April 2024

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Apr 24

Written By Rebecca Peloquin

Diners, Drive ins and NA Beer?

Hi friends-

For this newsletter I present to you, two very different, very fun, recent projects for the Los Angeles Times.

First up- for a story on the best Non-Alcoholic Beer brands. An absurd amount of beer materialized at the studio which I transformed into a wet and wild spectacular. I enlisted a water tray, some astro turf, a pals hands and some of the embarrassing amount of press on nails I’ve been collecting for tests and we made ourselves a little picnic scene. It was fun.

Second saw me drive across town to Pann’s Restaurant to document their perfect Tuna Melt. I don’t get to shoot on location often but when a nice editor bribes me with a good sandwich I’d be stupid not to grab my keys. I snagged a corner booth, set up lights, tried not to get in everyone’s way, failed, made some friends, grabbed a sando to go and hit the worst traffic that I think lasted longer than the whole shoot.

Sandwich 10/10 Traffic 0/10.

Also to note- I just wrapped on a big packaging project you may have seen glimpses of on my stories. I can’t share much yet but we had an incredible crew, the best week and our work will hit stores in the summer!