Cidercraft Magazine, Tailgating Pairing

Posted August 28, 2016 to Food Photography , Lifestyle by: Amy Johnson.

About a month ago I worked with the team again over at Cidercraft Magazine for their featured cider pairing story, and this time it had a tailgate theme. Thanks as always to Kristin Ackerman, Erin James, Randi Karabin, and chef Jason Scherer for making it all come together to look so great. All of the recipes are appropriate and geared for a fall game day, complete with cider picks for each recipe.

Everyone always asks if I get to eat the food on shoots and the answer always is sometimes. Of course it depends on how long things are sitting out, but in this case I admit I did have about 6 of the deviled eggs in a row. 😉

In other news, I am super excited about a few new projects in the works which I will be able to talk about soon. One of which is being a part of Adobe’s Creative Jam. Eek!

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San Diego, Comic-Con International

Posted August 16, 2016 to Places , Travel by: Amy Johnson.

My friend Josh has volunteered at Comic-Con for years and in April I thought, could I go? Should I go? It is practically impossible to get tickets to Comic-Con since they sell out in minutes and one of the perks of being a volunteer is you are guaranteed purchasable tickets. So knowing this most likely would be my one shot to go, I did it! Comic-Con International happened a few weekends ago, and it was even better than I had ever anticipated. I really love sci-fi TV & movies, and it was everywhere. I was in sci-fi nerd heaven. Even if you can’t get a ticket, I would say it would be worth it to go because the whole area of San Diego near the convention center is transformed for Comic-Con and there are tons of booths outside of the event, parties you can attend and even celebrities walking among you. I have a few funny stories of my run-ins with celebrities down there. I even conquered the dreaded Hall H and it wasn’t that bad (if you don’t go Saturday).

We even got a little sight seeing in. We went to Coronado, La Jolla, Pacific Beach, and Sunset Cliffs. I am pretty obsessed with the beach so that is where most of my photos are from. I didn’t take too many at Comic-Con because I just felt there was no way to do justice to what I was seeing, it really is an experience! We did go to eat at the Great Maple which I would highly recommend. I particularly would want to go back for their beignets with a side of lemon curd dipping sauce. Yum!

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Uncle Bill August 16th, 2016

Glad you got to experience San Diego. You didn’t get to Balboa Park which is extremely beautiful, but maybe on your next trip.
See why Patti and I spend 3. Mos a year there.

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California Walnuts

Posted August 7, 2016 to Food Photography by: Amy Johnson.

Back in June I was lucky enough to work with California Walnuts photographing images for their school lunch program. I was also able to photograph a few recipes for their home cook collection, like this Thai Chili & Garlic Walnut Noodle Salad. I included a few of my favorites from the shoot which was styled by the wonderful Jean Galton. Hope you enjoyed the photos!

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Gallettes & Fruit Infused Spritzers

Posted July 31, 2016 to Food Photography by: Amy Johnson.

I worked on a test shoot 2 weekends ago with food & prop stylist Beth Batson. I actually have known her from before I got into photography and before she was a prop stylist from mutual friends, it’s funny how small Seattle can be sometimes! She was so great to work with. I just can’t get enough of these gallete images that we made and they tasted pretty damn good too.

In other news, summer is finally here in Seattle and I hope everyone is getting to enjoy it! It’s my favorite time of year for sure, so I am just trying to pack in as many summer activities here as possible, paddle boarding, yoga in the park, summer outdoor movies, etc., etc. Summer here just can’t be beat.

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Ocean Shores

Posted July 3, 2016 to Places by: Amy Johnson.

Last weekend, I went to Ocean Shores for a camping trip with my friend Anne. I hadn’t been camping in a few years, which is pretty crazy for me. When I was growing up, my parents would load us up in the van (4 kids), hook up the camper and we would head off. We visited so many parks in Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, and Colorado. I am really thankful that my folks had us do this as kids because I still love the outdoors, camping and traveling so much, it’s just ingrained in me. Although I am sure as a kid, and especially as a teenager I would pout about it. I haven’t headed out for a long road trip in some time, but I really would like to. I did drive to Chicago twice in my twenties though.

