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Cape Camera August 2024

Take care with selecting crockery: Yvette carefully se-
Look for colours and shapes in the background: lects the crockery used to display the food for the pho-
Yvette did a photoshoot for a restaurant, which included toshoot so that they compliment each other and do
photographing this milkshake. As soon as it was places not compete. Plain crockery, especially in white or light
on the table, she saw that the colours were compliment- colours, work well. Round shapes can be used in full, or
ed by the fabric of the booth seat in the background and just as a suggestion (see image below). The syrup added
that the shapes formed by the light on the table provid- colour and additional visual interest, to break the mo-
ed ideal visual interest. notony, was the winning ingredient.

Colours, textures and shapes:

The bright red of the chillies (right)
and tomatoes (left) immediately
create an attention-grabbing im-
age. In both these images a black
background work well as it pro-
vides strong contrast.
In each image monotony is inter-
rupted with the addition of shapes:
an escaping chillie (right) and an
antique spoon (left).
Although the colours are different,
the shapes of the olives and toma-
toes (left), create an harmonious
image.
Please don't add a garnish (e.g. a
herb) in the photograph if it is not
part of the recipe, warns Yvette.

Yvette kindly allowed us to share the recording of her talk. Click on
the link here.

Special prize for our October Set Subject winner!
CTPS was very lucky to be gifted a copy of Yvette’s self-published cook- and
lifestyle book, Shades of Olive, which will be awarded to the photographer who
achieves the highest score for food photography in our upcoming Tabletop/
Still life Set Subject competition theme. She earned her APSSA Applied with
this book.
So, start shooting!
Just a quick reminder of the definition of our October competition theme:
A still life features an arrangement of inanimate objects as its subject.
The subjects may be man-made or natural and may be set up or found,
indoors or out.
Colour or monochrome. Manipulation is allowed.

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