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Showing posts with label food styling. Show all posts

singapore x roomorama


How quickly time flies and down went my 9th class with Bloesem in Singapore last week! It has always been a pleasure working with the team and getting myself acquainted will all of my already-talented students, come young or old. 


The new bloesem studio is every photographer's dream canvas. I even had a commenter on Instagram noting on how nostalgic the exterior of the place is, and I couldn't agree more.

More often than not on my trips to Singapore, I will visit my relatives' somewhere around the north west part of the city and it will usually cost me half an hour to an hour to get to the main district. As I look for an alternative place to stay, Roomorama could not have come at a better timing. Roomorama, the largest platform for professionally-managed, vacation rentals worldwide, solved my indecisive nut of a brain by offering me a place to stay at one of their coolest properties.



Situated in a quiet neighbourhood just 15 minutes away from Singapore's shopping Orchard road district, the house I was offered to was an architectural feast for the eyes. The whole structure looked like a retreat somewhere off the beaten path.

It was truly an intimate and relaxing getaway given the vibes (tall, ample trees and greenery, a large swimming pool I wish I knew how to use and swim, a spacious living hall and communal kitchen area) ties the string of the entire house with austere simplicity. Not to mention, the room I was treated to screamed beautiful - all decked with white washed walls, high ceiling and tall windows, overlooking the swimming pool, punny artworks fashioned empty spaces, and a TV set I could use... finally I was able to watch Comedy Central without having to surf on an unauthorised website!

The stay perfectly represented my idea of a dream staycation.


Enjoy USD50 off your next booking with them when you key in 'trishates' at the checkout page. For more room listings, I highly recommend checking out www.roomorama.com.

T.

workshop alert

Photography for The Kitchen Table

What an amazing way to begin 2015!

I am so stoked and honoured and deeply humbled to be hosting my first workshop with Bloesem Blogs! If you haven't heard of Irene Hoofs, whom I've been a secret fan of for many years, it's time you get to know her. Author of the inspiring blog and founder of the brick and mortar shop based in Singapore, Irene has an eye for beautiful design and simply beautiful everyday things.

For over a year, Irene and her talented team have hosted a myriad of classes at the Bloesem creative studio, with guest hosts from across the globe. From learning how to make candles to rope vessels, there's something for everyone. 

I definitely lucked out this time.


Photography for THIRDWAVE Cafe

WHAT

Designed for food bloggers, foodie instagramers or enthusiastic cooks who enjoy taking photographs of their food, this workshop will cover some mobile photography basics and go in-depth into the art of food styling. The Bloesem Team will teach you technical skills to capturing a perfect food shot — from technical concepts, best lighting and angles, framing and composition to using the best apps to edit your photos. After which, Trisha will delve into the basic techniques of food styling, using food styling tools, choosing appropriate backgrounds and props as well as learning how to craft a food story through images that are believable, intimate and meaningful. For those who are exploring a new career in food photography, The Bloesem Team and Trisha will also share their tips and tricks to creating a personality through your visuals on Instagram and the importance of community building to create a thriving food photography business. And of course, since it's a food styling and photography class, you will get a chance to try your hands at styling and Instagram it!

WHEN

Wednesday 4 February 2015, 10.00 am to 1.30 pm

Thursday 5 February 2015, 10.00 am to 1.30 pm

Friday 6 February 2015, 10.00 am to 1.30 pm

Saturday 7 February 2015, 12.00 pm to 3.30 pm

WHERE

Bloesem Creative Space in Singapore
77 Seng Poh Road #01-81 Singapore 161077

(Information c/o Bloesem.co)


Read more about it here, and follow our instagrams for more updates! See you there! :-)

T.

the weave co. collaboration



A couple of months ago were some really exciting months. Getting approached by a Singaporean-based fabric stationery shop in particular almost topped the cake for me. Fact: I feast on delectable designs and hoard on products that catches my eye from time to time. This took me no more than a second to fall in love.

