From Scratch

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This is a picture of a strawberry cheesecake topped with fresh strawberries. I took this picture to capture my success in making a strawberry cheesecake.

Susan Sanchez, Contributor

To make something from scratch is to not follow a recipe and to rather experiment with the ingredients you have.  These photos illustrate this theme, as they are the results of such actions. Food photography is used to create attractive still life photographs of food. The photos taken are mainly to advertise for restaurants. However, these photos capture the steps and end results when baking from scratch.

I took this photo at the start of baking a cake. I was in the kitchen and the lighting from the sun reflected off the bowl and it caught my eye.
This is a carrot cake covered in toasted walnuts with cream cheese frosting. I had originally took this picture to show my friend what I made.
This is a picture of a strawberry cheesecake topped with fresh strawberries. I took this picture to capture my success in making a strawberry cheesecake.
This is a picture of on of the first times I’ve made conchas. I took this picture because I felt like the conchas had a nice rustic design.
This is a picture of brownies that I made. I took this picture because of how the lighting had a natural blue hue.
This is a picture of freshly made cinnamon rolls. I took this picture because I wanted to capture how nice the swirls of cinnamon looked.