Having completed more than 1500 assignments over the past twenty-two years, Ed Young is one of the most experienced commercial advertising photographers in California.

In the 1980’s, Ed operated a 4000-square-foot studio in San Francisco, specializing in technology, banking, oil industry and medical photography for Fortune 500 companies such as Chevron, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Shell Oil, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Westinghouse, Pacific Bell and GMAC Real Estate Division. Assignments included trade and consumer advertising campaigns, corporate brochures and annual reports. When not working in his studio, Ed completed location assignments throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada and Japan.

In 1989, Ed sold his San Francisco studio, moved to Carmel, California, and built a studio on a beautiful pine and oak covered ridge five minutes from famous Carmel-by-the-Sea. A transformation in Ed’s photographic career followed in the early 90’s as he began working for many of the Salinas Valley produce companies. His previous specialty areas evolved to his current specialties of California agriculture, produce, wine and food. Within a few years, Ed was working with produce companies throughout California. Corporate agri-business clients and advertising agencies with agricultural clients throughout the United States began to seek Ed’s services to produce their photographic projects within California. Ed Young became known as the premier California agri-business photographer, and his client list became a “Who’s Who” of California agriculture and produce. Client List - Ag/Produce Portfolio

A natural progression into prepared food photography followed; in the beginning mostly for produce companies, but then for commodity boards, commercial food companies and restaurants. Food Portfolio

After fourteen years working in the agri-business arena, Ed has photographed every major commodity grown in California, both in the field and in the studio. Ed Young knows California agriculture and produce better than any photographer in California, and therefore, can create images that truly help his clients market their products effectively.

Ed also works with a select group of local clients in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, utilizing his skills developed in San Francisco, photographing jewelry, retail products and catalogs, store interiors, sculpture and architecture. Retail Products Portfolio - Architecture Portfolio