Tag: story
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Bitez, VA – The Endless Bartering story
This was quite the story in a long time, so lets cut right into it! Originally the corpo shoot was set for evening, which never works for me nor natural light setting required, so once I got a hold of the owner I bumped it up to a reasonable time. Usual fight through traffic to…
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Release the Craycken, Annandale VA – story
Now Craycken was one helluva gig because it wrapped up a long ongoing story of corpo slop I’ve dealt with all summer that year. I get to the place and the owner immediately says “Hey, you’re actually here!” “Well, of course I’m here, I never miss a shoot,” I replied and that kicked off the…
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Supano’s Restaurant, Baltimore MD – story
Supano’s was one of my early gigs and I dragged a friend along to be my “assistant” and observe this wonderless world of corpo food shooting, and to that effect this gig did not disappoint! It was scheduled during the dead hours of the afternoon, but that didn’t stop the kitchen from being horribly sluggish…
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Choong Man Chicken, Columbia Heights Washington DC – story
CM Chicken, for short, I’ve shot a couple of times and this particular one was when they had briefly taken over the The Heights Tap Room (that bounced around being American Tap Room as well) setup smack in the middle of Columbia Heights, DC. Funny enough, I’ve shot Choong Man Chicken before at their old…
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Eattini Thai Kitchen, Ellicott City MD – story
Eattini was quite the Friday night story of a shoot and I loved the place ever since whenever I was in town afterwards. I had a virtual tour to shoot in the typical farm boonies of MD with the only way in or out via a 2 lane back road, so you can already guess…
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Napoli Pasta Bar, Washington DC – Straight Outta Italy
This lovely, but sadly gone place, I got to shoot twice and t’was the summer of corpo neglect. The premise of the second shoot that was months apart from the initial? The same reason I heard from Delia’s – no pictures were ever uploaded to their account page! C’mon!! Sloppy, lazy, sales and account reps…
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Hunan No One, Arlington VA – A Great Spot Gone
Hunan Number One was one of my very, very early shoots outside of the later corpo routines and I got to know the amazing owners quite well over the years. This place had good happy hour, hosted various events and gatherings, and was an overall solid spot for a good meal and a good time.…
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Amici Miei Ristorante, Rockville MD – story
Ah yes, the good old Amici Miei that was a nightmare to work with and that rightfully shut down over the years with zero sympathy on my end. Who in their right mind schedules a photo shoot for 6PM on a Saturday? Like, c’mon, my guy, use your rigatoni a little bit… Naturally half the…
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A Baked Joint, Washington DC – story
A Baked Joint is a fantastic bakery, cafe, and effectively deli with a switch to pizzeria towards the evening in DC. I got to shoot them twice to cover both ends of their spectrum and shoots themselves were done smoothly. The food is on-point here too. The real story here is entirely about the back-end…
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The Crepe Escape, Catonsville MD – story
As far as the shoot itself went, in terms of the restaurant, this went well – we even used their window props for the shoot instead of struggling with the real dishes, and here’s why: corpos double booked this shoot as well their other location and both me and another photog whose shoots I have…
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Delia’s, Arlington VA – story
Oh Delia’s Arlington – seems that they’ve either moved since the old S Glebe road location no longer pings. Booooy was there a story tied around this place in the most unusual way to what I’ve wrote about thus far, but that would later repeat itself several times…. Initial shoot here was fantastic and I’ve…
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Cowboys and Gunslingers, Adams Morgan Washington DC – story
This was an interesting shadow kitchen shoot to say the least – not operated out of your typical common kitchen and having to rub shoulders with another version of myself working for another delivery corpo, all done in an absolute bare minimum of table space. And a cutting board on a window sill is sometimes…
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Haydee’s Restaurant, Mt Pleasant Washington DC – Very, Very Good!
Haydees was an absolutely fantastic spot with a real Mexican cantina feel unlike majority of similar restaurants around this town that chose to modernize their vibes instead of keeping things festive. The cool part was that I shot Haydees during the era of the Aholezone trying to offer restaurant delivery and failing absolutely miserably in…
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Woodley Cafe, Washington DC – story
Boy was this one a hilarious gig… After dealing with Shawarma Hut off Georgia Ave one fine New Year’s Eve, I decided to go ahead and pop by this place that was slotted for new year’s day and see if they’d be down to go ahead and knock a few plates out in peace and…
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Shawarma Hut, Washington DC – story
Besides several reschedules, booooy was this shabby little takeout hilarious when the shoot finally happened! “So, how’s paying for allll this food?” they actually asked me. That’s right. And naturally they got a, “Hell, my guy, not me.” Blank stares ensue to which I just had to tell them to one- call the delivery corpo…
