SAVEUR contributing photographer Penny De Los Santos traveled to California's Central Valley along with contributing editor Georgia Freedman to photograph Rancho San Julián for Georgia's article, California Eternal for our December 2012 issue. With the photographs in this gallery, Penny describes her process for capturing the life and food of the Poett family on the ranch. While on assignment, Penny's philosophy is to "try to let people live their lives, and I make sure I'm there to capture it." For more on shooting this story, read Penny's behind the scenes account »
That night just before dinner, two of the men were loading the car to take everything out to where we were going to be eating. I was in the backseat of the car, shooting over the seat— at the time, I was thinking to myself, This may be the most visual moment I get with these guys, and I need to work it really hard. I was hoping I'd get shots the next day of them on horses, or over the grill, but when you're shooting on location you can never know. I think it helps the shot that they're wearing hats, and you can't see their faces. It's intimate, but there's a little mystery.
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