With the legalization of recreational marijuana taking effect in California at the start of 2018, everyone is getting in on the act. So it was no surprise that late last year I found myself doing several shoots with a variety of upstarts trying to carve out their niche in the booming industry. Over a period of a couple months I shot everything from a harvest at a boutique grow operation in Sonoma, to the inside of a distillation lab in downtown LA and lifestyle shoots featuring models using the products in Venice Beach, Santa Monica and Joshua Tree. The images were ultimately used for everything from company websites to pitch decks intended to raise capital. These are a few of my favorites.