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A fond farewell to a friend

I don’t shoot many landscapes but this has got to be one of my favorite photos that I’ve ever taken, mostly because of the sentimental value. My dear friend Michael Yeh, who was born and raised in Salt Lake, was moving to Houston. We were planning on making the 22+ hour drive together and I hadContinueContinue reading “A fond farewell to a friend”

Utah Style & Design Magazine | Handle

One of my photos of Handle in Park City, Utah is featured in the winter issue of Utah Style and Design. I’m hoping to make this a regular feature in the magazine where I capture interesting, well designed restaurant interiors. The photo above is the full frame picture how I shot it. Below is theContinueContinue reading “Utah Style & Design Magazine | Handle”

That’s a wrap, 2014

My career took a few unexpected turns in 2014. I moved from newspapers to magazines, my photography started garnering more attention than my writing and I had photos featured in three different national publications including, AFAR Magazine, Eater.com and Wine Enthusiast. Locally, here in Salt Lake City, I got to be part of the launchContinueContinue reading “That’s a wrap, 2014”

Interior shots

I decided to add a page dedicated to some of my interior shots to the photography section on my site. I’ve had the opportunity to visit a lot of interesting, well-designed spaces. This is just a small selection of some of the pictures I’ve taken along the way.

Leftovers | Eva’s Bakery dinner session

I photographed a dinner event at Eva’s Bakery for Salt Lake Magazine a couple of weeks ago. You can find that story here. Here are some of the outtakes from that photo shoot.

The Pago & Finca sessions

I met Scott Evans for coffee one day last winter and it turned into an impromptu interview. We were talking about my upcoming projects and when told I was going to write a story about Salt Lake dining, I realized that he would definitely need to be included. Evans currently runs two successful restaurants with completely different concepts and he has moreContinueContinue reading “The Pago & Finca sessions”

Leftovers | Publik Coffee Roasters

The Utah Review published a pictorial I did about Publik Coffee a few weeks ago. Here’s another look at the place with some alternates from that photo shoot.

The Copper Onion photo sessions

As I mentioned in my previous post, I worked on a story where I tried to trace the people and restaurants that are responsible for shaping the Salt Lake City dining scene the way it is today. No such story would be complete without Ryan Lowder and The Copper Onion. Lowder spent a stint at theContinueContinue reading “The Copper Onion photo sessions”

Forage photo session

Back in December, I talked to an editor at LA Times about putting together a feature on the dining scene in Salt Lake City. She gave me the go ahead but specified that I had to work on spec (i.e., do it without a guarantee of being published). Fair enough, I thought. I conducted halfContinueContinue reading “Forage photo session”

Courtesan au chocolate from The Grand Budapest Hotel

In conjunction with the release of Wes Anderson’s new film “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Salt Lake City bakery Les Madeleines was commissioned to create the movie’s signature pastry, the Courtesan au chocolat. It’s a puff pastry tower filled with chocolate and pistachio cream. I got to shoot some photos for the promo.