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I didn’t really mean to become a photographer. But with the first photo that I took of a batch of homemade raspberry scones, I knew I was a goner. My family quickly learned to ask first before digging in with their forks as I became completely snap-happy around any kind of food. Family vacations were hijacked to make special trips to particularly photogenic markets or restaurants.

Luckily for me, and my family, this passion quickly turned into something a bit more useful… beautiful images of food, travel and life for editorial publications and advertising.

I keep a very small shop. My studio is located in my light-filled house. I mostly do my own food and prop styling. I love to use natural sunlight light. The sense of home and wonder you see in my photos comes from the way I work and the fact that I am a home cook and that I shoot in a home (be it one with a really large selection of tableware).

My clients include Epicurious.com (Conde Nast), Gourmet.com, Sasquatch Books, Wiley, Chronicle Books, Imbibe Magazine, Seattle Magazine, Portland Monthly Magazine, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, Seattle Metropolitan Bride & Groom, Seattle Bride, Edible San Francisco, Edible Seattle, Where Magazine, Katia’s Chocolates, Rising C Citrus, Kashi.com, Tom Douglas Restaurants, NWSource.com, Restaurants & Institutions, Flavours Magazine from Carob Mills> (for Polydorou Designs) Herbco International and Seattle Coffee Works. My photos have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Sunset Magazine.

You can find my stock photos on Getty Images and StockFood.

You can also find my work on Amazon, in these currently released books:

I’m also on Twitter:
Still Life With Tweets for chatter about food photography and styling announcements and inspirations.
LaraFerroni Tweets for everything else.

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Lara Ferroni is a former tech geek turned food geek who spends her days exploring the food culture of the Pacific Northwest. As a food writer and photographer, you might spy her learning to make kim chee in the back rooms of a local church, foraging for wild berries, or snapping away in the some of Seattle's finest kitchens. You can find her work in publications such as Epicurious.com, Gourmet.com, Edible Communities (Seattle, San Francisco), Seattle Magazine, Seattle Metropolitan as well as numerous cookbooks, including Doughnuts: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home.