Tonight’s restaurant photography session at Johnny’s Harborside Restaurant in Santa Cruz had a few goals: portraits of both the hostess and executive chef, some evening ambiance photos, and some customer photos. Unfortunately the fog rolled in right around sunset, so the timing didn’t work out when that evening’s diners started coming in, but it’s always […]
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Ah, lovely food photography. Everyone seems to think it’s the toughest thing to shoot – but those people clearly haven’t tried photographing small children at the beach who want to look at anything but the camera. Food is so well behaved, I just want to eat it up. And I do. Regularly. Just another side benefit […]
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Janet hired me to get some modeling / portrait photos of her in a couple settings in downtown Santa Cruz. The intent was to update her modeling portfolio, and we went with a stock photography-style approach with candid photos of Janet – working on her laptop, using her smartphone, etc. She’s absolutely stunning, so it […]
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The Westin Hotel in San Francisco is sporting an awesome new executive chef these days. His name is John Hart, and he’s sure to win your heart through your stomach if you visit Ducca in the coming months. After an hour or so of shooting some commercial and casual portraits outside the hotel, he retreated […]
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The Westin Hotel in San Francisco has a new Executive Chef in their restaurant, and he’s making some tasty changes. But first, we took a few portraits of John, both in his chef’s whites as well as some more casual clothing. I enjoyed talking with John about how he came into the industry, about how […]
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Bay Area mystery writer Laurie R. King needed some new publicity photos to adorn her book coming out this fall, so I came to her home for a few studio-like and natural portraits. I enjoyed talking with her and am excited to read my new signed copy of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (I do love a […]
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San Jose City Hall unarguably exhibits beautiful architecture, with sweeping, curving lines and elegant glass and cement materials. What better backdrop for some business portraits? I met some of the crew from the Lucina Health Foundation at the curved staircase/ramp to get some photos of four of the team members. Really nice people that took […]
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I was hired to shoot the 2012 Awards Ceremony at National Hispanic University in San Jose, and since I was there, we took advantage of the time to get some nice headshots of some of the faculty that showed up to the event early (ha! that’ll teach ya!!). Even though they weren’t expecting to have […]
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Jewelry photography is probably one of the hardest types of photography there is. It shouldn’t be, I mean the stuff doesn’t move, and you don’t have to worry about it throwing a tantrum or anything – but working in really close simply pushes the physics of optics to the point where the tiniest camera movement […]
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The Hyatt rebranded one of their hotels in Santa Clara and called me up to get some architectural photos of it. I showed up a little before sunset, and stayed until a little after to get that nice light us photographers always look for. Luckily there were clouds in the sky to add some visual […]
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“They” say food is the hardest thing to shoot. Well I guess “they” never had to deal with screaming toddlers and stressed out parents during a photo session! I suppose if my client was a fast food joint and the food they serve looks decidedly less erect than shown in marketing materials, then yeah, I […]
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The UPS store chain has an upcoming television advertising campaign, and the last five seconds of each corporate commercial is devoted to the local store owners. They needed a shot of some of the owners from the Santa Cruz area in a group shot, so they all convened at the Scotts Valley location tonight after […]
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Pasta Pomodoro is under new ownership and is completely remodeling the look of their restaurants – starting with the flagship store on California Ave. in San Francisco. There was a brief window of time between when the restaurant was being polished with the new look and when they needed to reopen for business. Luckily I […]
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Although this home is technically in Los Gatos, it’s really up off the summit in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It’s a beautiful property with a huge deck and built in jacuzzi. Monique Pacurariu and Chris Clayton are the listing agents for this house, and if this looks like the perfect new home for you, please […]
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Here’s a few of the fresh, fruity cocktails to be had at Las Montañas taqueria in Concord, California. Get some fresh shots of your restaurant’s refreshments. Chris is a Bay Area commercial photographer specializing in food photography and restaurant interiors. Call (831) 216-6210 to book your photography session.
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The newly redecorated ballrooms at The Fairmont Hotel San Jose are ideal venues for enormous (and more intimate) corporate events and weddings. The Imperial Ballroom is simply gigantic (13,000 square feet / 1,150 – 1,400 guests), and this evening it was actually split into two separate rooms (the red and blue pictures). Even split up, […]
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Carolyn and Jalil, owners of Paolo’s Restaurant in downtown San Jose, needed some professional photos showing how their banquet space could be decorated for an event. Bloomster’s had the centerpieces decked out in beautiful array, the lighting and other decorations were just really well executed. The event for the evening was an annual party for […]
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Karina Barragan, owner of Las Montañas Restaurant in Concord, needed some fresh photos of their food and drinks for their website and menu. I picked one of their large round wooden tables (it seemed to have some character) and set up the lighting equipment. Mixed in with the regular food and drink photos, I randomly […]
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Karina Barragan, owner of Las Montañas Restaurant in Concord, needed some fresh photos of their food and drinks for their website and menu. I picked one of their large round wooden tables (it seemed to have some character) and set up the lighting equipment. I wasn’t sure how many dishes we’d be shooting, but before […]
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