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We are approaching the traditional end of the harvest season of the old agricultural year and entering into the dark half of the year. At the time of this last harvest, also known as Samhain or Halloween, the hedgerows and trees are bursting with edible fruits, nuts and berries. I've collected just a small selection here for a seasonal still life. Hawthorn, Rosehips, Sweet Chestnuts, Crabapples, Wildings (apples sprouted from discarded apple-cores, often crossed with Crabapples), hazelnuts, acorns (edible if correctly processed), blackberries and Sloes. If you know what to do with them, there is still a veritable delight of wild foods to be found; many of which our ancestors would have relied on to carry them through the long, cold dark months of winter... #stilllife #still_life #autumn2013 #Samhain #halloween #wildharvest #wildfruits #crabapples #foraging #oxfordshire #uk #hurricanelamp #trug #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #ig_captures_nature #red_mm #redthursday
Cornish clotted cream, fresh scones and strawberry jam served with Earl Grey tea. This shot was an unbelievable nightmare to set up — from sorting out the composition and lighting to getting the table linen straight (and crease free)! Even the silverware needed much polishing. By the time I was eventually happy with the shot, I was famished and desperate to scoff the scones — which were lovely!! #creamtea #scones #clottedcream #tea #teatime #foodphotography #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #baking #foodporn #strawberryjam #oxfordshire #ig_captures
Homemade coffee cupcakes and fresh brew coffee — someone won't be sleeping anytime soon! The combination of clear glass and polished chrome made for some lighting challenges — there's a lot going on off-stage to control the light, reflections and highlights. A polarising filter cut some of the unwanted reflections plus enhanced the colour tones in the wood and cakes. White reflectors are used to catch highlights in the glass and chrome and black card is strategically placed to control the incoming light. Processed in PS Touch, iPhoto and Snapseed entirely on my iPad. #freshbrew #cona #desertporn #cupcakes #caffeine #coffee #coffeeporn #niftyfifty #foodphotography #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #bokeh #dofaddicts #ig_captures #bakingporn #baking #greatbritishbakeoff #ketsourinemacarons
A medley of cheeses, fruits, nuts and a glass of port for a classic cheeseboard selection. #stilllife #still_life #autumn2013 #Samhain #halloween #foraging #oxfordshire #uk #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #cheeseporn #cheeseboard #stilton #reblochon #pears #port #niftyfifty
All the wind last night killed the electricity supply — a good excuse to break out the hurricane lamps and candles! Luckily the camera still had enough power to run off a few shots before I got to eat my supper! Lit mostly with the candle and hurricane lamp, I had to break out the off-camera flash for a bit of extra light — the neighbours probably thought I was letting off indoor fireworks! Decorated the scene with a few fallen leaves to represent the wind! #powercut #gales #hurricanelamp #candlelight #strobist #soup #niftyfifty #foodphotography #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #autumn2013 #oxfordshire
More baking fun this wild and windy autumn afternoon. Two different sizes of cupcake and two-tone chocolate and coffee icings. Decided to colour tone with a complementary blend of pink rosebuds and azure espresso cups to contrast with the rich luscious browns of the chocolate. Very minimally processed in Snapseed to warm the image a little and slightly increase contrast. #desertporn #cupcakes #chocolate #chocolateporn #coffee #niftyfifty #foodphotography #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #bokeh #dofaddicts #autumn2013 #ig_captures #bakingporn #baking #greatbritishbakeoff #ketsourinemacarons
This shot started out very differently and got changed half-way through — I was really pleased with the results. The light was so lovely that I wanted very minimal processing to preserve its quality and tone. #cheese #physalis #niftyfifty #foodphotography #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #bokeh #dofaddicts #ig_capture #ketsourinemacarons #jj_food #honey #oxfordshire #uk
The smaller the fungi gets, the more interesting it is! We're down to a few mm across here, nestling amongst the emerald-green moss. #sonningcommon #ukwoods #oxfordshire #uk #woodlands #mushroom #toadstools #fungus #fungi #fungusamongus #groovy_shrooms #mushroomspotting #mushroomsociety #fungifreak #mycology #macro #irox_macro #instanaturelover #most_deserving #photowall #_all_shots #uk_photooftheday #dofaddicts #extensiontubes #markmakingdesign #greenfriday
Adapted from a recipe by Nigella Lawson, featuring chocolate, cream and, bizarrely, marsh mallows. The result, though, is superb — a smooth, indulgent, creamy consistency and surprisingly light. Served in dinky little espresso cups, perfect for photography. Back-lit high-key shot, with natural window light gives a lovely airy feel to the shot and combines really well with a shallow depth of field. Again, from the camera's metering point of view, the shot is over-exposed, as the camera meter really can't cope with this sort of lighting. I set up the camera, on a tripod, connected to a TV as a monitor and compose and focus (manually) the shot using the camera's 'live view' function. This allows me time to tweak the composition, whilst looking at a TV screen, rather than the camera's tiny LCD (it's necessary to set the camera's auto-power off to off or 30 mins or so). Exposure set on manual, I dial in the aperture I want — in this case, for a shallow depth of field, F2.5 (stopped down a little to reduce chromatic aberration (nasty purple highlights) from the cheaper Canon 50mm F1.8). I then set whatever shutter speed is required to bring the exposure up to what looks right, eyeballing it for the most part, I've learnt how the particular TV screen affects what the final shot will look like. In this case, a shutter speed of 1/8 sec was required. You have to be careful on a day with cloud and sun, as the natural light levels are constantly fluctuating. #mm_tips #puddingporn #dessertporn #chocolateporn #chocolate #chocolatepots #nigella #nigellarecipe #chocolates #highkey #foodphotography #pudding #foodstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #bokeh #dofaddicts
