Shooting with Intention

10/31/2022

What do I mean by that?
Being intentional means thinking about what story you want to tell and what mood you want to evoke in you image. For instance, here I've dug deep into autumn - there's no mistaking that, but let's analyse how this was achieved.
Firstly by choosing seasonal veg, for everyone associates pumpkins with October and Halloween. This is supported by the brown and yellow leaves, as though blown on to the table in an autumn gale, and the deep shadows, reminding us that the days are shortening.
Autumn is the season of decay, of reds, and golds, of warm food and even the wooden background evokes a cosy feel.
Next time, I'll talk about creating a winter mood.

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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

Shooting with Intention

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