It’s not uncommon for a photo shoot to produce a spectacular photo that simply finds no place in the issue. That was the case for photographer Judy Doherty’s still life on our cover, which was left over from our Winter 2021-22 issue’s feature on olio nuovo. We’re pleased to welcome her back. See more of her work at judydohertyphotography.com.

My Southern California food, beverage, and product studio—serving Los Angeles and San Diego—offers clients the whole enchilada. From mood boarding and concept development to set design, food styling, photography, videography, stop motion, and a complete editing and retouching suite, we handle every aspect of production. We even have a roster of local models ready to bring your vision to life!

I am honored to be a recipient of Lurzer’s 200 Best Digital Artists award for 2024, Edition 7. My Mother Earth Out of Time digital painting was chosen from over 6,000 entries.

We had a ball working with the Octonuts marketing team to create a photo library of their CPG brand and products using food photography and package photography. Their ideas for single ingredient, maximum flavor, fun, and tasty was very easy to articulate visually. We worked on a creative deck together to plan stop motion and still images with their products, flavor cues, and bright colors. Here are a few favorites.

Tossing up success with new Ace Wing Sauce and food and CPG images. The idea was to bring the brand alive visually, showing the home cook they can bring their own restaurant quality wing experience into their kitchen.

Honey is always a fun subject to shoot. It is versatile, and it is used in many recipes, including smoothies, desserts, cookies, teas, and tarts. We enjoy shooting it as a product as well as a recipe ingredient.