So I’d better be clear. This post is more about photography than it is about food. I’m not looking to be the next TV chef, with which the schedules are seemingly oversaturated. Nor am I trying to rewrite any recipes. But it occurred to me whilst cooking one evening that I’ve photographed virtually every subject imaginable, from landscapes to nature; from portraits to architecture; from the Northern Lights to the Red Bull X-Fighters. Then an unexpected light bulb flashed while I was chopping some luscious vine tomatoes - I haven’t really photographed food. Of course, food photography is also a saturated niche, and I may bring nothing new in technique to the (dining) table. But this is my blog, this is my attempt, and this is all my food. What you see below has all been cooked, prepared, photographed, and later eaten, by yours truly. It is a small sample of the type of food I eat, and I have tried to photograph it in a way that makes it as enticing and as sumptuous to look at as it tastes and smells. My diet happens to contain a variety of produce, kaleidoscopic in colour, rich in taste and deeply satisfying to eat. I faithfully subscribe to the idea that we are almost entirely composed of the food that we eat. It fuels our activity, impacts our mental health, and influences our longevity. Below each photo, I have briefly described the meal, along with some information about its nutrition. Everything was shot with natural light, without reflectors or flash. I used either a Nikon D600 or D40, with either of the Nikkors 35mm F/2 AF-D or 50mm F/1.8G, at apertures ranging from F/1.8 to F/5.6 and ISOs up to 1100. If the photographs make you hungry then I may have succeeded in my efforts. Otherwise I’ll go back to photographing birds of prey J
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey PhotographySo I’d better be clear. This post is more about photography
than it is about food.
I’m not looking to be the next TV chef, with which the
schedules are seemingly oversaturated. Nor am I trying to rewrite any recipes.
But it occurred to me whilst cooking one evening that I’ve photographed
virtually every subject imaginable, from landscapes to nature; from portraits
to architecture; from the Northern Lights to the Red Bull X-Fighters. Then an
unexpected light bulb flashed while I was chopping some luscious vine tomatoes - I haven’t really photographed food.
Of course, food photography is also a saturated niche, and I
may bring nothing new in technique to the (dining) table. But this is my blog,
this is my attempt, and this is all my food. What you see below has all been
cooked, prepared, photographed, and later eaten, by yours truly. It is a small
sample of the type of food I eat, and I have tried to photograph it in a way
that makes it as enticing and as sumptuous to look at as it tastes and smells.
My diet happens to contain a variety of produce, kaleidoscopic in colour, rich
in taste and deeply satisfying to eat. I faithfully subscribe to the idea that we
are almost entirely composed of the food that we eat. It fuels our activity,
impacts our mental health, and influences our longevity.
Below each photo, I have briefly described the meal,
along with some information about its nutrition. Everything was shot with
natural light, without reflectors or flash. I used either a Nikon D600 or D40,
with either of the Nikkors 35mm F/2 AF-D or 50mm F/1.8G, at apertures ranging
from F/1.8 to F/5.6 and ISOs up to 1100.
If the photographs make you hungry then I may have succeeded
in my efforts. Otherwise I’ll go back to photographing birds of prey J
Delicious berries, packed full of vitamins and antioxidants. I blend them into my smoothies.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
Berries
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:19 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Banana and berry smoothie. It also contains milled organic pumpkin, sunflower and flaxseed, which are a great source of omega 3,6 and 9, essential fatty acids and Vitamin E. As I do not eat fish, these are an abundant substitute for these nutrients.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
2
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:19 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Matcha Green Tea, sent from Japan. Many more times the nutritional value of regular supermarket green tea bags, and more more times as disgusting to taste! (think liquid grass)As well as being anti-carcinogenic and anti-ageing, it also has thermogenic properties to stimulate the metabolism.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
Green Tea
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:19 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Breakfast is often a duck egg and rye bread with a little butter, and a caramel or vanilla coffee.You might think margarine is healthier, but I'm pretty sure the body knows how to process dairy fat slightly better than a vegetable fat which has had hydrogen pumped through it at high pressure to make it solid.Furthermore, although all eggs are an excellent multivitamin and mineral source, duck eggs have bigger, yummier yolks, with a higher nutritional content than hens eggs, and especially more Omega 3 and 6. They have a high HDL to LDL ratio so cholesterol is not a concern. At least not for me.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
4
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:19 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Snacking usually involves dried fruits, including coconut and prunes, and I love cashew nuts. I use the plastic tub as a portion control. I also drink a lot of water to fill me up.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
5
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:19 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Beetroot salad, with red cabbage, red onion, carrot and parsley; mixed with a dressing of lime, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. An antioxidant powerhouse! Beetroot will lower blood pressure within a hour of consumption; red cabbage is full of anthocyanins which have anti-carcinogenic and anti-inflammatory properties; carrots, of course, are rich in beta-carotene, which the body uses to make any of the compounds collectively known as Vitamin A (retinal, retinol, retinoid acid).
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
Beetroot salad.
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:20 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
5b
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
5b
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:20 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
I thought I'd show what goes into the preparation too. A beetroot bloodied grater, for one thing.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
5c
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:20 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
I eat a lot of stir-fry vegetables. Here we have yellow peppers, sugar snap peas, baby sweetcorn, red onion and asparagus. Generally, the more colourful the produce, the more nutritious it is.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
Antioxidants
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:20 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
8
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
8
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:20 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Beef stir-fry. Lean beef mixed with broccoli, pepper, onion, baby sweetcorn and mushroom.Broccoli is one of the best veggies you can eat, although curiously it was never naturally occurring on this Earth. It was cultivated by Man through selective breeding of other crops around the 6th century.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
9
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:20 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
10
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
10
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:20 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
I enjoy a good salad, but the ingredients have to be tasty. Vine tomatoes and baby cucumber usually have more flavour than the bland offerings in supermarkets.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
11
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
12a
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
12a
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
For a quick Sunday roast, sweet potato is a delicious choice. More fibre and vitamin C than ordinary potatoes, and the orange kind (which I prefer to white) is full of beta-carotene.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
14
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Roasted sweetcorn, onion, sweet potato, garlic and potatoes, with a few pieces of diced turkey thrown on top. Seasoned with a little rosemary and salt. Very low fat meal (but admittedly high carb!).
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
15
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Love peas! Tiny knob of butter atop. Rich in folic acid.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
16
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Sweet and sour pork and rice. Diced pork soaked in baking soda to tenderise, then marinated in ginger, low sodium soy sauce, brown sugar, and hot pepper sauce. Cooked in sesame oil with sesame seeds, onion and pepper.Rice has peas added at the last few minutes so that they steam cook and retain their colour.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
17
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
18
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
18
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Cabbage!
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
19
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Stir-fried cabbage, with broccoli, red onion and asparagus, seasoned with mixed herbs.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
20
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Served with beef strips and spring onion.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
21
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
Evening is usually just fruit, and here are two of my favourites - watermelon and mango.I call them the two 'L's; watermelon is full of lycopene (like tomatoes), nature's anti-ageing drug; and mangos contain lupeol, nature's anti-cancer drug.
Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015Alpha Whiskey Photography
|
24
Upload Date: Aug 14, 2013 05:21 AM
Show Photo Info
Close |
|
ChristySAug 18, 2013 10:18 PM
Home cooking at it's best. All look totally delicious! Very colourful and appetizing.
Obviously being a vegetarian (almost vegan) I would easily replace the meat with seitan or tofu.
:-)
All fields are required.
Comment successfully added.