Finally Autumn is here.  The busy, bright, hot, noisy days of summer are coming to a close, and I can't wait to dig out my jumpers, draw the curtains, and start eating more puddings!  Greengages, Blackberries, Pumpkins and Plums - just saying those names is...

I have spent a lot of time this summer photographing the great and the good of the gardening world, and have discovered that spending time in their world has decreased my stress levels tenfold.  A typical shoot with a grower involves cups of tea, often cake, and...

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of shooting the content of a family cookery book for a company called Curious Cooks.  Not the usual kids fare of smiley faced pizza or baked potatoes fashioned into animals, but instead a book full of great tasting imaginative meals...

*Spoiler - Shameless self-promotion coming up...* Has anyone got an art-shaped space on their kitchen wall that is crying out for more than a wooden spoon hanging from a hook, a retro metal Coke sign or a selection of your local take-away menus? Then head down to the...

Sometimes I am asked to shoot something that sounds quite simple, but ends up being ridiculously hard to get right. I love those jobs, even if they invariably take 5 times as long as I had reckoned for, because when you finally hit it right it's like that first glass...

I often get asked to photograph the process of turning raw food into cooked.  It's a pleasure to see the chefs work their magic, turning ordinary ingredients into extraordinary dishes.  The way we cook our food tells a lot about who we are, and when you watch a really...

Last week was frantic, and the busier I got the more coffee I drank, and the more coffee I drank the faster I worked until the Wheels.  Came.  Off. As much as I am one of Madame Caffeines greatest fans, there is a time and a place for less stressful drinks, and after...

There is a (not-so-new-anymore!) food craze sweeping the country - the Pop-Up restaurant.  This is the idea that a chef, or restaurant will take over a temporary venue for a night or two and cook up a storm for the lucky diners.  I love these, there is a sense of...

All this rain rain rain was giving me the squelchy blues, until I looked through my green tinted spectacles and saw what it was doing for the plants.  There is apparently a reason that England is known as a "green&pleasant land", and it's not for our scorching...