Studio diary of Hampshire photographer - Mike French
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This afternoon I was again fortunate to be shooting food for Hampshire Fare as part of the Hampshire Food Festival. Today though I was at Vatika situated in the Wickham Vineyard near Botley – an beautiful setting for this excellent Indian restaurant. The event was an Indian BBQ masterclass hosted by renowned chef Atul Kochhar and the Executive Chef at Vatika – Jitin Joshi.
This evening I covered one of the Hampshire Food Festival events on behalf of Hampshire Fare. The Local Produce Supper at Setley Ridge Vineyard in Brockenhurst had already run once on the 6th July and this was the second supper in the month long Hampshire food festival during July.
My brief for the evening was to document the event without interrupting the guests and I was looking to capture a sense of place, some portraits, food preparation and prepared food and if possible everyone enjoying the supper.
On Sunday I headed down into Southsea for the Food Festival and to shoot some food photography in an editorial style as well as getting a sense of place from this popular event. I got there early, and to be honest most of the food stalls were still setting up, and as I was on...
