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. Minutes later the cocktails were flying out of the bar and […]
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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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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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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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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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Junnoon offers a delicious Saturday brunch featuring these folded creations called “dosas” which are a refreshing departure from, say, omelets. Pair your favorite dosa with one of Angeline’s cocktail creations and enjoy watching the foot traffic on University Avenue from Junnoon’s patio.
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I recently had the pleasure of taking a bunch of new publicity photos for the fine folks over at Cetrella. It is under new management, and after making over the restaurant, they needed new photos – interiors, headshots, food, cocktails – the whole works. Here’s a sampling:
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Junnoon wanted to freshen up their photo archive so they kindly called on my services for new interiors, headshots, details, food, cocktails, etc. I spent about 3.5 hours over two days to complete the project. There’s so much going on in the well-designed interior that it’s a joy to shoot in. The lighting, the decor, […]
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