MIKE WEPPLO

Mike Wepplo is a prolific food photographer and illustrator with over 20 years of experience creating images and full package layouts for every major package design firm and CPG across the country, Known for having a deep insight into the consumer's needs, Mike specializes in food photography, enhancing taste and freshness appeal by creating package designs that simply pop off the shelves. Mike Wepplo's rare all-in-one studio that takes images from production to fully composed design, even including unique hand-painted 2D or 3D characters. Completing around 2000 packaging products per year, Mike Wepplo's client list ranges from big consumer products to gourmet and all-natural food & beverage brands.

As a Southern California visual artist professionally trained at the Art Center College of Design, Wepplo merges his skills as a product photographer, illustration & airbrush artist, and graphic designer to create ultra-real illustrations that range from naturalistic to idealistic. With an interest in art since childhood and equipped with one of the earliest personal computers, Wepplo was one of the first artists to go digital, making digital art before there were even computer-based art programs. With a finger on the pulse of the industry, Michael Wepplo has been a true industry leader in food photography, ahead of the curve in both design and technique for the past two decades.