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Stripy squid ink pasta with homemade pesto, grated beetroot & fresh basil |
Its been a while since my last post, and I haven't truthfully been regularly posting on the blog for most of this year so far. Perhaps its the inevitable direction that most personal blogs take - you start your blog in the midst of bordeom/a quiet/unbusy period of your life, and then eventually you become busy again and life takes over.
Busyness is definitely and obviously the reason here, but I've also found that I want to post more original recipes now, rather than how this blog started out in the beginning - recreating recipes from other blogs and cookbooks. Its still fun for me to try out the numerous recipes pinned on my
Pinterest board, but I save these for practicing my photography skills on, and I'm glad to say I think it has its benefits.
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Breakfast yoghurt bowl with papaya, assorted berries & almonds |
I'm quite proud and happy with how my photography has developed over the past year and a half. I still have days where I feel like I have no idea what I am doing when it comes to setting up and shooting, but for the most part I have a good idea of how I want it to turn out. I am still definitely trying out different styles, but I enjoy the process of trying to create a 'professional' food photograph look.
So although I haven't been posting much on the blog, I do like to post these 'practice shots' regularly on my
Instagram account. In fact I would go as far as to say I have become pretty addicted to Instagram! In the absence of recipe posts, I thought it would be fun to show you what kind of things I've been sharing on
my account (and yes, hopefully try and get you to follow!).
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Rose cupcakes with rose buttercream frosting |
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Breakfast yogurt granola bowl |
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Roasted cauliflower & lemon relish salad |
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Baked banana oatmeal |
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Orange blossom cake with Persian fairy floss |
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Avocado, yogurt, honey, mango & strawberry smoothie |
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Strawberry chocolate dipped cherries |