Seventy-Eighth Collection

The power of old wood, textures and colors… I have dragged this beautiful, vintage door to my kitchen to use it as the backdrop and then using color calculator chose matching colors and composed a dish accordingly.

Sparkling Blood Orange Cocktail
Cocktail of love and passion
Secrets behind glass with water drops. Filling and splash as relationship display

Enhancing the colours of the mushroom and duck breast with the dark plate and the dark handmade background. The chef's plating @jordanstaniford with the ochre tones of the dressing brings an artful display to the food. Restaurant photoshoot on location @crystalbrookbyron

This photo is meant to highlight the texture of the pasta, paccheri di Gragnano, and shows a different point of view for viewing the pasta. One shot and one light. The pasta is from a major Italian manufacturer

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you see this photo? Ingredients of a famous dish? Or anything else outside of food sphere?

Apple wine distillate. Product photo shoot of local Latvian alcohol drink producer PV64 @pv64_latvija .
Something between rum and whiskey taste. Drinkable pure with ice or in cocktails.

Marzipan.
Sweet almonds paste in dark chocolate. Product photo shoot of the local Latvian food producer Skriveru Saldumi @skriverusaldumi

French toast (pain perdu) is a delicate subject to shoot since it quickly loses its shape and density after being cooked. So I had to hurry up and make the best of it!

Only a few props and ingredients were used for this composition resulting in a - hopefully - pleasant and minimal bright and airy frame.

A Peranakan dish of fish ball soup from southern Sumatra regions called Tekwan.
The fish balls are accompanied with glass noodles, jicama, tree ear fungus and clear fish broth enriched with minced shrimp.

Marble beef cube(s). Sometimes I like to deconstruct the products and take them out of ordinary context. The small marble beef cubes reminded me of Rubik’s cube, so I’ve made one.

Guilty pleasure. Pure temptation, delicious figs with honey. This photo is part of the series I created with natural light for my workshop "Finding your light".

Drink photos are one of my favorites. For this photograph I have sought a contrast between light and shadow, and I have used color to give more life to the textures. The photo is made with natural light.

Grilled Pampano
From my ongoing project "Con Mucho Cariño" a collection of my mom's recipes.
This Fish is coated with a salsa made of Achiote and grilled wrapped in fresh banana leaf.
I wanted to use the banana leaf as the complete backdrop for this image, it has such a rich vibrant color!
Food styling: Lorena Masso

Clams au gratin with white sauce, scented with Trä-Kál, anise, buttery cheese and toasted garlic.
Chef Luis Aurelio Garay. Restaurant 1756

I took this photo for a restaurant that closed after the social explosion that happened here in Chile.
It is a nice memory of a place that had potential, but circumstances led to its closure.

This photo marks a before and after, it was taken in 2020 shortly after the quarantine was relaxed in Santiago de Chile and the first restaurant I attended in the spring, to take this photo I used a steamer while my assistant held the camera.

The restaurant is called @eltemplosushi on instagram you will find it

Finally the edible flower season starts and I can find beautiful blossoms in my garden whenever I need to decorate something. The dusty rose pansies on my cake look like small butterflies.

I was looking for a photogenic and delicious sausage in the supermarket.
And I found - delicious smoked sausage with spices and herbs.

Interpretation of Polish sour cucumber soup - mackerel glazed with Polish teriyaki, fresh and sour cucumbers extraction, mustard seeds, dill and chive oil.
Michelin starred Chef - Andrea Camastra, in his new Restaurant „Nuta” / Warsaw.

One of my favourite summer drinks, Pom Smash Cocktail! I wanted to capture the details the ice, ingredients of the drink and contrasts on the colors!
Primary Gear : Sony Alpha, Godox Lighting

Breast of duck with beetroot textures, ginger sour cream, Sicilian orange gel and liver and onion extraction.
Michelin starred Chef - Andrea Camastra, in his new Restaurant „Nuta” / Warsaw.

The 212, from beverage consultants Aisha Sharpe and Willy Shine, is a wonderfully refreshing long drink that’s as easy to make as it is to sip. The 212 refers to the Manhattan area code, but also to the drink’s proportions. How easy is that? Sharpe and Shine call for Aperol, a nottoo-bitter aperitif, and it’s a good choice. It makes up a big share of the sweetness in this drink, and an uberbitter option like Campari would make this a hard drink for most folks to swallow.

Persimmon my absolutely love. Colorful autumn, secrets, sweetness, tart, juicy. Crazy passion for life.
Persimmon fruit smoothie with cinnamon, anise stars and turmeric, old rustic style

This is a delicious Blue Matcha Chia Pudding milled from Butterfly Pea Flowers and topped with a chocolate mousse and blueberries. Using different textures such as wood, linen creates layers that draw interest.

This tea has a wonderful taste and isn't only a tea but a mix of perfumes. I Love the orange color and the shadows on this picture. Picture makes in studio with studio lights.

A special vintage set up for a photoshooting of a coffee machine in vintage style. A old radio, and a soft atmosphere is a good mix for this set up : non easy to make but I love it!

A different prospective took from under the glass. A violet background for a lavender drink. Maybe not easy immediately to understand but strange ???

With Michelin Star Chef Niall Keating and Wedgwood.

Niall is one of the small handful of chefs in the UK to currently hold two Michelin stars, giving him a reputation as one of the leading chefs in the country today.

Homemade earl grey and speculoos bubble tea. A surprisingly good combination! Shot with back-angled light to create a glow effect.

Using their brand colours of royal blue and gold, this image was created for a client for the Hari Raya celebrations. The love letters were arranged as such to showcase their nutella and nuts filling.