Keep it Seasonal

5/11/2021

Spring isn't just for roast lamb, it's for flowers too. To be precise, edible flowers!
Don't we eat with our eyes... and who doesn't love a bright, spring bloom after those cold colourless months of winter? Pansies are suddenly abundant and are a great addition to a salad or a cake, lifting both into the realm of Godliness, to say nothing of lilac!
It's easy to overlook Lilac's delicate petals, as at first glance the flower appears like a cone, but close up you can see each one is made from hundreds of tiny, tight-knit stars. These are gorgously scented, and are great for flavouring sweet dishes. Like this lilac posset, made from lilac infused cream, honey and lemon juice.
It makes sense to think ahead, to have a plan of action, to be ready to shoot those all important images that capture the mood, the flavours and essence of the season almost before it has begun! I'd love to tell your seasonal food story.

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A Wedding Breakfast
It was my pleasure to photograph a wedding breakfast created by Colline Watt, owner of Colline's Kitchen recently. With a bubbly and nurturing nature, it's no suprise to me that this mother from Zimbabwe wants to feed us all with delicious, fresh and sustainable food, along with a decadent cake or two, and how typical that, on the first date that weddings were permitted in the UK after lockdown, she got the call and I found her in a pretty garden with spectacular views piling food and flowers on to a table in a high wind, and creating an edible work of art.
Colline's successful cafe business, set in the historic Town Hall in the market town of Newbury has been put on hold since Lockdown in March, but she maintains a service, delivering food as diverse as Afternoon Tea and Mongolian beef stir fry, sourcing fresh ingredients locally. Find her at www.collineskitchen.com

BUNTING
When Jo, owner of The Bunting Basket asked me to photograph her bunting, I read her bio, and discovered how the business began, and how it came to be named The Bunting Basket. After making bunting for a family christening, Jo was innundated with requests for it from her friends and aqaintances, and she soon began to sell it at craft fairs, carrying her stock in a wicker basket. When I read this, I knew a picnic basket had to feature in my photographs. I looked at the fabric designs, and thought about the premise for the business and then began to prepare my shoot. Find her at www.thebuntingbasket.co.uk

Keep it Seasonal

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