14th April was the Bengali new year. It is our tradition to eat watery rice, different kind mashed potato, fish, vegetable or any other food item with fried- dried red chili with salt. These chilies ware looking gorgeous in the white plate and I took the picture.

This was a shot taken while I was experimenting with the built in flash. I created a DIY setup to bounce off the built in flash and take the photo. After a lot of trial and error, this one seemed a bit pleasing ! I couldn’t find a proper subject to test my DIY flash [...]

It was a 1st birthday of a friend’s daughter and the place was filled with kids, shouting, running, jumping, screaming and doing all that kids can do. One of the main servings during the birthday were these chocolate bites on sticks which makes an adult drool… Kids attacked the set and got immersed in trying [...]

“Cazuela” was taken in the afternoon in October 30th 2011. My wife Elizabeth and I had traveled to Ecuador, my country of origin to visit family and friends and relax at the beach in Playas one of the many beautiful towns populating the coast of Ecuador. Our friends convinced us to try a typical dish [...]

I love the idea of looking and appreciating daily life objects with a different perspective. Thats what I tried to do with this photo. Taken at the streets of New York where pretzels are the most common snacks, I tried to give it a closer, more intimate approach, a macro view.

“Bali coffee is so famous for it’s distinctive taste, that day we went to the coffee plantation area to see and taste the famous and most expensive “Coffee Luwak”! One of the stages determines an old lady to sit there and stir the beans till they are fully roasted, she keeps on circulating the beans [...]

This was another shot in my Asian food series. The way the chef brought this out for me straight away gave me the idea for the image, bird-s eye view on a white cloth table. The dish was delicious too.

This image was taken as food photography practice. The dish it self is my original recipe. I have been toying around with the idea of food photography for some time. One of my close friends is a chef and ive been influenced by this. Once the dish was plated the food was arranged and garnished [...]

Food is a huge part of my life, my parents and grand-parents were amazing cooks and my dad worked as a food critic once in the 70′s. So it was just a matter of time before I got into the Food genre and started working with restaurants and hotels. This shot was part of a [...]

Everyone loves a birthday party. My girlfriend’s (now fiancee’s) family was excited to celebrate the first birthday of the newest member of the family – Avalyn. Her great-grandparents hosted the birthday party at their farm, and many of the cousins, uncles, and aunts brought treats and presents. These were some of the cupcakes made for [...]