Squares and Circles

12/4/2021

I bake a lot, and this time of year chocolate is important, isn't it....think truffles dusted with cocoa powder - or this coffee layered sandwich cake. Delish right?
So here we have a couple of challenges:
1) How to style squares and circles together, and
2) Bringing the client product into the scene without it looking disconnected or out of place.
i) First break the pattern. In this case it also shows off those cake layers nicely, and adds interest to the composition. The circles have been added at the corners, to frame the cake. ii) Keep things natural.
The product, the tin of cocoa powder (it helps as it's such elegant packaging) has been tipped over to display the name (Important), and styled to become part of the story. Note the use of colour. Monochromatic to give cohesion to the frame.
If you would like me to help you tell your food story, or teach you how to elevate your food photography skills, I would be delighted to hear from you.

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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.
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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

Squares and Circles

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