A vanilla cupcake with white and yellow swirled icing and small chocolate balls sits on a black serviette. A piping bag and a fork, both with some leftover icing, are placed beside the cupcake on a light wooden table.
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Who knew 1 little cupcake could be so much fun!

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Who knew 1 little cupcake could be so much fun! 

A vanilla cupcake with yellow icing and small chocolate balls sits on a black serviette. A metal fork and an empty piping bag are in the background, all placed on a light wooden surface.

Meet my little cupcake, isn’t he cute? He may not be perfectly dressed or glamorously presented but he was mine and I loved him. So what’s the story?

Well we met last Saturday at Blog Camp Birmingham, which was run by the lovely people from Tots100.  Upon entering a room to take part in a Food Photography class, there he was. Sat in the middle of the table looking cold and bare, just begging me to rescue him.

When we first met, he didn’t quite look like that. He was bare and dull, lifeless and unloved. It wasn’t for long though as I took him up onto my napkin and smothered him in love. Well vanilla frosting anyway. I wanted to add character so I gave him some funky swirls, I wanted to give him a unique existence, so I sprinkled him with chocolate drops. He was looking amazing in now time, well to me anyway. I’m not sure others would agree.

Once he was dressed and looking good, we set off to explore the room. Together we visited lots of little work stations, set up to unleash of creative side. Lets see what we did:

A vanilla cupcake with white icing and chocolate pearls sits on a blue polka dot tablecloth. Empty, colourful cupcake cases are in the background, and orange brick buildings are visible through a window behind the table.
A single cupcake with swirled white icing and brown sprinkles sits centred on a dark grey textured slate. The slate is laid atop bright pink, lime green, and orange paper sheets, their edges visible in the corners of the image.
A vanilla cupcake topped with white icing and small chocolate balls sits on a white plate with a folded black serviette. The background is softly blurred in pastel tones, giving a light and airy feel.
A vanilla cupcake in a paper case is topped with swirls of pale yellow icing and garnished with small round chocolate sweets. The cupcake is set against a plain, light-coloured background with soft lighting and a slight shadow.
A close-up of a cupcake with creamy white icing, decorated with small round chocolate sweets. The cupcake is positioned in the lower right corner, leaving much of the background empty and white.
A vanilla cupcake with white icing and brown and white chocolate pearls sits on a striped cloth. Behind it are three ripe strawberries with green tops, against a plain white background.

 We went on a fun filled adventure of light, shapes, colours and shadows. Props, backgrounds and angles too. Who knew that 1 little cupcake could be so much fun! 

A close-up of a cupcake topped with swirled white icing and chocolate chips, positioned in front of fresh strawberries and a raspberry on a white and green striped cloth. The scene is brightly lit, highlighting the dessert and fruit.

After an amazing hour sadly our journey had to come to an end. The class was over and it was time to move on. Sadly he didn’t make it to my next class, well he did sort of but not in the way he would have liked. By the time I had reached my next class he had crumbled and broken and been washed down into my stomach with a cup of hot chocolate. 

All good things must come to an end at some point or so they say. My cupcake and I had a wonderful time and learnt so much about each other. Although he is no longer with us, I will always have these amazing photographs to remember him by. His time on this earth was not wasted, in fact it was time very well spent as without him I would never have been able to learn so much about taking good food pictures. So for that reason I end my post today by saying ‘Thank You’ to my beloved cupcakes, you will be missed.

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    Ha ha, fun post, and great to see the different options that were explored photography wise.

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