and by combining this with his talents in photography, he has become one of the most respected and highly recognized food photographers in New Hampshire.

The thing about me…I’m always “dramatic”. Everything I do, I do with a sprinkle of drama and theatrics. I grew up on mov...
06/13/2023

The thing about me…I’m always “dramatic”. Everything I do, I do with a sprinkle of drama and theatrics. I grew up on movies, spend my high school and college years on the stage and in front of a camera. It’s as much of who I am as any part of my DNA. So wether I’m filming a fitness commercial or just shooting real estate photos, I’m alway adding that little bit of drama to it, everybody’s content deserves a little “Hollywood”.

You have to be responsible for your own creative growth. I have a “style”, it’s my brand and it’s comfortable. No one is...
05/25/2023

You have to be responsible for your own creative growth.

I have a “style”, it’s my brand and it’s comfortable. No one is asking me to “try bold new things” or be different, so if I’m going to grow creatively it’s all up to me.

This shoot was that opportunity. I had seen some harsh light images on instagram that I lived and wanted to try it out. I don’t normally shoot this was and I wasn’t sure if it would work but I had to take a chance and try something new.

Then I realized that I have over 2 decades of knowledge and experience, that expertise allows me to do new things on a foundation of technical knowledge.

I love how these images came out, but more so I love that I’m still pushing myself to grow even after all these years.

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03/27/2023

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August has been a time to refresh and renew creatively. To just get out with amazing people and shoot without rules or r...
08/11/2022

August has been a time to refresh and renew creatively. To just get out with amazing people and shoot without rules or restraints and just "create".

06/28/2022

I need to be more open to trying new things…

On YouTube years ago, everyone started doing this “swooshy swooshy” camera movement type thing. Wide angle lens, not accessories on the camera body, and just sort of “whooshing” the camera around. To be honest, I thought it was dumb, and it felt cheap. You couldn’t do that sort of movement if you had your camera rigged out with a monitor, handle, and matte box. It was something people were doing in their kitchens, unshowered in sweat pants and raggedy t-shirts. I thought, if i showed up to a professional shoot dressed like that, swooshing my camera all around, the client would kick me out in five minutes.

To my amazement, it took off though, and people loved the style. Being a disheveled videographer was seen as cool and hip, and clients didn’t seem to care because these YouTubers were driving Teslas and buying studios. I began to think, was my aversion to this new style correct, or just jealousy? I started to try it and to my amazement, didn’t hate how the movement felt in videos like this.

I was always the edgy one, the creative one taking new chances, but somewhere along the way maybe I become stodgy video curmudgeon, and that’s not me, that never was and I refuse to become that now. So I swooshy swooshy when I can, and when it fits the project….but I still detest “YouTubers”.

05/30/2022

When I was asked by to create a Memorial Day video, I wanted to do something special. I wanted to remind people what this day was about. I wanted them to know why we don't say "happy Memorial Day" in my house. Today is not a day for fun, or parties, it's a day we remember Dwight Thornton. Helicopter pilot, Calvary solider, father, and friend. With the slightest change of fate, my father and Dwight could have changed places on that mission, and I would not exist, and I would never have been born. The loss of Dwight is still felt through so many family's, over 50 years later.

Today we remember Dwight Thornton, and if we celebrate anything, we celebrate the memory of a father who gave his live in defense of his friends.

Oct 25th, 1969.

I'm not a photographer, I'm a therapist.⁠⁠Normal people don't like to be photographed. I hear a myriad of things during...
02/15/2022

I'm not a photographer, I'm a therapist.⁠
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Normal people don't like to be photographed. I hear a myriad of things during a photoshoot...⁠
-"I hate my hair"⁠
-"I hate the way my nose looks"⁠
-"ugh, look at my eye"⁠
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As a photographer is rough, you hear alot of people tell you "I hate that photo", and honestly, its easy to take it personally, but they don't hate the photo, they hate how they look in the photo.⁠
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I've been doing portraits for 14 years-ish, and I've heard it all. One day, years ago, I was taking a young ladys portrait and she said the usual comment of "ugh, I hate how you look", and without thinking I just blurted out "are you crazy, you're gorgeous!". My first thought was "oh God, shes going to totally take that the wrong way", but she turned to me and said "You think?". So I pointed out to her all the technical aspects of why she was so beautiful, the pop of color in her eyes, her high cheek bones, the perfect wave to her hair, how her smile was soft and genuine. I simply told her all the reasons why I loved the photo I had taken, and she looked again, and it sank it. "Lets try another one" she said, and I could see her start to loosen the grip she had on her own self image. I would add in a few compliments between posing suggestions, and by the end of the shoot, she loved the images she saw, and she left that shoot with a slightly better self image.⁠
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That's my job. The technical aspects of a photoshoot are easy for me now, light placement, lens selection, wireless tethering, I can do those in my sleep. The challenge is instantaneously upon meeting each new model, deciphering what their particular mental image issues are, and challenging those by reaffirming through positive reinforcement how they are beautiful, that they in fact have a perfect smile, their eyes are amazing, and they are not the person they think they see in images. ⁠
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You don't need Barry White to set the mood.⁠⁠To elevate your brands food photography images, you need to create a mood, ...
02/13/2022

