Sierra Studio was originally founded 22 years ago as "Bakstad Photographics", in a 125 year old building in downtown Elgin, Il. In 1997 moved to our current location, formerly Brookside Winery. The building was transformed into two shooting studios (each with a kitchen) and numerous other areas to use as photo vignettes. Along with the move we changed our company name to Sierra Studio to complement our new location as well as focus on a team effort for shooting. A high percentage of our current work is photography for packaging for the food industry, lifestyle and retail. We maintain a staff of one full time photographer, a production manager/stylist, and a business manager/photographer. Depending on the particular needs of each project or client, we utilize a select group of talent for food stylists, photographers and assistants. Our image processing and retouching is done in house.