Watermelon cushion

Continuing on a theme I’ve just completed a commission for a watermelon cushion. Quick photoshoot last night (apologies for the poor lighting) and off it went to its new home in Mauritius!

PS. It’s huge.

Food Styling 09/08/14

Birthday Cake

I recently signed up to a charity called ‘Free Cakes For Kids’ where families who find it difficult to provide a birthday cake for their child can have a cake made for them. I was asked to make one for Louise, and after battling with the oven and eating way too much icing I sat in front of the TV sticking dried fruit around the sides and those reeally fiddly gold balls to the top. A lot of love was poured into that cake and satisfied does not describe how I’m feeling!

Food Styling Practice, Take 2

We’ve been having beautiful weather over the past few days- it’s still a bit on the cold side but the sunshine is fantastic. The kitchen is right in the centre of my shared flat and has a small window about 12 feet up on the roof, and the light is terrible. So these pictures have all been taken in my room by balancing the coffee table on the sofa to get the most of the light.

I tried to get a couple with a kind of weekend-breakfast-in-spring feel (in France, on a sunny day)….

The croissant is actually a magnet that my sister and I bit into on countless occasions, convinced that it was real. Or not even real but somehow edible.

I then had a play around with light and shadows with the following results. I’d like to get some more varied backgrounds so will have a look at boards, and whether I could make them myself.

Aaaand finally, these two show quite nicely how the light was changing as I was poised and in position with the camera: