Shootcake - by Saaleha Idrees Bamjee - Wedding & Lifestyle Photography South Africa

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Portrait Photography: Zahraa K
Portrait Photography: Zahraa K

Lifestyle, ShootCake Stories

Product Photography: HomeSpun Lab
Product Photography: HomeSpun Lab

Product and Business, ShootCake Stories

Portraits: Trevor Ncube
Portraits: Trevor Ncube

Lifestyle, ShootCake Stories

Interiors and Website Imagery for Linksfield Dermatologists
Interiors and Website Imagery for Linksfield Dermatologists

Product and Business, ShootCake Stories

Event Photography: Mendhi Night in Lenasia
Event Photography: Mendhi Night in Lenasia

Event, ShootCake Stories

Wedding Photography: N + Y at Shanul Islam, Lenasia
Wedding Photography: N + Y at Shanul Islam, Lenasia

ShootCake Stories, Weddings

Bylines: Sawubona, January 2018
Bylines: Sawubona, January 2018

Editorial, ShootCake Stories

Event Photography: Eastern Extravaganza at Killarney Country Club
Event Photography: Eastern Extravaganza at Killarney Country Club

Event, ShootCake Stories

Food Photography: Gelato Studio 2017
Food Photography: Gelato Studio 2017

Food, ShootCake Stories

Wedding Photography: F + N at Nurul Islam Hall, Lenasia
Wedding Photography: F + N at Nurul Islam Hall, Lenasia

ShootCake Stories, Weddings

Product Photography: Homespun Artisan Skincare
Product Photography: Homespun Artisan Skincare

Product and Business, ShootCake Stories

UJ Homeopathy School Year-End Dinner 2017
UJ Homeopathy School Year-End Dinner 2017

Event, ShootCake Stories

Food Photography: Mesmerizing Mixes
Food Photography: Mesmerizing Mixes

Food, ShootCake Stories

Fashion Photography: Arabics
Fashion Photography: Arabics

Fashion, ShootCake Stories

Wedding Photography: A + Y at Mount Usambara
Wedding Photography: A + Y at Mount Usambara

ShootCake Stories, Weddings

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Weddings | Food | Lifestyle
#southafricanphotographer
Other work (+ friends & follows) on @saaleha_b

Z & A | Balmoral Gardens, De Deur, Gauteng #weddi

Z & A | Balmoral Gardens, De Deur, Gauteng

#weddingphotographer #bridalportraits #winterlight #weddingmoments #johannesburgweddingphotographer #gardens #rosegarden #shootcakeweddings #shootcakephotography #thecouple #brideandgroom

A & M | Summer Place, Hyde Park, Gauteng #bridalp

A & M | Summer Place, Hyde Park, Gauteng

#bridalportraits #weddingphotographer #weddingportraiture #naturallight #weddingdocumentary #shootcakeweddings #shootcakephotography #summerplacehydepark #southafricanphotographer

Z & N | De Deur, Gauteng #bridalportraits #weddin

Z & N | De Deur, Gauteng

#bridalportraits #weddingphotographer #weddingportraiture #theveil #naturallight #weddingdocumentary #shootcakeweddings #shootcakephotography #ayanaweddingvenue #southafricanphotographer

Z & N | De Deur, Gauteng #bridalportraits #thevei

Z & N | De Deur, Gauteng

#bridalportraits #theveil #dramaticlighting #goldenhour #weddingphotographer #weddingportraiture #shootcakeweddings #shootcakephotography #southafricanphotographer #ayanaweddingvenue #dedeur #vereeniging #weddingdocumentary

Z & N | De Deur, Gauteng, South Africa #therings

Z & N | De Deur, Gauteng, South Africa

#therings #bookspinepoetry #theringshot #weddingdetails #weddingdocumentary #weddingmoments #weddingphotographer #johannesburgweddingphotographer #shootcakeweddings #shootcakephotography

A & M | The Westcliff, Gauteng, South Africa #the

A & M | The Westcliff, Gauteng, South Africa

#thecouple #walimah #weddingdocumentary #poolside #naturallight #weddingmoments #weddingphotographer #johannesburgweddingphotographer #thewestcliffhotel #shootcakeweddings #shootcakephotography

A & M | Raslouw, Gauteng, South Africa #bridalpor

A & M | Raslouw, Gauteng, South Africa

#bridalportraits #thecouple #theveil #weddingdocumentary #goldenhour #naturallight #weddingmoments #weddingphotographer #johannesburgweddingphotographer #pretoria #raslouw #shootcakeweddings #shootcakephotography

