CHASING THE LIGHT

Stories, tips & behind-the-scenes of my branding photography, food photography, product photography & more.

Food Photography: Blueberry Waffles

Oct 23, 2024

Waffles are a food photography favorite. (Based on my unscientific observation…) There’s so much opportunity to make great photos with their texture, infinite topping possibilities and—aaaah!—the gorgeous syrup drips and pours. I’m getting hungry just writing about it.I’m currently sans studio kitchen and am offering remote and boutique on-location food photography. Luckily, my apartment has a spacious kitchen and high ceilings! Ample opportunity for remote ...

Political Campaign Photography—Blake Duren for Judge

Mar 20, 2024

Spring elections are coming up in Wisconsin. Don’t forget to vote on April 2nd! Blake Duren for Sauk County Circuit Court Judge is one of the races on the Sauk County ballot. Several weeks ago, I had the pleasure of photographing Attorney Blake Duren on location at the Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo. The campaign photography session took place on an unseasonably warm day in February. It was warm and sunny with not a dirty pile of snow in sight. Perfect weather for ...

Food Photography: Genuine Broaster Chicken

Mar 15, 2021

Behind-the-Scenes Time Lapse of Food Shoot in Beloit, Wis. We love, love, love visiting our long-time client Genuine Broaster Chicken in Beloit! Not only do we get to create some amazing food photography with great people, we get to eat the product. And. It. Is. Delicious!The goal of our recent shoot was to create images of the company's new chicken sandwiches for menus and recipe guides as well as photos of the suite of Genuine Broaster Chicken products for ...

360 Photography

Feb 02, 2021

We recently tried Greg's new Insta360 One R to complement the still photos we took of a bathroom remodel. Lot's of possibilities in the 360 realm. More to come on this front...

Joey's Song

Feb 21, 2020

Photos by Carrie Chase ©SutterChase Studios On December 6, I had the honor of taking photos an awesome benefit concert for Joey’s Song. The event at the Barrymore Theatre featured premier locally and nationally known musicians gathered to raise money for epilepsy research.Mike Gomoll founded Joey's Song in 2010 in honor of his late son Joey, who died shortly before his 5th birthday from a heinous form of epilepsy. "They turned to the one thing that brought Joey so much ...

We Love Cheese!

Jan 20, 2020

An Ode to Cheese We love it in chunks, we love just a piece,we love it in pulls, we love it with grease. We eat it in sandwiches,with a cold pint of beer,in all our side dishesand on crackers as schmear. It melts,It slices,It shreds andit dices. Breakfast,lunch, and dinner,cheese is always the winner!

Industrial product photography

Jan 17, 2020

Industrial product photography—AKA shooting really big stuff! Okay, not all of the industrial photography we do is of really big stuff. But much of it is. And when I say “big stuff,” it’s because I don’t have the mind of an engineer—unlike my partner Greg who seems to know what he’s talking about when chatting with the project engineers. :)What I do know is that a lot of love and hard work go into the final product, from the engineers to the ...

Congrats U.S. Cheese Champs!

Mar 08, 2019

Images from the SutterChase Studios archive. ©SutterChase Studios We love Wisconsin Cheese!We love to photograph it and we love to eat it.Once again, Wisconsin Cheeses dominated in the 2019 United States Championship Cheese Contest, earning gold medals in 60 of the 116 contest classes and sweeping the gold, silver, and bronze medals in 25 classes.The U.S. Championship Cheese Contest had a record 2,555 entries this year.WinnersA Baby Swiss Wheel made by Guggisberg Cheese, Ohio, ...

Rollin' with Rowheels

Nov 01, 2018

Rowheels is on a roll, and we had the opportunity to capture multiple aspects of the revolutionary new wheelchair it's producing at its Middleton, Wisconsin headquarters.Rowheels has been getting a lot of attention lately for its patented-wheel design developed by a NASA engineer.For more than 40 years, manual wheelchair users have pushed the wheel forward to move. According to Rowheels CEO, Gaurav Mishra, “70 percent of manual wheelchair users get injured, primarily in the rotator cuff ...

Photography for a good cause!

Jul 24, 2018

Tri 4 Schools—Sun Prairie I'm a little late on this post but I think it's worth talking about.Let me start by saying, I am not a race photographer. There are plenty of good photographers who do that sort of thing in the Madison area.I am a triathlete (although I still have a hard time calling myself one). Not of the elite status, mind you. But I've finished some tough races and I just bought a sweet new tri bike from Trek, so I guess it's official. I'm a triathlete.So when Prairie Athletic ...