The Weave Co. offers a diverse collection of notebooks and cards. Not just any notebooks and cards, they are created from recycled materials (mostly fabric) sourced from around the world. Design with sustainability in mind, I'm sold. 

eat your words, a collaboration | part three


We have reached the third and final part of the 'Eat Your Words' project with über talented Koyuki Inagaki. It was definitely a fun project that got us hooked immediately but sadly, time got away from us as we try to balance work and my leaving the country. That said, the series does not end here. Take our short hiatus like the long tv commercials, always interrupting the best parts of our favourite dubbed soap operas. 

'Eat Your Words' is our ode to the food we love to eat combined with our adoration for typography. This series include a variation of 3 'Types'. Accompanying each post is a short and simple recipe of the 'chosen type' so we can all Eat our Words. :-)

For the last (but not least) part of this series, we made Loaf! We wish we were skilled enough to bake one for ourselves but we unfortunately aren't capable just yet. And so, we would like to honour this to all bakers who made it possible for us to have breads and smear them with our favourite confections at home. Miguel once said, ''All sorrows are less with bread.", and we couldn't agree more!




Loaf of 
favourites



Food Lettering: Koyuki Inagaki
Food Styling & Photography: Trisha Toh

T.

eat your words, a collaboration | part two


Continuing the 'Eat Your Words' project with über talented Koyuki Inagaki is part two: 'Salad'.

As mentioned in our inaugural post,

'Eat Your Words' is our ode to the food we love to eat combined with our adoration for typography. This series include a variation of 3 'Types'. Accompanying each post is a short and simple recipe of the 'chosen type' so we can all Eat our Words. :-)

We kicked off the series with a sinful starter and felt really guilty after that. So we decided to tone down a little and made salad. Salad is such a versatile dish that goes with many different combination of dressings and ingredients, making it easily one of our favourite dishes to make at home. Below are several ideas we love from our favourite websites to spruce up the greens we used to say 'Blaaargh' to 'Yum!'.



Salad
3 Ways

1. Classic Cobb Salad - Saveur
2. Beetroot & Orange Salad - Taste.Com.Au
3. Watermelon, Rocket & Pine nut - House & Garden


Food Lettering: Koyuki Inagaki
Food Styling & Photography: Trisha Toh

T.

eat your words, a collaboration | part one


I have been feeling really giddy the past few weeks and that is because I am beyond excited to share this with everyone. 

A couple of months ago, I was hanging out with friend and über talented graphic designer Koyuki Inagaki over a cup of coffee at a mutual friend's cafe. We were just sharing on how much we admire each other's work, which then led us to the lightbulb moment of collaborating. I have known Yuki for close to one year now and even worked on a couple of projects for the same clients (all thanks to her referral!), albeit the difference in our line of work. Hence, the collaboration was really just a matter of time. 

'Eat Your Words' is our ode to the food we love to eat combined with our adoration for typography. This series include a variation of 3 'Types'. Accompanying each post is a short and simple recipe of the 'chosen type' so we can all Eat our Words. :-)

To kick off this project, we chose S'mores, inspired by our previous experience of eating them together during a short getaway with some other mutual friends. Enjoy!



S'mores
Serves 4

A packet of digestive biscuits (or graham crackers)
Chocolate Bars of your choice
Medium-sized marshmallows, halved

At home:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C 
2. Place two digestives on parchment paper, bottom side up. 
3. Break chocolate into small squares and place them evenly onto the middle of one of the digestive biscuits.
4. Place halved marshmallows to each square of chocolate squares.
5. Top marshmallows with squares of chocolate in the middle, careful to not place them near the edges of the biscuits.
6. Place the other digestive on top of the stack.
7. Repeat steps 1-6 to desired amount of S'mores.
8. Then, place the tray in the oven and bake for 5 minutes or patiently wait until chocolate and marshmallows soften.
9. Quickly remove tray from oven, drizzle with chocolate sauce (optional) and enjoy immediately.

Alternatively, roasting over a campfire is always a good idea!



Food Lettering: Koyuki Inagaki
Food Styling & Photography: Trisha Toh

T.