If I can make these Easter cocktails then so can youUntil last year I had never made a cocktail before. My experience was limited to drinking them at happy hour with friends or hubby to celebrate special occasions.That was until I started working for some drinks companies during the first 2020 lockdown and I found […]
This is not just another online course Yes that is a very smiley happy picture of me isn’t it?! Back in the days when the hairdressers were still open and I’d never imagined having to dye my roots myself.It was taken around the time I launched a new online food photography group called Cook.Shoot. Eat. I […]
I was starting to worry that I had ‘bigged up’ this workshop a bit too much and that my excitement levels were making me get carried away, but oh my gosh it was a wonderful event! My partner in crime on food photography workshops is Nikki Hill, who hosts them in her beautiful home and […]
It’s funny how life works out isn’t it? Call it fate or luck or pre-ordained destiny, but 15 years ago, Mark, Helen and I were all working for the same international healthcare company. Our paths crossed every now and again in meetings and at conferences and we shared similar aspirations for our lives: advance up […]
Phew! This is such an exhausting and crazy time of year but I love it! Right in the middle of all the madness of Christmas shopping, parties and lunches there’s the biggest Love Your Lens workshop of the year: the Christmas Food Styling and Photography Workshop. Not only do we try to create the best […]
A few years ago I wouldn’t even have tried to take photographs like this with my phone. It was simply too hard to get a sharp, non-grainy, well-exposed image. A D-SLR produced much better results and also created such lovely soft focus backgrounds. Fast forward to today and I now consider my smartphone to be […]
All the ingredients for a fabulous food photography workshop. Autumn is my favourite season for lots of reasons: it’s my birthday and that means we get to go out for a few nice meals; the light becomes super gorgeous; nature produces the most glorious colours; cuddly jumpers come out of drawers; fires and candles are […]
Spring Food Photography Workshop Yesterday’s food photography workshop took place on one of the hottest days of the year so far, but I’m not complaining! Our venue, a beautiful private home in Wilmslow, was flooded with natural light, making it even easier to take mouth watering food pics. The students were all from businesses that […]
I think the photos from this recent food styling workshop speak for themselves and I don’t need to say too much about it! Christmas garland making with Fiona, food styling, food photography, yummy grub by Nikki and lots of laughs. With carols playing in the background and mulled wine heating on the stove, it felt very festive […]
Moody food photographs are all over Instagram and Pinterest and it’s a style that looks set to stay for a while. So, it’s no wonder that lots of people want to give it a go. However, unless you know a few techniques and tips, it can be hard to achieve the look. In this blog post you […]
I’ve got a LOT of different food photography backdrops and am always on the lookout for more! They make or break an image, so they are vitally important. This is what I’m looking for:A matt surface. Any shine or lustre is incredibly difficult to work with.An interesting texture or pattern but without really strong and dominant […]
Sidelight is exactly as it sounds – where the main light source is coming from the side. You can create or find sidelight in a number of different ways: Photograph indoors next to a window, with the natural daylight hitting your subject from the right or the left. See the examples below with hard and […]
Life is busy at the moment, what with “keeping house” (whatever that means), feeding and entertaining two teenagers, packing and unpacking after two weeks away and running the business. I do manage to snatch precious “me” and “us” time but the over-riding feeling is of a whole load of plates in the air about […]
Pancake Day has fallen in the school holidays – yes! We’ve got time to do it properly, which means Abii indulging in a spot of baking, me in a bit of pancake photography and the boys (Nic, Sam, Ferb and Buster) in stuffing their faces! Mixing the perfect batter was down to Nic, with no […]
I had a lesson with one of my favourite clients today. Marie has been having one to one photography tuition with me for around 6 months and shoots confidently in Manual and is creating some really lovely images. She initially wanted to concentrate on how to photograph her grandchildren and how to get better pictures generally, […]
We spent the second week of our summer holiday at my brother’s cottage in Marazion, Cornwall, with its famous landmark, St Michael’s Mount. Our accommodation is undergoing major refurbishment and we had been warned to have an “indoor camping” experience. It proved to be far more than this, with a beautiful kitchen, designer chairs in […]
I absolutely love hydrangeas. My husband doesn’t get it, he thinks they’re old-fashioned and prefers roses anytime. I find the mop head flowers and profusion of petals stunning and a complete joy to photograph. They come in a variety of colours in shades of white, pale green, pink, red, purple and blue and in some varieties the […]
An interesting read if you’ve ever asked yourself why is Pinterest good for business? I thought I came late to the Pinterest party (about a year ago!), especially when I read all the much publicised statistics, but when I mention it to people I meet through the course of the day, I feel very much […]
