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Personal Identity: A Monogram

Monograms feel like classy relics from an offline age where people still left behind their calling cards.

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I did not stockpile spinach I swear. The last lot

I did not stockpile spinach I swear. The last lot of leaves found deliverance in this moist and moreish spinach lagan. I used @naqiyah_mayat 's recipe for methi lagan as a base. Find it in her debut cookbook "The Beginning: Indian Recipes From My Home"

#dslr #foodphotography #foodstyling #spinachlagan #bhajicake #nmthebeginning

It's can't-dry-your-washing-so just-eat-bhajia wea

It's can't-dry-your-washing-so just-eat-bhajia weather in Johannesburg. Click the link in my bio to get to this recipe for crunchy spinach pakoras.

#dslr #foodphotography #foodstyling #spinachpakora #snacks #vegetarianrecipes

The shape of the world right now. #dslr #fruitstu

The shape of the world right now.

#dslr #fruitstudies #backlighting #lockdown

Mindscapes. 23.02.20 Cape Recife, Port Elizabeth

Mindscapes.
23.02.20
Cape Recife, Port Elizabeth

#dslr #precovid19
#prelockdown #portelizabeth #easterncape #caperecife #lighthouses

Though I am keen on more writing and some image-ma

Though I am keen on more writing and some image-making, I'm not doing too many prompts/challenges during the #21daylockdown except for this one from @sawomenphotographers and a writing one from @frayintermedia

My goals during this time are to stay safe and sane, keep the people around me safe, work through my backlog, do something useful with my privilege and be as productive as I can without putting undue pressure on myself.
#dslr #silhouette #21daychallenge #glassphotography

I often get asked, "How does @naqiyah_mayat do all

I often get asked, "How does @naqiyah_mayat do all the things she does?" My stock response is that while all of us are sleeping on our dreams, she wakes up early. Talent and a keen creative mind only shine when you put in the hours. And in her own words, this was "twelve years in the making." Swipe the gallery for more from the launch of Naqiyah's first recipe book and the beginning of a culinary phenomenon.

#nmthebeginning #naqiyahmayat #dslr

Lunch today were these @darlingolives olive jam, c

Lunch today were these @darlingolives olive jam, cottage cheese and coriander sandwiches on a really pillowy health bread by @sajisbakes (I airfried the negatives with a bit of garlic-flavoured avo oil for crunchy snackables)
Yes, my flavour combinations sound questionable but this is a savoury-sweet mashup that works for me. Don't skip the coriander.

#dslr #foodphotography #foodstyling #lunchtime #carbsarelife #eatwhatishoot

I was at my computer editing, sipping on this mang

I was at my computer editing, sipping on this mango and coconut fizzy from @fehmzmocktails when I experienced a kind of sensory disconnect. While the views from my window were blurred by rain, I had Maui in my mouth.
I can't tell you what this take-me-back-to-the-beach flavour is called because it hasn't been named yet. And that's where you come in.

Get lucky with the newly-added 13th flavour to the @fehmzmocktails range.

Try the new flavour this weekend at the @halaalgoodsmarket and from stockists after March 3rd. Name the drink and win a Fehmz Mocktail hamper worth R2500.
The competition is open to residents anywhere in SA where the prize can be couriered and closes on 15th March 2020.

Enter the competition by going to the @fehmzmocktails Instagram page and leaving your suggestion under their post about the new flavour. Mention me @saaleha_b in your comment and if you win, I get a hamper too!

#fehmzmocktails #namethemocktail #winwithFehmz #dslr #drinksphotography #studioanywhere

My dedicated photo space is about a week and a bit

My dedicated photo space is about a week and a bit from being ready. Until then these roasted chickpeas seasoned and tossed with flaxseed, pomegranate balsamic vinegar, cherry tomatoes and basil from @fatima.mayat 's garden had to be shot on our study floor. Lit with two modified @lumecube lights.

#dslr #LitByLume #foodphotography #foodstyling #moodyfood #artificiallight #ledlighting #chickpeasalad

So adorbs right? #dslr #mommyandme #addoelephantn

So adorbs right?

#dslr #mommyandme
#addoelephantnationalpark #easterncape #ishootwithorms #liveforthestory #latergram #elephantsofinstagram

Who's a pretty birdie? The Knysna Loerie. #dslr

Who's a pretty birdie?
The Knysna Loerie.

#dslr #ornithology #birdwatching #turaco #knysnaloerie #ishootwithorms #liveforthestory #gardenroute

If you like your dose of nature accessible with de

If you like your dose of nature accessible with decked walkways and no gradient, pop into the Garden of Eden between Plett and Knysna for a short forest stroll. You can hear a bit of the N2 traffic in some parts but it's still a nice bit of green to wander through.

