Goats' Cheese Salad, by Bashar Alaeddin

I was asked by my family, who own and run a boutique cafe’ and patisserie in Amman to capture this image. It’s a special recipe created by my family to promote the healthiness of the cafe’. They also wanted to capture it in a proper table set-up during the day. I wanted to incorporate all those elements, along with a good use of bokeh, to attract the viewer and provoke a sense of freshness and healthiness.

Canon 5D Mark III with 24-105mm | Exposure: f/4 at 1/100sec | ISO 100 | Focal Length 60mm
Goats' Cheese Salad, by Bashar Alaeddin

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | December 13
Award Score: 63 (Value 11, Clarity 11, Composition 17, Style 12, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Food Photography
Photograph Location: Cafe’ Gourmand in Amman, Jordan

Photographer: Bashar Alaeddin (Amman, Jordan) Registered
Born in Kuwait City, lived between Jordan and Lebanon most of his life, Bashar has over 9yrs experience in digital photography since he picked it up as a hobby for a course during his university years. Starting from a 2mp Samsung, he is now the founder of a photography & video studio based in Amman, Jordan where his time is split between his commercial day job photographing food, interior, products and portraits; and his night-time job traveling around the middle-east region capturing landscapes, the culture and his favorite genre, long-exposures of the night-sky. He is an amateur astronomer and tried to combine that with his love of photographs showcasing the beauty of the Arabian landscapes under starry nights.

Website: http://adasat.co/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34413965@N02
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