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Empty Vase

Here is a project where I photographed floral arrangements on location for Empty Vase in Beverly Hills, CA. Their arrangements are second to none with the design and presentation.

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Be My Valentine

Would you be my Valentine?

Here are 3 delicious desserts we have created to appease chocolate lovers, banana chocolate lovers, and people who want something gorgeous with almost no work - the fantastic Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream in a beautiful Anthropologie heart-shaped footed glass.

Enjoy!

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Spatchcock Chicken

Spatchcock is a method of roasting poultry where you remove the backbone so it roasts flat. The result is not only 30% less cooking time but a very moist meat!

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Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

Here is a plant-forward recipe for macaroni and cheese. The sauce is made from butternut squash, and all of the cheddar cheese is melted on top. Enjoy!

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Do You Take Photos of Your Food?

Here is a recipe we created using shredded chicken, radishes, cheese, and toasted corn tortillas. The Blood Orange Margarita matches very well!

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GS1 Coming in Hot for McCormick’s Cholula Sauce

Here is a fun project with the new McCormick Cholula Hot Sauces. We employed our Phase One Arca Swiss F Line technical camera to put everything in sharp focus with vivid colors and then fine-tuned and color-matched in Adobe Photoshop.

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Tradeshow Booth Stoppers

4 categories of food and beverages were shot for a large trade show booth needed with a 7 day turnaround from planning to finish.

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Dry January

Dry January Mocktails are coming in fizzy, caffeinated, spicy, red, and creamy. Here is a recent shoot we did to send help to everyone feeling stressed out in January but not wanting to fall off the wagon.

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Shopping: Box and Bag

An effective marketing strategy for CPG products is to show them in the shopping bag, mailing box, client bag, or branded shopping bag! Check out some of our favorites!

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Restaurant Photography Projects

I love helping restaurants and chefs develop their best menu images. My mobile studio brings results! Check out some recent projects where we styled the food with the chef on location and then retouched and edited the photos for menus, signs, and banners.

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CPG Beverage Products

We always enjoy shooting beverages in various vessels, showing off these products' branding, categories, ingredients, and lifestyle uses. Check out our work!

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The “Family” Photo

Photographing a family of products or groupings can be challenging, but it should always be an enjoyable and creative process! It’s one of our specialties, and we love designing cohesive, eye-catching themes to bring their sets to life.

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Focus on Flavor Cues & Ingredients

Here is another overview of a critical CPG photography strategy by Judy Doherty. Focus on the flavor cues and the ingredients. The ingredients are often very photogenic, and they tell an important story about the advantages of a product. Check out our favorites.

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CPG Lifestyle & Recipe Photos

Engage your audience with relatable, mouthwatering recipes and dynamic reels to showcase your product. Perfect for marketing content, these visuals captivate viewers, create connections, and highlight your brand authentically and appealingly.

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Dried Cherry Library

Here is a delicious marketing library for a new product: dried cherries by Antioxidant Solutions. We started with a relatable image of cherries on a kitchen counter followed by 3 delicious ways to use them. The work will be used in Costco and Sam’s Club along with other marketing assets.

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Shooting A to Z

A while back, my assistant Heather Amszi and I had a fun idea: to create a shoot for every letter from A to Z. We brainstormed concepts for each letter, planning out props, lighting, and staging. Life got incredibly busy, and I never shared it—until now! Here it is!

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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving. I wish all of my clients, readers, and. followers a season of abundance and joy. Thank you for another great year!

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Farmer’s Market SoCal Winter

What would you make with a pile of greens, microgreens, grapefruit, and pomegranates? I decided to make a delicious salad with a lime vinaigrette.

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Props and Surfaces

New! Tons of surfaces and props added to the prop and surface libraries in my studio. Check out this fun Caribbean test.

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