You don't need Barry White to set the mood.⁠
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To elevate your brands food photography images, you need to create a mood, and that comes from planning. Don't get me started on the importance of planning, I've done, and will do, hundreds of thousands of Instagram posts about that. ⁠
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You need to create a story visually, but deeper than just a glass here, a plate there. Tell the story though set design, go as deep as to think about who would be sitting where, this person took a piece of pizza but then got up to get a drink. Don't just put the food down, move it around a bit, and take the photo. Craft the mood through a back story.⁠
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When you do this, you make the image more visually engaging, people study it a bit, they aren't sure why, but they know there is something more to the image that they can't get from just a quick glace. The longer you have eyes on your brand, the more time you have to convert that person to a customer.⁠
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Sometimes all you need is a hint.⁠⁠There is a very fine line between a good food photo and an amazing lifestyle photo, a...
02/11/2022

Sometimes all you need is a hint.⁠
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There is a very fine line between a good food photo and an amazing lifestyle photo, and that is the hint of a person. Its weird, but an out of focus hand or shoulder in a food photo just elevates it to the level of "lifestyle". It makes you sense something more is going on, you ask yourself questions about who the person is, why they are eating there, it engages you in the image.⁠
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People love stories. They love drama. A steak by itself is great, but the action of someone cutting into a steak adds movement, motion and a story.⁠
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The best part is, everyone loves to eat, so finding food photoshoot models is never that hard. It's even easier when they know they get to chow on everything we photographed when we're done.⁠
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There is no difference between your brand and Nike.⁠⁠I'm serious, both have access to all of the exact same tools, but s...
02/08/2022

There is no difference between your brand and Nike.⁠
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I'm serious, both have access to all of the exact same tools, but so often than not smaller brands tend to try to shortcut the brand building process because they THINK they are no working with the same abundance of assets as a larger global brand.⁠
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This is going to sound like some serious instagram influencer mumbo gumbo but I was saying this long before instagram. The most important tool that is required for building these brand assets is time.⁠
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To shoot a photo campaign Nike will a lot a ridiculous amount of time to the process. They will schedule preplanning meetings, they will scout locations, audition models, create shot lists, inspiration boards. They will do preproduction planning, and when it does come time to shoot they will schedule several days to capture the images, then even more time to post process those images. THEN, on top of all of that TIME, they will then begin with the planning to roll out the campaign, meeting about where to put the images, how long to show them, research into demographics on who should see the images.⁠
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Your brand and Nike are the same. You both have access to models, people to be in front of the camera. You both have access to cameras, from your iphone to a DSLR. You both have computers, and both those computers have photoshop. You are both at a level playing field. ⁠
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The only difference between your brand and a NIKE is the value you place on time. While many brands feel compelled to use the "grab a quick shot we have no time" mentality, NIKE says "we have all the time we need to do this right".⁠
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The next time you think about a brand campaign, remember that time is most crucial part of its success.⁠
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That's why these images are so powerful, because understands the value of time.⁠
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Toscana fest at was an amazing day, but more amazing than that was being there when it started and seeing where it is n...
10/07/2021

Toscana fest at was an amazing day, but more amazing than that was being there when it started and seeing where it is now.

Working with this company is an MBA level education in perseverance and growth in business no matter the odds or challenges.

Spent a few days out amongst the foliage and fall vibes up at Shot some photos, clocked 30,000 steps. It was a much nee...
10/06/2021

Spent a few days out amongst the foliage and fall vibes up at

Shot some photos, clocked 30,000 steps. It was a much needed adventure.

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