Annabelle Breakey

Annabelle Breakey had been shooting since 1990 when she received a bfa in photography from the Academy of Art University. After she continued with passion and love for photography ever since.  
I love the way Annabelle Breakey does her still life photography. She captures the beauty of what she is taking the photograph of. As I was looking for thing to do with Espresso, I came across her baked treats photography. I like the fact that its all looks appealing to the eye, with it's clean cuts, bright natural lighting and the way they are all laid out, nice and pretty. One of the styles I would like to do for my work would be exactly like this, still life, nice, good lighting and arranged in a good way. Here is the link to Annabelle's website http://www.annabellebreakey.com/#!/1.

When you first look at this photograph, your eye first draws to the delicious looking chocolate macaroons. The eye then travels to the colourful tea cups and saucers. The whole arrangement is; nice, pretty and well arranged. It is not too crowded but is also not bare, as the cups give a slight pop to the whole thing, as there isn't just a plate of macaroons in the photograph.

Annabelle Breakey uses blocks of colours, with the brown as a background for this photograph and with the photograph above with the cupcake another block of pink. It's all very thought out and precise, nothing is a coincidence or accident. The whole photograph gives you a feel that you want to reach out and take the macaroons, as they look so delicious and mouth-watering. It makes you think "yummy! I want some", it all looks pretty and appealing. The macaroons are the star of this photograph; they are place in the foreground as to draw the attention of the audience straight to them. You then see the pop of colour in the top right-hand corner in the background of the photograph; this would also be a rule of thirds, drawing the eye to the colour. The macaroons and tea cups, somehow balance each other out, as the simplicity of the macaroons that are placed onto of a plane white plate are balanced with the colour of the cups. The cups show colour, excitement and the culture of the macaroons, as the colours, style and design of the cups are the same of Italy, where the macaroons originate from. The scale of both the macaroons and cups are piled high ontop of eachother, contrasting from the one macaroon that is onit's own lower than the rest.