EBX Summer Guide Photos

I recently shot two stories for the East Bay Express Summer Guide (out now). It was nice to shoot something for a light and fluffy article, instead of stories about families being torn apart, or people’s dreams being crushed by harsh economic realities.

One article was about summer drinks from around the world. I ended up taking pictures at Saul’s restaurant in Berkeley, where they make chocolate egg creams, celery soda, and about a dozen other soda drinks. It was a lot of fun to shoot, but I ended up drinking about half of each soda they made (wouldn’t want to waste it) and ended up not feeling so hot after I left.

The other story was about seed swaps. I took pictures of Mat Rogers, the director of UC Berkeley’s Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology, in the garden behind his apartment building. Mat was a great sport about lying down in the dirt for a shot that didn’t even end up getting used in the article.

Here are some of my favorite shots and outtakes: