Food and Beverage Photography

Dawn Heumann photographs food and beverage for national brands, from packaged goods campaigns for Kellogg’s and Silk to farm-to-table stories for Straus Family Creamery and Laura Chenel.

The approach is beautiful and thoughtful lighting, honest styling, and real appetite: food photographed the way it actually looks when someone you love makes it.

She shoots on location and in studio across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and wine country.

Overhead of sesame beef rice bowls with kimchi and chili crisp on a blue table, photographed by Dawn Heumann Overhead of seared salmon on rice noodles with radishes, mint and sesame Sprinkling granola over layered berry yogurt parfaits at a wooden counter Peach sour with a dried-fruit garnish beside a hand browsing the bar menu on marble Hard-light flatlay of shaved watermelon radishes with oregano blossoms and olive oil Overhead of a tasting menu canapé tray with a caviar pastry, an oyster on ice and white wine Burgers piled with arugula on a dark board with beer, pickles and hot sauce in the garden Overhead of kids' hands grabbing slices of rosemary potato pizza on checkered paper Granola and raspberry breakfast bowls with milky coffee on blue linen Overhead of frosted cinnamon rolls in a cast iron skillet with a latte and bowl of icing Sal de Tierra mezcal bottle and four cocktail can flavors against terracotta tile Overhead of Lovebird grain-free cereal with blueberries, coffee and cream on worn wood Pesto tagliatelle, cheese board and olives on a weathered table in a golden oat field Whipped herb dip with a flatbread stack, snap peas, radishes and lemon on a wood board Crispy chicken leg with confit garlic and peppercorns on a blue ceramic plate Silk almondmilk poured into a cereal bowl on a coffee table while a boy laughs on the couch Straus Family Creamery organic milk bottle beside fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies Overhead of a moody supper club table with escargot, ribs, salad and a baguette Stack of three ice cream sandwiches in chocolate, berry and vanilla against a teal wall Bartender presenting a honeycomb-dusted whiskey sour with a dried lemon wheel Straus European-style yogurt poured over a waffle stack piled with berries Overhead of friends passing an oyster platter over lobster, mussels and spritzes at a seafood restaurant Cheese and salami board with dried apricots, mandarins and sparkling rosé in evening light Overhead spread of zucchini puff pastry tart, labneh with grilled figs and goat cheese toasts Overhead of hands tossing a grilled chicken salad with broccolini and golden beets Napa Cellars sauvignon blanc on an outdoor table with white pours, grapes and marcona almonds Straus organic plain kefir with a green smoothie in the blender, berries and kale Grilled octopus with potato salad, green tobiko, radish and potato chips on stoneware Soft-boiled egg in a ceramic cup with prosciutto, frisée and torn bread on a black plate Fresh-cut tagliatelle nests dusted with flour on a blue work surface Overhead of dry martinis with olive picks casting hard shadows beside a sequin clutch and red lipstick Pappardelle with spring peas, mint and a peppercorn goat cheese medallion in speckled bowls Ketel One Botanical grapefruit and rose bottle on a bed of grapefruit slices and garden roses Overhead of apple pie baking with Straus organic butter, a crimped crust, apples and brown eggs on marble Sal de Tierra mezcal margarita can with a salted rocks pour in raking light Overhead of aged cheddar, cherries, pumpkin seeds and seeded bread on a dark wood board Overhead of pepperoni pizza on a metal peel with beer, basil and chili flakes on dark wood Candlelit dumpling dinner with negronis, roasted rainbow carrots and beeswax tapers Sal de Tierra canned mezcal cocktails in the sun with lime, grapefruit and pineapple garnishes Overhead of tomato and herb focaccia squares on a wire cooling rack with butter Twomey pinot noirs and sauvignon blanc with poured glasses on a sunlit outdoor table Overhead of a croissant breakfast plate with berries, kumquats, butter and lingonberry jam Brushing glaze onto cedar-plank salmon with charred lemons over a beach campfire Overhead of house cocktails on vinyl record coasters in hard afternoon light Cross-cut burgers stacked with heirloom tomato and arugula on seeded brioche at a garden table Overhead of baked mac and cheese in cast iron cocottes with thyme and glasses of white wine Straus Family Creamery vanilla ice cream melting over a warm berry cobbler Salted chocolate chunk cookies on parchment with a glass of milk and a bowl of dough Wire basket of brown eggs casting a long shadow across sunlit plaster Overhead of oysters with mignonette and lime on a platter of rock salt Overhead of friends reaching over an izakaya spread of oysters, skewers and cocktails Grapefruit cocktail over crushed ice on a slate board with bitters and citrus Old fashioned with a cinnamon stick and orange twist on a leather coaster in a dark bar Overhead of grilled chicken salads with watermelon radish and snap peas on dark slate Manhattan strained into an etched nick and nora glass against deep blue Overhead of a driftwood beach table set with mussels, focaccia, artichokes and lupine at golden hour, photographed by Dawn Heumann

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