#dslr #gardenroute #gardenofeden #sanparks #cobweb #spiderweb #forestwalk #ishootwithorms #liveforthestory #canonrsa

Footage of a leaf suspended on a strand of cobweb.

Footage of a leaf suspended on a strand of cobweb. It's B-roll stuff but I like the mildly hypnotic quality of the movement (Maybe this is the year I learn how to shoot and edit video properly.) #visualasmr #nosound #video #tsitsikamma #gardenroute #forestwalk #broll

Jumping on the hindsight is 20/20 bus. This is the

Jumping on the hindsight is 20/20 bus. This is the year I realised my coping mechanisms include retreat and non-communicativeness. Not great when your profession is service-oriented. But I will be better. Shot these images in Saint Petersburg and Kazan a few months ago. Here's to looking up more in 2020.

#dslr #documentaryphotography #za2ru #russia #ishootwithorms #happy2020 #saintpetersburg #kazan #baumanstreet #russianmetro #russianunderground

Art and art. #dslr #bridalphotography #weddingpho

Art and art.

#dslr #bridalphotography #weddingphotography #mendhioutfit #portraiture #highkey #bridalportraits #shootcakephotography #abstractportrait #womeninartsa #womeninartsapeople

At lunch yesterday was this lush and moreish gaaja

At lunch yesterday was this lush and moreish gaajar halwa made by Sadaf Malik (call/WhatsApp orders on 0834533610).
She's based in Joburg South.
I'm looking forward to setting up a dedicated photography space in the new year. My current situations are ad hoc setups around the house that have to be packed up each time I shoot.

#swipeformore #dslr #foodphotography
#foodstyling #homebusiness #shootcakephotography #gajarkahalwa #pakistanicuisine

#flashbackfriday to when @chefpreneursa and myself

#flashbackfriday to when @chefpreneursa and myself spent a whole day with this bird and its other heroic friends.

#dslr #foodphotography
#foodstyling #grilledchicken #allthefixings #fastfood #ishootwithorms #shootcakephotography #portuguesechicken #periperichicken

Last night, on seeing out relatives who'd come to

Last night, on seeing out relatives who'd come to sympathise about Naeem's late dad, we spotted this grand granadilla flower illuminated by their car's headlights on the palisade fencing. The image was so striking, I headed back into the house after the visitors left to fetch my camera and two lume cubes. Shot this with the manual focus #helios40_2 on an aperture of around f4.
#dslr #manualfocuslens #zenit #zenitlens #lumecube #litbylume #russianlens #passionfruitflower #granadillaflower #passifloraedulis #stilllife #flora #lowkeylighting

Don't waste the light. #dslr #morninglight #cherr

Don't waste the light.

#dslr #morninglight #cherryplums #stilllife #zenit #zenitlens #helios40_2 #russianlens #oncanon #canonrsa #liveforthestory

Possibly the healthiest burger in South Africa at

Possibly the healthiest burger in South Africa at @clenergysouthafrica
Swipe to view more from this morning's preview breakfast.
#dslr #foodphotography #cleaneating #clenergysa #editonthego #ishootwithorms #lightroommobile

Despite it all, the cherry plums are fruiting. Eve

Despite it all, the cherry plums are fruiting. Every year, their lesson litters our driveway.

#dslr #zenit #zenitlens #helios40_2
#russianlens #bokeh #85mm #manualfocus #cherryplums #goldenhour

Turkish coffee appreciation at @mantianatolianfood

Turkish coffee appreciation at @mantianatolianfood
#dslr #foodphotography #coffeeappreciation #turkishcoffee #kahvesi #coffeeporn #canonrsa #liveforthestory

Snaps from our phone photography workshop at @mant

Snaps from our phone photography workshop at @mantianatolianfood last Saturday. The first slide is a collage of images shot with my dslr. The second slide is composed of images shot with my phone. Would you have been able to make the distinction had I not specified? The gif in the last slide is made up of stills taken with my phone.
#dslr #smarterphonephotography #smartphonephotography #mantianatolianfood #nizamiyemidrand #chefpreneursa #shootcakephotography

Leftover dhal tossed with steamed broccolini and f

Leftover dhal tossed with steamed broccolini and feta. Shot this with my phone #xiaomimi5s in available light. Join myself and @chefpreneursa this Saturday (October 26th) for our Smarter Phone Photography workshop. Email snap@shootcake.com for more details.

#phonephotography #foodphotography #foodstyling #naturallight #smarterphonephotography #lightroommobile

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