My goodness, this day started out with gorgeous weather on the coast of Pebble Beach, CA – then while the bridal party was getting ready, ominous clouds accumulated over the ocean. Marta, a real trooper, walked outside, staring at the intermittent lightning, holding her hands out expecting droplets to fall any second. Deep thunder warned […]
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La Fondue recently moved down the street from their previous Saratoga, CA location, and I had to wonder what the new decor would look like. At their previous location, walking in felt like you were going back to medieval times with knights in armor, colorful tapestries and other decorations hanging all around. The updated look […]
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Like that other restaurant, Trevese has whipped the old victorian-style mansion into an environmentally-friendly frenzy. I don’t know exactly what it means but The Wave can explain it better here. Something about ethics. Whatever. I’d been trying for over a year to find an excuse to get some interior photos of this fancy restaurant and […]
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The Four Seasons Palo Alto hosted another party to showcase their “Liquido Lounge” and new offerings from their Spa. Joanne, a Four Seasons hostess turned model seems to sum it up nicely, but for the cats and the curious, there’s plenty o pics over here.
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The Four Seasons Hotel in Palo Alto hosted a recent party for Elite Yelpers, the pro-bono driving force behind the incredibly useful www.yelp.com website. Even though I was hired by 4s, I was “just another photographer” at this event where many techno-savvy attendees were sporting their digital rebels, etc. SLRs. Which was fine by me […]
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Why would anyone need a ten-thousand-dollar machine dedicated simply to kneading dough into varying strips and extrusions? Well apparently it makes the chef’s job way easier. And if you’re the Four Seasons, nothing is too good for Chef Alessandro. He’s a soft-spoken guy, but I’ve never seen him so excited as when he’s wielding the […]
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The newest Wine Bar/Lounge/Restaurant in Los Gatos is also “Green” from head to toe by latest ecological standards. Check out The Wave article that says so. The interior really is amazing and I hope I did it justice in my photos. I incorporated my own finely-tuned High Dynamic Range photography workflow that I use for […]
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I worked with Andy at Menara Moroccan in San Jose to get some updated menu photos for their website. We already did the interiors so it was time for food. It was a pretty quick shoot but we got the job done. The unique tables add a nice warm texture to the images without detracting […]
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