Two reasons why I decided on this as my shot of the day... The first is I wanted to practice food photography & lighting (for a potential future commission) and the second is, well, I made them so wanted to show them off!

Buttermilk scones with apricot preserve and clotted cream :)

Was interesting working through different setups and lighting for this but in the end my attempts were curtailed when the wifi unit on my second flash simply packed up completely. Very frustrating! Four more are on order already and I'm working on a story of how I tweaked the plans to make up for the lack of a second light, check comments soon.

Still, I was going for a rustic, afternoon-tea inspired look and - without resorting to Instagram-nonsense filters - think I did pretty well.

** Several scones were devoured in the making of this photograph **

"Sconist" - YN560II right at 1/8th through softbox just out of shot, silver reflector just out of shot left, ambient lighting from standard room lightbulb