I was recently honored to be asked to come back to shoot the Hazon Jewish Food Conference again this year. Hazon is an organization doing great work and comprised of a passionate staff and active membership. This may, however, be one of the last events I shoot as I focus my photography more on portraiture.

Rented a Canon 10-22 wide angle lens to cover a Jewish food conference in Pacific Grove, California. I’m very glad I did. Without it, I wouldn’t have been able to capture the beauty of the Julia Morgan designed buildings and the sense of collaboration in the rooms. Images taken with the 10-22 below. More photos from the event can be found here.

1 membrillo, hachiya persimmon, andante acapella, pistachio
2 manzanita bolete, matsutake, yellow woman beans, warren pear, fennel, thyme
3 true consommé, juniper, rose hips, nasturtium, lemon leaves, pine nuts
4 roasted squab, leek, fennel, preserved lemon, chickweed, mizuna, curly cress, grilled chicories, walnut
5 rosemary panna cotta, honeycomb, grains of paradise & cocoa nib shortbread

I was asked to photograph the first underground “Liminal Feast” at an undisclosed location in San Francisco. The following photos were taken at the event as chefs Jennifer Lynch and Nicole LoBue finished preparing each course. I used a combination of existing light and a Canon 580 EX on-camera flash. The food was downright delicious. More photos from the event can be seen here

Each fall, hundreds of artists across San Francisco share their work during ArtSpan’s monthlong Open Studios
program. I hadn’t intended on shooting portraits during the event, but was inspired by the challenge of capturing each artist in their space using only existing light and my trusty little Canon SD1200 camera. The series of portraits was much inspired by the work of Arnold Newman and Wieden + Kennedy 12′s motto: Fail Harder. Most portraits I shoot usually take at least half and hour and are under at least partially controlled lighting conditions. Limiting each to no more than three minutes and existing light resulted in some very beautiful and some very blurry shots.

View the entire series The here