From the unlabeled, nondescript gray door entrance on Geary, you’d never know there was an epic underground lounge waiting 2 minutes from the sidewalk. Although I photographed the interiors on off-hours, when Hawthorn Lounge was closed, I could really appreciate the lavish decor, dark (yet brilliant) ambience, and the spare-no-expense sound system and general details. Enjoy some of […]
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Tags: Architecture, architecture photography, bali construction, hawthorn lounge, interiors, panorama, panoramic, san francisco, san francisco architecture photographers, san francisco architecture photography, wide angle
Cafe Cruz in Soquel, California is a well-known gem of a restaurant for locals and visitors alike. They’ve got tons of great Yelp reviews, and for good reason! Nikki and her husband have done a great job over the last 15-odd-years making thie restaurant into a part of Santa Cruz culture and frequent destination for […]
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Tags: ambience, atmosphere, bar, bartender, bay area restaurant photographers, cocktails, cruz cafe, Dining, drinks, Food, martini, nikki howe, photography, photos, professional, restaurant, restaurant photography, santa cruz restaurant photographer, santa cruz restaurant photography, soquel
Jared at Kaama Lounge whipped up some snazzy new cocktails to photograph today. The ones I tasted are as great on the palate as they are on the eyes! Feast your peepers on these, folks – my faves below. Or you can just check out all the photos from the shoot. For you strobist people, […]
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Tags: bar, closeup, cocktails, drinks, flash, kaama lounge, lighting, lit, lounge, macro, off-camera, photography, photos, professional, restaurant, san jose, softbox, speedlights
I met up with my friend and business partner Joelle Cruz today to do a shoot for one of our new advertising clients – Bling Nation. This is a fast-growing, well funded company that has entered the financial processing arena – competing with credit & debit cards at the local business level. They’ve recently partnered […]
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Tags: bling, business, card, cell phone, credit, local, money, nation, payment, paypal, Portraits, processing, receipt, retail, rfid, sticker, text
I shot Junnoon in 2008 a couple times. The first time was overall coverage of the place, my typical new-client-gets-a-little-bit-of-everything photography. A couple months later I took a few shots to promote their outside brunch dining area, which is really nice. Fast forward two years, and Priya, the COO, calls me up saying they’ve redesigned […]
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Tags: bar, bay area, bay area architecture photographers, bay area food photographers, bay area restaurant photographers, bay area restaurant photography, best, chris schmauch, cocktail photography, cocktails, detals, Dining, drink photography, drinking, drinks, food photography, good eye, goodeye, images, interior, junoon, lounge, palo alto, palo alto food photographers, palo alto restaurant photographers, People, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, pics, restaurant, santa cruz, socializing
If you’re looking for a place to drop in for a cocktail with friends, maybe some fine dining or enjoy a custom-made chocolate – stop by Shokolaat on University Ave. in Palo Alto. It’s a restaurant, patisserie, chocolatier and lounge, all wrapped up in one neat little package. Tell them Chris from GoodEye Photography says […]
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Tags: bar, bay area, bay area restaurant photographers, bay area restaurant photography, best, chris schmauch, couples, gay, good eye, goodeye, images, lifestyle, lounge, Nightlife, palo alto, palo alto restaurant photographers, palo alto restaurant photography, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, pics, restaurant, santa cruz, shekoh moosavi, shokolaat, singles, university ave
Nice guy named Liam owns both these well-known local Irish bars. Molly Magee’s is in Mountain View, Fibbar Magee’s is in Sunnyvale. They are very similar in execution, here’s a few photos from the shoot. I did do some HDR processing on some of the shots as they are very dark inside, but the flip […]
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Tags: bar, bay area, best, chris schmauch, fibbar magee’s, good eye, goodeye, images, irish, liam, molly magee’s, mountain view, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, pics, pub, sunnyvale
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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Tags: architectural, bay area, best, chef michael miller, chris schmauch, environmental, good eye, goodeye, green, images, interiors, los gatos, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, pics, restaurant, trevese
