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Food Photography & Styling Workshop


I am so excited to be attending this food photography and styling workshop next month! Over the last few years I have been totally captured by beautiful food photography on the internet and in Jamie, my favourite food magazine.


Every day I see mouth-watering recipes on the internet, like this Spicy Shrimp and Avocado Salad with Miso Dressing, or this One Pot Creamy Broccoli Pasta or these Peaches and Ricotta Pancakes.


I love food. I get so much enjoyment out of looking at beautiful recipes online and plotting my next kitchen adventure. They say you eat with your eyes first... Emma of A Beautiful Mess has inspired me so many times with her gorgeous photos (above).


This is probably my best food photo so far, from this post. Using natural light from my dining room window, creating a bit of interest in the background and placing an accompanying beverage with the cookies. What do you think of it? Does it make you want to bake cookies?!



My regular readers will know I'm also continually inspired by The Londoner's tasty recipes, which are also always beautifully styled (above).


Meeta Khurana Wolff of What's for lunch, Honey? and Jeanne Horak-Druiffe of Cook Sister are running the workshop together. Meeta is a a freelance food photographer, stylist and writer living in Germany (photos above). She holds these workshops every couple of months, always in a fabulous city. She has been so warm and welcoming over email already, I can't wait to meet her. Jeanne is from South Africa and lives and works in London. When she's not at her day job, she's a food, wine and travel blogger. Doesn't this Blood Orange Posset from Jeanne's blog look delicious?
I'm proud to be attending the workshop as part of my full-time job at a global food organisation. A few weeks after the workshop, I'll be returning to London to exercise my new skills by taking photos of a BBQ food tour. Yum!



I'm hoping that after attending the workshop, I too will know all the insider tricks to taking beautiful photos like the ones above! And of course I will share the adventure here as soon as I get home.

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  1. Anonymous12 April 2015 at 18:45

    Oooooo - lucky girl! I'm hungry....

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  2. All things nice...12 April 2015 at 19:43

    Sounds exciting, I'm not a good cook or chef so tend to stay clear of the kitchen.... I bury my head in the sand when it come to baking. I would much perfer to clean, dust, hoover, mow the lawn, etc.... Some time I will tackle the kitchen though. Like your cookies and milk. Sounds interesting though and perhaps you might even inspire me to bake something nice...

    All things nice...

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  3. Meeta K. Wolff27 April 2015 at 16:09

    Very much looking forward to finally meeting you Holly! Just a few days and we'll be rocking in London!

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