but you have to somehow do it possibly the worst things are curries

curries are always shockers to shoot i've done a couple of curry books

and you know you have to try and make them look great and its hard you know it is a lot of

often a lot of oil

very reflective

very glisteney very shiny

but you know often a lot of very brown food

this is quite a challenging dish

its a pie

a big brown pie and the

challenge with this because its quite a dry pie because its all very similar in colour

but also

with a pie you have got to get into

the

cakes as well you have got to get inside it so you can see all the details

of whats going in to that pie otherwise its just a

you know is just topping

or a siding

you need to see whats in there all the details so

it's a slight challenge with your daylight you know you really

have got to get the light right in to that

crack of the pie that you've made so rather than them reflecting from the side as i was doing

i'm reflecting directly as you can see directly into the pie

you can see how it changes even with that gentle light it changes so much

by just little movements

food stylists are very good at playing with herbs and garnishes dressings things like that

give interest you know

a piece of

lettuce might look rather dull on its own

but if its slightly back lit with some beautiful dressing

maybe some oil and vinegar maybe some pomegranate juice or something like that

and that's were food stylists are clever they learn all these little tricks

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