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 […]
