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Lazy Bear for Wine Spectator

I photographed Lazy Bear for Wine Spectator Magazine to celebrate the restaurant winning the 2024 Grand Award, which meant spending most of the day with beverage director Jacob Brown (@everythingliquid) who was knowledgeable, funny, and kind. It was fun to see him enjoying the acknowledgment of hard work paying off and getting to have a moment in the spotlight. Well deserved 🥂

If you’d like to see more work I did for Wine Spectator, you can see my shoot with Press Restaurant here.

Beverage director and chef sitting in a summer camp themed room by San Francisco food and beverage photographer Angela DeCenzo.
Man behind a bar opening a bottle of wine on red and black checkered surface by San Francisco food and beverage photographer Angela DeCenzo.
Man standing in a wine cellar by San Francisco food and beverage photographer Angela DeCenzo.

Midsummer Vibes

Midsummer vibes are in the air and I’m here for it! This is a group of images that I put together for my summer newsletter. I love this time of year when all the early summer produce is at its peak and the flowers are bursting in bloom. The air is warm and having a picnic and enjoying the sunny weather are the most important things on the agenda.

I’ve been thinking lately about the feeling an image gives you when you look at it and how I can use the light to create that feeling. If it’s on location that means planning the shoot for the perfect time of day and supplementing the existing light. And in the studio that’s creating the light from scratch. These images are a mix of location and studio shots that give me all the warm summer feels. You can see more of my food and lifestyle work here.

Woman in the kitchen tasting a salad she's just made, a layered summer cake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream, a woman standing in a field of flowers wearing a denim jumpsuit holding a woven basket of fresh cut sage leaves.