California English

Commercial Food Photography

Brand Campaign | Hospitality + Lifestyle

Commissioned by Longfellow Real Estate and Bon Appétit Management Co., this project showcases celebrity chef Richard Blais and his concept restaurant, California English, where classic British dishes are reimagined with fresh California ingredients.

The assignment combined restaurant food photography with environmental portraits to create a collection of imagery for digital marketing, advertising, and editorial promotion. In addition to photographing signature dishes, I created portraits of Blais that reflected the restaurant's contemporary identity and elevated dining experience. The final photographs were used across marketing materials and published as full-page advertisements in San Diego Magazine and other regional print publications.

This project demonstrates my approach to commercial hospitality photography, combining food, people, and storytelling to create imagery for restaurants, hotels, chefs, hospitality brands, and editorial publications.