food and light workshop 2011: instructors

"It's not the camera, it's the photographer."




Diane Cu: A co-founder of Evolution Multimedia, Inc., is a Los Angeles-based photojournalist, cooking instructor, and food and travel writer with an academic background in botany. Her culinary-rich heritage fuels her zeal for all things global, delectable, and exquisitely uncommon. An avid gardener, photographer, and lover of the outdoors, Diane continues to scour the world in search of local culture, history, and cooking traditions through her camera lens. She also loves a good laugh, a great cocktail and her two dogs. Diane shares her food photography and culinary stories on her blog in collaboration with her partner, Todd Porter, at WhiteOnRiceCouple.com. Follow her on Twitter: @WhiteOnRice. Friend her on FaceBook.

Todd Porter: A co-founder of Evolution Multimedia, Inc., is a Los Angeles-based photojournalist, cooking instructor, and food and travel writer. If this sounds a lot like Diane, there is a reason for this. Todd shares his love of photography, travel, nature, and food with his partner in crime, Diane Cu. Together they have built a career of capturing subtle emotions, special events, nature, exotic travels to foreign lands, and of course, gorgeous food. Logging over a decade of time and sweat in the underbelly of the restaurant industry has only further stoked Todd's fervor for a life revolving around all things culinary. When not traveling, shooting, or playing with his two dogs, Todd can be found writing and sharing his photography on his and Diane's blog WhiteOnRiceCouple.com. Follow him on Twitter: @RiceOnWhite. Friend him on FaceBook.

Matt Wright: A graphic artist who shares a passion for food photography and producing home made charcuterie. A self taught food photographer, who cooks, styles and shoots everything you see on his blog Wrightfood. He keeps his food photography clean and simple - focusing on the food, showcasing seasonal dish ingredients with minimalist, modern styling. Matt loves a gin & tonic along with good humor, especially the numerous sausage jokes that seem to come his way these days. Follow Matt on Twitter: @wrightfood. Friend him on FaceBook.

Jen Yu: is a self-taught freelance nature, food, and portrait photographer based in the Colorado Rockies. She maintains her food and lifestyle blog use real butter between travel shoots, client shoots, photography instruction, getting her tele turns in on a Big Dump Snow Day, mountaineering the high country, and hiking with her pup, Kaweah. A former NASA engineer, Jen holds a Ph.D. in geology from Cornell and a B.S. in engineering from Caltech. Follow her on Twitter: @userealbutter. Friend her on FaceBook.