A & M | Raslouw, Gauteng, South Africa #thecouple

A & M | Raslouw, Gauteng, South Africa

#thecouple #rasoolicentre #weddingdocumentary #naturallight #weddingmoments #weddingphotographer #johannesburgweddingphotographer #pretoria #raslouw #shootcakeweddings #shootcakephotography #architecture

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Pro Photographer | Writer | Everyday Epicure
Author of Zikr (@uhlangapress | 2018)
Also: @shootcakephotography
#shootcakephotography

Granadilla off the vine. (Added to Wallpaper highl

Granadilla off the vine.
(Added to Wallpaper highlight)
#dslr #stilllife #highkey #canonrsa

Another one from the series I shot for the @fehmzm

Another one from the series I shot for the @fehmzmocktails and @naqiyah_mayat #mocktailconfetti colab. This image is my favourite and has replaced @naeemcoza as my phone's wallpaper 😆. #dslr #drinkstyling #drinksphotography #shootcakephotography

37 today. Made a fake cheesecake (aka cremora tart

37 today. Made a fake cheesecake (aka cremora tart) to celebrate. And because I'm still fixated, I colored it with ground dried butterfly pea flowers. I suppose you could read this dessert as a tempering of austerity with whimsy - a way to live through these times. And well, these butterfly pea flowers are said to be replete with antioxidants; I'll take all the help I can get. My late grandmother (dad's mum) shared her birthday with me. This is the first where there'll be no phonecall. Still, with all these losses, there is so so much to be grateful for.
#dslr #foodphotography #foodstyling #happybirthdaytome #butterflypeaflower #cremoratart #helios40_2 #zenitlens #russianlens

Some of my favourite work in a long time, styling

Some of my favourite work in a long time, styling and shooting for the @fehmzmocktails and @naqiyah_mayat #mocktailconfetti colab. Also wore my copywriting hat and did a bit of wordsmithing.
#dslr #drinksphotography #drinkstyling #fehmzmocktails #shootcakephotography

Leftover Eid burfee from @afzal_jozi 's mum that m

Leftover Eid burfee from @afzal_jozi 's mum that may or may not become an ice cream, its fate wholly dependant on whether @naeemcoza gets to it first.

#dslr #foodphotography #foodstyling #highkey #backlit #burfee

My first attempt at Karachi Halwa resulted in some

My first attempt at Karachi Halwa resulted in something more akin to a kind of glassy al-dente turkish delight. Perhaps it was because I’d taken the recipe and method off of a 30 second TikTok video or that I’d substituted coconut oil for ghee. Still, it was edible and somewhat pleasing (a bit cocunutty, and would probably be great enrobed in chocolate) but I was not happy. I was after the sticky, chewy halwa my mum used to buy from Shalimar Delights in Fordsburg.
While the Tiktok I’d seen made it seem like you could go from slurry to sweetmeat in a couple of stirs, a video by @swaras_sweet_delights on YouTube showed in great detail just how much arm action was required to deliver on pure chewy, stretchy nostalgia.
Click the link in my bio to for Swara's how-to.

For this second attempt, I did not divert from Swara’s recipe except to use two teaspoons of lemon juice in place of the citric acid, add more cardamom and use ground butterfly pea flower to get this deep purple colour (without the acid element, this halwa would have been deep blue). I did have some arrowroot powder on hand but had to top up with cornflour to make the full quantity required. I remember buying the arrowroot from either Dischem or a health store a while back. You could probably just use cornflour. As for the butterfly pea flower, I bought some in Vietnam and stored the packets in the freezer. It’s becoming more popular as an ingredient, and there are more foodie stores stocking it these days.

#dslr #foodphotography #foodstyling #sweatmeats #eidmubarak #karachihalwa

A free Eid printable for all you last-minute-layla

A free Eid printable for all you last-minute-laylas. Visit www.icecreameveryday.co.za or click the link in bio to access.

#freeeidprintables #eidprintables #icecreameveryday #terrazzolove

Haven't shoot with the #helios40_2 in ages. It's

Haven't shoot with the #helios40_2 in ages. It's so soft when wide open, it really isn't ideal for food photography but for that ineffable dreamy quality it produces. Had my order of burfee and almond rocha (pictured here) from @afzal_jozi dropped off today. It's meant for Eid but I don't see it lasting that long.

#smallbusiness #dslr #foodphotography #foodstyling #almondrocha #zenit #zenitlens #manualfocus #russianlens

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