Photography and video
Photography and video
(WHAT IT IS)
Southern Exposure Media Group (SXMG), an Atlanta marketing and creative agency, shoots photos and video for businesses across metro Atlanta and North Georgia, many of them restaurants and food halls. We photograph dishes, drinks, products, rooms, people and events, cut vertical reels for social media, and make brand films.
We plan each shoot so one day of work can feed your social media, your website, your ads and your press requests. Our brand films include a tequila brand's origin story, shot on location in Jalisco, Mexico, and a 90-second film for an Atlanta eye care practice.
(WHAT'S INCLUDED)
What we photograph and film
- 01.
Dishes and drinks
Dish and cocktail photos for your menus, website, social media and online ordering.
- 02.
Products
Product photos for online stores and sell sheets.
- 03.
Rooms and storefronts
Your dining room, private room, shop or practice, inside and out.
- 04.
Headshots and team photos
Portraits of owners and staff for your website, social media and press.
- 05.
Events and openings
Ribbon cuttings, opening days, dinners and event nights, with recap reels after.
- 06.
Reels
Vertical video for Instagram and Facebook, cut from each shoot.
- 07.
Brand and practice films
Longer films that tell your story, in versions with and without your logo.
- 08.
Website video
Header videos and short cuts made to fit your website.
- 09.
Interview and educational series
A run of short videos that explains your product or your craft.
- 10.
Press photo sets
Photos writers and editors can run, delivered with a credit line.
- 11.
Pitches and TV prep
Story pitches when there is a story to tell, and media training before a live TV appearance.
(HOW WE WORK ON IT)
How a photo and video shoot runs
- 01.
Shot list and planning call
We agree on the look, the must-have shots and where each piece will run.
- 02.
Shoot day
Stills and video on location, in your dining room, kitchen, shop or practice.
- 03.
An edit for each use
Vertical cuts for social media, shorter cuts for your website, and versions with and without your logo.
- 04.
Review
You see the cut and ask for changes before anything is final.
- 05.
Delivery
Files arrive in folders sorted for your team, by event, dish or vendor.
(THE WORK)
Photography and video we can show
Pedro Furtivo Tequila
Atlanta and Jalisco, Mexico
The Origin Story, a brand film we shot on location in Jalisco, Mexico, in September 2024, premiered on the brand's YouTube channel on January 29, 2025. We also made vertical cuts and an educational series, photographed the brand until February 2026 and made its video until August 2026.
CHR Steak
Gainesville, Georgia
We have photographed and filmed the steakhouse since June 2026. Shoots in June, July, September and October covered the dry age room, the raw bar, the private room, the bar program and staff headshots.
Chattahoochee Food Works
Upper Westside, Atlanta
We have photographed and filmed the food hall since March 2025: kitchen owners and their dishes, the room on its busiest nights, reels that show guests the way to each counter, and recap films after the big events.
CTR Food Works
Downtown Atlanta
We have filmed the food hall since March 2026 and photographed it since May 2026. We covered the ribbon cutting on May 20, the media preview on June 10 and opening day on June 13, 2026, and on content days we now shoot each kitchen dish by dish. In October 2026 we sorted the hall's photos into one library for the team, by event and by kitchen.
Frazie's Meat & Market
Riverside, Atlanta
We have handled the butcher shop's photography and video since October 2024. That covers the shop inside and out, a product shoot for its online store in January 2025, and its supper clubs, which we photographed and filmed from October 2024 to October 2025 and cut into recap reels.
Nan Thai Buckhead
Buckhead, Atlanta
We have photographed and filmed the restaurant since October 2025: the menu, the cocktails, the dining room and Charlie's Room through the seasons, and in September 2026 a chef series dinner at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
Oculare
Atlanta, Georgia
A full production day at the practice on September 24, 2026, and a 90-second 4K practice film, finished in October 2026 with and without the logo. The film has led the practice's home page since October 23, 2026, and photos from the shoot replaced the renderings and stock pictures across its site.
Sliced Pizza
Hoschton, Georgia
One shoot on October 9, 2026 covered the menu, the storefront and the dining room, and the photos now run across the pizzeria's new site.
We have also photographed Southern Belle and Georgia Boy since May 2025, including new menus, cocktails and Southern Belle's Royal Tea Service, and have made Southern Belle's short reels since June 2025. We also keep a press photo library for their PR team. For Yacht Water we took photos from June 2024 to May 2026, including a studio shoot for a new flavor in February 2026.
(PRESS AND TV)
Press photos and help with TV
When a writer or an editor asks for photos, we send a set they can run, with a credit line. Since July 2026 we have handled CHR Steak's press requests. We sent its photos to DiningOut Atlanta and the Greater Hall Chamber, and a credited photo set to the Gainesville Times. We also handled press support for Nan Thai Buckhead from February to August 2026, and from March to August 2025 we supplied photos for Pedro Furtivo Tequila's press requests.
When there is a story to tell, we pitch it. And when a station books a live TV segment, we get your team ready for it: how a live broadcast runs, how your staff come across on camera, and how to share the segments afterward.
(PLATFORMS)
Where your photos and video run
We cut every shoot for the places it will run: your website, your press requests and the platforms below.
- YouTube
- Google Business Profile
(WHO IT IS FOR)
Who we photograph and film for
Restaurants and food halls, a butcher shop and market, an eye care practice, and spirits and beverage brands all have photos and video we made.
(QUESTIONS)
Questions about photography and video
Is food photography worth it?
For a restaurant, yes, because one shoot can work in many places, and Southern Exposure Media Group plans every shoot that way. Photos from CHR Steak's shoots run on its social media and website, and one set went to the Gainesville Times with our credit. Sliced Pizza's menu shoot in October 2026 now fills its home page, gallery, about and contact pages. And when Frazie's Meat & Market moved its online ordering to Toast in May 2025, our product photos went into the new catalog.
(RELATED SERVICES)
Services that go with photography and video
- Social media managementThe photos and reels from each shoot become the posts we plan, write and publish for you.
- Website design and developmentOur photos fill the pages of the sites we build, like the shots from our October 2026 shoot across the Sliced Pizza site.
- Email and printThe same photos go into your newsletters, menus, postcards and signs.
(INDUSTRIES)
Let's work together
Southern Exposure Media Group (SXMG) is a full-service creative agency in Atlanta, working with businesses of all kinds. Tell us what you want to grow.