Angela DeCenzo

Monday, June 17, 2013

Shooting with Mindy Fox for La Cucina Italiana

I worked with writer Mindy Fox on this story about Farina's pesto. This is part one, in San Francisco. Mindy is full of energy and good ideas, and notices every detail. Gotta love that!

Story and additional images here.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Michael Pollan for Diablo Magazine

Quite an honor to photograph author Michael Pollan for an interview about his new book, Cooked.

Story in Diablo here!

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Bull Valley Roadhouse

Port Costa is a sweet little town that feels like a nineteenth century movie set. I've found myself there to photograph several times recently. Here is the Bull Valley Roadhouse for Diablo Magazine.

Story here!

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Spring is Here!

Monday, April 1, 2013

Venture Men's Goods for Diablo Magazine

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Cocktails with Anne Kunisaki

Test shoot with Anne in a cute house in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland.

All vintage everything = love!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Borgo Italia for Diablo Magazine

Monday, February 18, 2013

Jesse's Chair

This is Jesse's room when we had just started dating.

Love.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Venture Men's Goods

I photographed Venture Men's Goods in Lafayette for Diablo Magazine. Story here.

I really fell for their logo!

Friday, January 25, 2013

Record Shopping

Some of the images from my current promo: Record Shopping on Haight Street. We visited Rooky's Records and Groove Merchant both in Lower Haight.

I only own one record, (which I bought solely for the cover picture of Cindy Lauper a la Man Ray by Annie Leibovitz). But one thing I learned from hanging out in record stores all day long is that it will put you in a really good mood.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Madrone Art Bar's Holiday Party

Madrone Art Bar celebrated the holidays at Mission Bowling Club and I was there to catch all the action...Strike!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Cozy Day

I have had family here from Florida for the past week for an early holiday visit. My house was packed full of people I love and don't get to see often enough. Never a dull moment!

Now it's a chilly, foggy day and the house is way too quiet and empty. Tea in my delicate new pink cups was just what the doctor ordered.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Truffle Hunting in Alba

In the spirit of Autumn I pulled some Farina Cookbook images from the archives.

One of the most unique experiences I had while shooting the cookbook was truffle hunting in Alba, Italy. As I'm sure you know, truffle foragers (like mushroom foragers) are VERY secretive about their truffle spots. It was quite an honor to get to tag along and take pictures.

Since we were in Italy at the height of truffle season, we ate truffles every single night at dinner, no exaggerating...and we were there for ten days. It was a rich and intense dining experience.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Monday, November 12, 2012

Kim and Nick got Married

Jesse and I spent some time up in Portland with our friends Kim and Nick in the days leading up to their wedding. This involved spurts of wedding prep interspersed with getting to know Kim and Nick's family, hanging out with our dearest friends, and followed by late night visits to fun bars in our area. A little work and a lot of fun!

ps. Once the wedding started I made myself put down my camera, be present with my friends, and HAVE FUN. Sometimes hard for a photographer to do!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Outerlands

"A gathering place for sea goers who seek warmth, shelter, food, and fellowship"

Outerlands is a cozy restaurant located near Ocean Beach in San Francisco. They have a welcoming vibe and their homemade bread is hands down my absolute favorite. While there are gorgeous warm days, it's usually quite chilly out by the beach. It's a most delicious way to warm up a visit to the foggy outer edge of the city.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

San Diego Polaroid

I've been hoarding a few packs of old Polaroid film. Took these in San Diego this past summer.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Pelican Rock for Diablo Magazine

I shot for Diablo Magazine. Love getting out of the city and seeing what's going on in the East Bay. The story, which you can read here, features Pelican Rock, a preppy men's store with a cute, peppy owner in downtown Walnut Creek.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Hummingbird Girls: Bohemian

I got together with the Hummingbird Girls one more time before Jen moved to Ann Arbor for school. We wanted to do something totally different than the last time we collaborated, so we went darker with lace and velvet. Here is their post of the shoot.

I was having a hard time saying goodbye to summer and feeling inspired for fall, but happily this shoot helped me come around.

Thank you to Nikol Elaine for her makeup talents!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Don't Go

Everyone is talking of fall, but I'm not ready to let go of summer! While we are spoiled with our 'temperate' weather here in San Francisco, some of our summer months still can be a little disappointing with stretches of fog and cold wind.

I want to hang on to the warm parts of summer as long as possible.

Thank you to:

Styling by Anne Kunisaki

Makeup by Persia Matine

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Fishing

Went ocean fishing with Jesse and his Dad while we were in San Diego. A friend pointed out recently that on my time off I went camping and fishing-basically spent all my time out in nature. I think I really needed to get out of the city and to unplug and do something real and tactile. Sticking hooks through little sardines' gills and pulling in sea bass, rock fish and mackerel that we later cooked for dinner was definitely just the thing! Sounds so barbaric as I write this but it was great!