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 […]
Bespoke Food Photography & Social Media Workshop We recently worked with Jane and she delivered a unique and insightful workshop for us in Food Photography and Social Media. All companies who attended the workshop left with a valuable insight into how they could improve their photography skills and implement these new skills daily. Feedback from […]
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 […]
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 […]
What a fabulous day this turned out to be! The idea to hold a Fine Art Photography Course came to me when I first visited The Botanist in Alderley Edge late last year. It is a beautiful and unusually styled venue, with botany and gardening inspired props and plenty of distressed and stained wood panelling. If I’d […]
I’d like to introduce you to Marie. She’s a grandmother to two very lively toddlers (I should know as I’ve photographed them!), happily married to Brian and enjoying her retirement. She’s well known in the family for her baking and started a private blog for family and friends some time ago. Marie came to me around […]
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, […]
