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

Ndoro CD Awarded Best Artwork

chugradphoto — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:52:07 +0000

Remember the Ndoro CD Project I worked on last year for Mehealani Uchiyama? Well, it won the Hawaii Music People’s Choice Award for best Album Artwork! This album should be winning awards for music as well – it is very deeply moving. Thanks again to the amazing Creative Director I collaborated with, Czelena Stovall, and [...]

Therapy Modern Vintage

chugradphoto — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:12:34 +0000

Do you know anyone who loves to go to work? Anyone who says, “I can’t wait to get to work”? It might sound almost oxymoronic to some, but many people in the photo production community feel this away about what we do – we get really excited when there is a new project on the [...]

Design Collaboration

chugradphoto — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:50:26 +0000

Last semester I was contacted by a student, Gina Chang, from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco where I have been teaching part-time evening classes. I have been working with students in the Photography department, but this student was from the Graphic Design department. Her assignment was to find a professional photographer to [...]

Safeway Wine and Cheese Event

chugradphoto — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:31:24 +0000

Safeway was in the studio for another shoot that was a little different than the regular stuff I’ve been doing with them. They were having an event and their chef made some recipes which had to be really delicious, yet simple enough to feed thousands of people. The Shrimp Tacos and Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches [...]

Safeway Grilling

chugradphoto — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:03:00 +0000

I had an opportunity to do something a little different with the wonderful folks at Safeway – a summer grilling guide. I shared this project with another photographer – I shot all the seafood and he shot all the meat. The guide was designed so the seafood side goes to the middle of the book, [...]

Safeway In Store Displays 6

chugradphoto — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:11:33 +0000

For this round of Safeway In-Store Displays, we did a lot of fun shots. We worked on a few drink shots – mostly with that summertime, refreshing feeling. One idea I particularly liked was the iced coffee drink – a little along different lines than the juices. I also liked the idea of the Shrimp [...]

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 [...]

Academy Of Art University

chugradphoto — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:45:46 +0000

I had the pleasure of teaching a class this summer at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. A colleague of many years now has a position at the school and asked if I’d be interested. I saw it as a great opportunity to share some of the many years of experience I have [...]

Cookbook on Martha Stewart

chugradphoto — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:27:23 +0000

Remember the Post I made last year about the Allergen-Free Cookbook I worked on? Well, the author has done several demos on a few TV shows including the Martha Stewart show, ABC 7 Chicago, Good Morning America Health – ABC News Now, and The View From The Bay – ABC San Francisco. They all feature [...]

Cloud Telecomputers

chugradphoto — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:56:59 +0000

I was contacted to shoot a very cool product for Cloud Telecomputers. This is an office phone but has similar functionality to an iPhone, iPad, or Android with touchscreen technology. It uses a similar operating system as the Android, and allows the user to track all kinds of data about their phone calls and contacts [...]