Larry Hanna

I have always loved the beauty of basil leaves. However, they are usually only seen as part of a food dish. I chose to showcase this leaf all by itself framed by an irregular round black plate on a blak placemat to isolate the leaf. Photographed with natural light, my favorite light source.

This is oxbow soup in a carved out squash photographed on location for a restaurant in a Las Vegas Casino Hotel. The creation was styled by food stylist Amy Villareale.

This beautiful creation was photographed for the Top of the World restaurant inside the STRAT Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Their chef prepared this ahi tuna, with spaghetti squash, and petite veggies and was styled by Amy Villareale.

I am a morning person and love a good breakfast. I decided to create this image of syrup being poured onto french toast with early morning light streaming across to bring out the texture. This was created for my own creative satisfaction.

This image of oysters on the half shell was created for the Napa Valley Grill in Beverly Hills, CA. The photo was taken inside the restaurant using a strobe light. The food was prepared by their chefs and styled by Amy Villareal.

I love a stack of blueberry pancakes in the morning and recently bought some blueberry syrup and loved the way it enhanced the beauty of the pancakes. I decided that I needed to create an image emphasizing the syrup. I created this image in my home utilizing strobe light to freeze the action of the pouring syrup

I used a smoking device to pump smoke from burning mesquite wood chips to infuse an Old Fashioned cocktail. After sitting in the smoke for several minutes, the photo was taken as the globe was being removed.

I recently saw someone in a bar being served a smoked Manhattan and was mesmerized by the presentation. I did a little research and made my own in the studio using a strobe light to freeze the flowing smoke. Tasted pretty good, also.