About Meg

Hello, and thank you for visiting!

I work locally to San Francisco and Los Angeles, and home has always been Napa Valley, California.

When I’m not photographing or traveling, I’m hanging out with my son, a wonderful 19-year old who works at a Michelin 3-star restaurant, or taking a class towards my wine certification studies.

I’ve been referred to as grace under pressure, as the photographer for the weddings of Anne Hathaway, Jimmy Kimmel, LeAnn Rimes, Governor of California Gavin Newsom, and the late Robin Williams, among others, as well as the official photographer for Team USA at the Bocuse d'Or (the “culinary olympics”) in Lyon, France biannually. Under the leadership of Chef Thomas Keller we brought home silver one year and gold the next (go team!). After photographing four cookbooks (one of them earning a silver medal in the IPPY cookbook-specialty awards), my lens is focused on culinary, hospitality, lifestyle, portraiture and travel.

I’m a visual storyteller, and it’s my nature to tell the most beautiful and meaningful version of a story that I can.

Available for commercial, documentary, and editorial assignments (wine country to worldwide), I’d love to creatively collaborate!

Cheers,

California Photographer Meg Smith

Partial client list
Bragard
Chanel
Far Niente Winery
Garden Design
Magnolia Network
Modern Farmer
Opus One Winery
Quince & Co SF
Shafer Winery
St. Supéry Winery
Tailored Brands (Men’s Wearhouse)
Thomas Keller Restaurant Group
Wente Winery
Wine Spectator

Interviews
Focus on Women Podcast
Rallier
Shoutout Arizona

Awarded
2023 APA Something Personal Exhibit