A good Spring pudding, light zingy and refreshing, the lemon and raspberry offsetting the richness of the cream. Shot in the 'high-key' style, agains a strongly backlit background which lights up the glasses and ties in with the freshness theme. Overexposed by nearly 2 stops, plus a shallow depth of field, to throw the background into lightness and blur. #pudding #dessert #puddingporn #dessertporn #lemonmousse #raspberries #blueberries #highkey #high_key #stilllife #still_life #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #spring #blossom #blackthorn
Turns out my mother had my grandmother's jewellery box which, together with some almost-period jewellery and dressing table set, was perfect for this composition. Lit with natural daylight from camera left, and the oil lamp providing the front fill, together with some lovely ambience. Shot with a 50mm lens at F9 for full-focus and sharpness, with a polarising filter to saturate colours and kill some unwanted reflective highlights. Processed with Snapseed with just a touch of Vintage. #edwardian #dressingtable #antique #vintage #oillamp #jewellery #jewelry #pearls #mirror #reflection #flowers #ic_flowers #smallthings #instanaturelover #stilllife #still_life #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #oxfordshire #uk #snapseed
Yesterday was the 'after' shot, here's the before, with a selection of ingredients that went into the delicious chocolatey gooey brownies. Shallow depth of field, and back-lit, with a slight touch of vintage, curtesy of #SnapSeed. This shot, and yesterday's, were taken with a polarising filter, adjusted to kill a lot of the reflected highlights in the shot — allowing, for instance, the cloth to show through the glass lid and concentrating the deep browns of the chocolate pieces. #chocolate #brownies #chocolateporn #foodporn #baking #homemade #chocolatebrownies #stilllife #still_life #most_deserving #icatching #bd #markmakingdesign #uk #dofaddicts #dofaddicts
Objects and lighting chosen to to ally blend in, as well as themed around 'things that might be found inside an old barn'. Featuring another of my many (but never enough) old oil lamps — this one is an old mining lamp, of the 'Davy Lamp' type. First time I've ever dared light it, not sure it's terribly safe! Scene is lit almost entirely by the Davy lamp, with just a little ambient from the room. After a bit of fiddling, decided to take a three-shot bracketed exposure, (F2 increments) and HDR combine them, on my iPad, in 'Mobile HDR' which did a pretty good job. Finished processing in Snapseed. #stilllife #still_life #dairy #sackweight #iron #warmtones #fiftyshadesoforange #oillamp #davylamp #mininglamp #minerslamp #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #hessian #seeds #hdr #hdrphoto #snapseed #canon60d #oxfordshire #uk
Well, it's Easter, so eggs and chocolate and daffodils are pretty well a must for any photo. Whilst yesterday's daffodils were still alive, it would have been a shame not to make the most of them in a some more photos. The mini-hurricane lamp always adds a touch of rustic charm to an image, tying in with the rural theme. The eggs are quails' eggs, from Waitrose Supermarket, that have been emptied out so that I can keep them for future photographs. Most advice for cleaning out eggs says to put holes in the top and bottom ends — this would be useless for photos, so I took a pin and carefully opened up a 1cm hole in the side (picking the least attractive side) and removed the contents with a narrow stream of water, from the tap (the eggs were rather old, so not good to keep the content for anything). #easter #eastersaturday #eastereggs #eggs #daffodils #flower #flowers #ic_flowers #ic_nature #quailseggs #hurricanelamp #mm_easter #oxfordshire #uk #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #markmakingdesign #stilllife #still_life #instanaturelover #chocolate #chocolates #chocolateporn #chocs
Having a few days off, for the Easter Holiday, gives me a chance to spend a bit more time than I usually have in setting up a shot. This one took all morning to get right, not to mention the planning (which I've been contemplating for a few weeks). Wanted to shoot more of an 'interior decor' sort of image, and I really wanted to have a crack at shooting with a mirror in frame — they are a massive pain to control what's reflected — you're having to work with the composition in the foreground, it's reflection, and then controlling the reflection in the background. I was planning a completely cream/brown palette but succumbed, at the last minute, and added some miniature daffodils and the blue bottle for a little punch and lift. A very subtle vintage effect has been applied in the ever-trusty Snapseed. #handmadesoap #soap #naturalsoap #bathroom #mirror #reflection #seasalt #seavitamins #shells #vintage #interiordecor #soapporn #snapseed #oxfordshire #uk #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #markmakingdesign #soft_tones #dofaddicts #bokeh #candlelight #still_life #stilllife #niftyfifty
A little desperately needed touch of spring sunshine on this dark and stormy Autumn day. Torrential rain and gale-force winds are forecast, here in South Oxfordshire, in the UK — plus the clocks have gone back an hour and it's very very dark. Decided to cheer things up with a nice sunny shot with plenty of lemony zingyness! Shot in standard 6x4 for a bit of a different composition. #puddingporn #desertporn #lemonmeringue #lemons #niftyfifty #foodphotography #pudding #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #bokeh #dofaddicts #autumn2013 #ig_captures #bakingporn #baking #greatbritishbakeoff
In the absence of any mushrooms to photograph, and with horrible weather, I decided it was time for a bit of baking — and food photography! A very simple (and delicious) crumble, made with harvested apples and the last of the year's blackberries. Photographed, on a tripod, with a 50mm lens at F2.8 for shallow depth of field; the focus was locked on the back of the crumble. Lit with natural light, from camera left, and a little fill-light from a reflector to camera right. #blackberries #puddingporn #desertporn #applecrumble #apples #niftyfifty #foodphotography #pudding #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #bokeh #dofaddicts #autumn2013 #ig_captures #bakingporn #baking
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nicedg: great image.. maybe enter @markmakingdesign competition #red_mm?
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sophieloaf: Needs some posh Ice cream with it....