Chugrad McAndrews Photography – San Francisco Food, Advertising and Catalog Photography

One of the highlights of my trip to Peru in January was to do a shoot with a well-known Food Stylist from Lima named Cecilia Cuadra de  Zegarra. Her website is http://www.cecuze.com if you want to have a look.

We managed to get quite a lot of shots done in a day. It was great to see one dish after the next of delicious Peruvian Cuisine coming out of the kitchen. Being in a foreign country with no assistant and very little gear, I hand-made some on-set tools such as reflector cards and fill cards, and shot with all natural light… even trying to rent strobes just for backup proved to be a challenge not worth pursuing. I love shooting with natural light, anyway, so it all worked out for the best. We were all very happy with the results.

I’m looking forward to more shoots in Peru during some of my upcoming visits.