Rebecca Peloquin
Commercial Food and Product Photographer / Director
Los Angeles, CA
www.rebeccapeloquin.com
instagram @rebeccapeloquin
Q What do you do?
“I’m a photographer / director specializing in mostly food and product work but the better answer is I take great ideas and bring them to life to help clients share their creations with the world.”
Whenever I can I try to nudge brands to explore curiosity, absurdity and whimsy with color, sparkles and camp!
Q What steps did you take to get to where you are now?
It all started when I forged my mom’s signature on an admissions form for a weird arts high school and got myself an audition before anyone knew what was up or could talk me out of it. It was all downhill from there. I went to photo school after that then made my way to Los Angeles where I spent my 20’s assisting, working as a photo editor for every entertainment outlet around and working all the award shows. It was a lot of years shooting all sorts of other subject matter until I transitioned to food photography and really niched down but once I super focused it was much easier to explain to folks what I did and to really shine.
Q How do you stand out in your field?
I’ve got a lot of tattoos so I stand out in most fields. Ba dum dum. Ok sorry, sorry. Truthfully I think the best way to really stand out is to be a genuine person, someone clients want to spend time with on set. So of course be dependable and know you can deliver but also be funny, be friendly, and always keep making great work that excites you because it will excite others.
Q What are you working on right now?
Motion! One big jump for me has been getting out of my comfort zone and shooting and directing more video. I’m hopeful this year will have plenty of opportunities for that!
Q What’s your style?
I like making cool stuff. What that means changes all the time but I want to have that “ooh this is so good” moment on set every shoot. I want all my clients to smile when they see the edits and for everyone on the team to be really stoked to share the work.For the last two years that means featuring bold color and sparkles as well as working practical effects into everything I can but who knows where I’ll be in 2 more years! All I can say is my perspective is to try something new as often as you can.
Q Out of all your slashies, which one do you wish you could do more often?
More directing please! Getting the privilege to lead a production is such a special opportunity!
Q What is frustrating you right now?
The uncertainty in the world. Understandably it's hard for businesses to plan their advertising and marketing campaigns when things shift every day but this has created a real bottleneck as folks wait it out with many of us creatives at the bottom of the pile. I’d love things to be calm for like, 10 minutes this year so we can all get back to making cool stuff!
Q If you could hire someone for $20/hour, what would you have them do to make your day easier?
The first thing I would hire for straight away (though not sure what fair rates are these days) is social media strategy! Navigating social media can be really tricky to stay on top of between trends, algorithm changes and the comparison game that can get us all but it’s so important to be visible!
Q If you could talk to an expert to gain more insight on something, what would it be about?
Every other photographer I get the privilege to talk to and spend time with becomes at points both a peer and a mentor, as well as a friend! There is so much we can teach each other whether its specific like a gear recommendation or crew suggestion or more broad like navigating the industry in our city there’s no shortage of ways we can help each other!
Q What kind of opportunities/projects are you looking for?
I want to do bigger and crazier sets, wild colors, intergalactic worlds, concepts that push brands into iconic territory- stills and videos full of vibrancy and emotion and excitement for days! I want to work on projects that every person on set gets to challenge themselves to be better and succeed!
Q Describe your ideal job/client/collaboration.
An agency or brand that is excited about trying new things and open to exploring creative ways of bringing a product to life! Folks who are bold and creative and dare to dream big!
Q: What is your rate?
I price each project based on what we need to do and how much stuff (like props, crew, equipment, location) it will take to accomplish it!
Q How should someone approach you about working together?
Shoot me an email, friend!
Q Who is a creative you admire?
I admire every single creative person who got up today, knew it was hard and kept trying!
Q Oh! and… how do you stay creative?
I play with new mediums, textures, light, and allow myself to be curious. Every thing we make doesn’t have to make us money or be a technique we perfect but the exploration is what keeps my creative spark alive. Creativity is a little tiny beautiful thing we have to nurture it!
This member profile was originally published in August 2015, Updated May 2025.