rustle me up some grub, podnah!

its funny how work goes in cycles.   it had been months since i was hired by any restuarants to come in and do what i do best-  shoot the holy heck out of the food,  space,  peeps  etc.    There had been alot of assignment shooting and studio work,  but i had wondered if my days of running around the best spots in pdx was coming to an end.

and then job after job came rolling in-  most of which you have seen if you keep up woth this blog.  (and if you dont keep up with this blog,  you gotta kind of ask yourself whats wrong wit cha??)

so here are some favorites from Podnah's Pit,  the undisputed champion of texas style BBQ in pdx.   The food was amazing,  the folks working were great, and it was a really successful shoot.   check them out next time yer in their 'hood.

Yo... czech this out!

i just got to see the newest MIX magazine which includes a story i shot about a truly amazing czech family in SE Portland.   The dinner party was a blast and the food was off the charts.  pick up a copy or czech out the full story online HERE.

Lardo.... Bringing Fatback

just before thanksgiving i went and did some shooting at Lardo's main spot on Hawthorne.   the chef/owner Rick Gencarelli is one of my favorite dudes in pdx.   he is a super nice,  really enthusiastic guys who just loves what he does.    here are some of my favorites from the shoot:

Ate Oh Ate

there are a few spots around PDX that i would really like to shoot,  and ate-oh-ate was on the top of the list.  the Hawaiian joint opened up by the folks who brought you Simpatica and Laurelhurst Market were a big hold out,  but i just got the call and got to spend a really fun day shooting the space and the awesome food.   check em out soon if its been awhile.

shooting XICO

i was just hired by a trade magazine out of Chicago to shoot the brand new spot,  XICO.  (pronounced chee-co)    i can't show off the shots yet,  but here is a portrait of the owners that  really liked that didn't made the submission selects.

sandwich board hat trick

in the last few months,  i have reshot Laurelhurst market and Simpatica,  and then recently just shot Ate- Oh- Ate for the first time... (more on that later...)    sandwich boards are a staple of business life in PDX.   thought this made a cool grouping.

(a hat trick is a hockey thing.   ask an east coaster,  or a canadian.)

shooting Jenn Louis for Harry & David

a few months ago,  i was hired by Harry & David to shoot an ongoing chef collaborative they participate in.   Each month a chef highlights one of H & D's products.   This month,  Lincoln's Jenn Louis shows off her pear skills.   find it somewhere on the Facebook...

now thats one sexy chef...

i very rarely get to do portrait shoots anymore,  and lets face it,  as much as i love taking 400 pictures of a cheeseburger,  man cannot live on ground beef alone.   So i am always excited to have a morning with a subject as fun as Amelia Lane, pastry chef of Olympic Provision,  to create some wonderful sexy images.  She was a great model.   and much love to Nick Wood for generously letting us use his kitchen for a few hours.