Anyway, Ocean Shores was so much fun. I would highly recommend it. The beach was beautiful, and the campground at Ocean City, except for one crazy night, was pretty quiet. The town of Ocean Shores is so close to the campground that if you want you can go to the little theater, bowling alley, go go-kart racing or ride horses on the beach. We stuck to going to the Sand & Sawdust Festival, where you could see people participate in either a chainsaw carving or sandcastle competition. We also ate at the cutest little Moby Dick’s drive in, where we had delicious chowder and fish ‘n chips.

Hope you enjoyed the photos and have a great 4th!

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Peach Festival – Queen Creek, AZ

Posted June 20, 2016 to Food Photography , Places by: Amy Johnson.

Last month I went to go visit my brother & sister in-law in Phoenix, and of course saw my cutest little niece & nephew for a few days. On my last day of the visit we went to the Peach Festival in Queen Creek, Arizona. They had peach everything, from taffy, to salsa, to ice cream, to drinks, to pancakes. You could also go and pick your own peaches at the farm. The little ones enjoyed it so much too! Karissa, my niece, kept going on about how she was going to pick peaches for a peach pie for daddy, for his birthday. That is going to be a while from now… haha They actually did make a peach pie and some peach ice cream yesterday for Father’s Day out of the peaches she picked. It was really cute. Hope you enjoyed the photos!

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Beautiful Breakfast Shoot

Posted June 16, 2016 to Food Photography , Lifestyle by: Amy Johnson.

I always love working with Rachel Grunig, I just can’t say enough nice things about her & her work. Just look at how cute these turned out. I wanted to do something a little different for me, more of a scene, or a modern laydown of a breakfast or lunch scene which is very popular right now and Rachel came up with these wonderful ideas!

In other news, I have been working again doing shoots for Amazon Prime Now, photographing their restaurants & dishes. I also wrapped up a big shoot last week, which I will be able to share at the end of the month. Phew!! I have a few camping trips planned, out to the coast which will be fantastic for summer. I really like to enjoy the summer here, when I can. It just gets so lovely. I have been paddleboarding already and going for a hike this weekend. I have a few out of town trips planned with friends in August, and going to San Diego in July. Yippeeeee. Summer!

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Summer Fun with Kate Spade

Posted June 13, 2016 to Lifestyle by: Amy Johnson.

I can’t believe it was a month ago that I worked with my friend & colleague Stylist Angie Hansen on this super cute test shoot. I don’t photograph product that often so when we talked about doing this, I was really excited that she wanted to incorporate this fun Kate Spade photorealistic grass printed blanket. I immediately wanted to make it look like a fun picnic in the sun, lighting wise. She agreed, and this is what she came up with. She added in some cute summer items from Starbucks, Nordstrom, Birkenstock & St. Tropez as well, to tie in the cute Kate Spade book & camera purse. She was so much fun to work with! Hope you enjoyed the photos!

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angie June 13th, 2016

So great to work together! These turned out super cute!! Can’t wait to work together again!
Amy Johnson June 14th, 2016

Totally! I can’t wait to do another shoot too! We had a few that we talked about, anytime!

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Cidercraft Pairing : Brunch!

Posted May 26, 2016 to Food Photography by: Amy Johnson.

I photographed the newest Spring/Summer Cidercraft pairing about a month ago with the team we have worked with since the very beginning, Jason Scherer as Chef, Randi Karabin as Designer, Erin James as Editor and Kristin Ackerman as Publisher. I really loved how this pairing turned out so much from the beignets, to the truffle salad, to the pork posole, I thought everything looked beautiful. Randi the designer had a specific vision and it really all came together wonderfully. And really, who doesn’t love brunch?? Hope you enjoyed the photos!

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Sip Northwest -White Wines

Posted May 17, 2016 to Food Photography by: Amy Johnson.

I did a feature for Sip Northwest’s Spring 2016 issue on white wine varieties of the Northwest a month or so ago, which beaks down 6 different kinds of white wines, and all sorts of varieties you can get right here in the Northwest in preparation for the upcoming warmer weather. Hope you enjoy! Thanks of course to the lovely ladies over at Sip Northwest who helped make it look so pretty.