In March, Bergstrom Winery hosted a special dinner to celebrate the release of their Sigrid Chardonnay. The meal, prepared by The Painted Lady's Chef Alan Routt, paired courses with Shea and Bergstrom Pinot Noirs and Bergstrom Sigrid Chardonnays.
Great partnerships make for great work. Here, friends at USA Pears brought me in to create a shot with the insanely creative team at Ox Restaurant, Gabrielle and Greg Denton. The dish features their pear prosciutto, foie gras terrine, pickled
It was super cool to collaborate with Chef Higgins at the restaurant for a couple of editorials including the Saveur 100 and California Walnut Commission. This shot of Greg is one of my fav portraits from last year.
Chef Greg Higgins, a Portland culinary pioneer cooking at home. What Greg creates at home often finds it's way onto the restaurant menu, and it's always delicious!
Bright, crisp, delicious white wines from Germany, shot in studio reflecting what's in the bottle.
White on white. Ever since I've been excited by making photographs, I've been intrigued by the tones on either end of the brightness scale; the brightest whites and the darkest backs before those tones slip off the scale and leave
The Levant is a geographical area around the Eastern Mediterranean, (see wikipedia) and also in this case, a red-hot restaurant in NE Portland. Chef Scott Snyder calls upon family history (Scott is surrounded by them while he cooks - see
Two great inner city wineries, Helioterra & Alchemy Wine Productions, team up to celebrate an under appreciated grape varietal. Mourvedre is a full-bodied, earthy grape and the people that make wine with it are pretty robust as well. Check one
Gotta love being brought into a great little project like this: Genius Chef Chris Diminno, beautiful restaurant, and The Mushroom Council all partnering through Plate Magazine to talk about mushroomy goodness With Portland's top tastemakers. It's super fun to create
The Davis family naturally embodies the lifestyle many of us would love for ourselves. For them it's all about being together, cooking together and every Fall, making apple cider together from the small orchard on their family farm in gorgeous