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

Hot Spud

chugradphoto — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:30:38 +0000

I was hired by the owners of a great new restaurant called Hot Spud, to make some photos of their food and restaurant. Their concept, while popular in Europe, is not very common in the U.S. It’s a baked potato “Gourmet Fast Food” place where they start with a HUGE baked potato, cut it open [...]

Safeway In Store Displays 5

chugradphoto — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:28:26 +0000

Here is another update on the most recent shots over the past few months for the In Store Displays for Safeway. One fun concept on this round was a soup bowl made to look like a little sports car screeching though the scene. Another was an alphabet soup shot with letters in the spoon that [...]

Mademoiselle Nuri Candies

chugradphoto — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:40:01 +0000

“Mademoiselle Nuri Candies” is a family-owned, small business that makes these amazing tasting nougats… they are fluffy, chewy, and crunchy at the same time, not too sweet, with pistachio highlights and an overtone of honey throughout. You might find these on your next visit to Whole Foods. For more information about Mademoiselle Nuri Nougats, visit: [...]

SooFoo

chugradphoto — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:23:28 +0000

“Soofoo” is derived from “Super Food”. It is a grain and legume combination created by inventor and entrepreneur Maurice Kanbar – something he used to eat himself, then decided to market to the general public. SooFoo is supposed to serve as a more healthy alternative to something like white rice which doesn’t have much nutritional [...]

Safeway In Store Displays 4

chugradphoto — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:04:46 +0000

I have included two rounds in one again for this installment of the In Store Displays for Safeway. There were a few shots this time that had interesting challenges. The fist was shrimp and veggies falling from a Wok onto a bed of rice… getting all the individual pieces to end up where we wanted [...]

Ndoro CD Project

chugradphoto — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:27:15 +0000

I am a huge fan of traditional music and dance forms from all over the world. I have participated as a student and performer with many different types of groups over the past 20 years. In recent years, one of the styles I have been drawn to is Tahitian drumming. When my teacher told me [...]

Incline Club

chugradphoto — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:21:22 +0000

[portfolio_slideshow] My father is obsessed. So are his buddies… as well as over a hundred other people who showed up on a frozen morning to the first meeting of the year for the “Incline Club”. This is a group of people with a unified, monolithic obsession – it’s not a religion… or is it? Is [...]

Bill and Potrero Nuevo Farm

chugradphoto — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:19 +0000

I am a believer in the Mentor system. We can all learn a great deal from certain individuals who we find particularly influential – ideally in mostly good ways. Often this happens when we are at key stages of transition such as high school, and with adults who are already working as teachers… this was [...]

Safeway In Store Displays 3

chugradphoto — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:55:08 +0000

For this installment of the In-Store Displays for Safeway, I am including two rounds in one. For October everything we shot had a pink theme for Breast Cancer Awareness month. For November, it was more of a holiday theme. One of the more fun shots we’ve done so far was this heart-shaped Peanut Butter and [...]

Ceviche Book

chugradphoto — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:48:27 +0000

I worked on another fantastic project with the folks at Ten Speed Press. They needed supplemental shots for a cookbook all about Ceviche called “The Great Ceviche Book”. They are issuing a revised version with some new recipes and wanted some fresh images to accompany them. I happily agreed.