Blueberry and lime cheesecake by claire gunn

BLUEBERRY AND LIME CASHEW NUT CHEESECAKE

Posted In: Food | Recipes
I was craving a big wodge of tangy, creamy cheesecake. Also as usual I was craving to make pretty pictures of sweet, colourful foods with flowers. This recipe is quite easy if you have a food processor and a desire for healthy food making. The essential two ingredients are soaked cashew nuts and blueberries – fresh or frozen is all good. If you wish you ca[...]
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Eike by Bertus Basson

Posted In: DESTINATIONS | Food | Photography
  The unstoppable empire that is Bertus Basson opened a new restaurant, Eike, in the heart of historic Stellenbosch town last week. The cosy, pretty dining room offers an intimate atmosphere and the menu is a celebration of whats good right now seasonally in South African ingredients while drawing on nostalgia, all re-interpreted by Bertus' outloo[...]
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Claire Gunn

Finding your artistic style

Posted In: Art | Blog Posts | Creativity | Food | Life | Photography
I have asked myself this question so many times - "what is my style?". People often remark they can tell if a photograph is mine because they recognize my style. What style? What do they recognize?     If I describe my style it is dreamy, attentive and impressionistic. I achieve this by choosing certain equipment and settings[...]
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Dealing with criticism

Posted In: Art | Blog Posts | Creativity | Life
I was recently asked to write an article for one of my favourite magazines. I would be photographing the restaurants that the article featured as well. Now, as I'm  sure you can understand, this was beyond daunting. Exciting, but scary. So the first things that go through my basic human mind when asked to do something new or out of my comfort zone is.[...]
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Claire Gunn

Getting over creatives’ block and depression

Posted In: Art | Creativity | Life
This is not a cheery subject to approach as it causes so much turmoil in the mind and heart of creatives. I promise you, it has a happy ending... I have only been painting for about a year or so, but I am quite familiar with the tortured artist scenario. We question ourselves so much when we should really just be painting, or drawing or at lea[...]
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Chocolate hazelnut and naartjie smoothie by claire gunn 2

Chocolate, hazelnut and naartjie smoothie

Posted In: Food | Recipes
  Chocolate for breakfast anyone? Yes please. Hazelnuts are the perfect companion to chocolate and so is orange. Here I used naartjies (satsumas) for my chocolate smoothie which I picked up from the Saturday morning Oranjezicht city farm market and I was just burning to find a way to use them with chocolate. Beyond just feeding myself with more[...]
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Janse&co Jan2018 Claire Gunn

Janse & co

Posted In: Food | Visual stories
Going to a good restaurant these days  is essentially dinner and a show. Open plan kitchens and a new found fascination for the Way of the Chef has become as interesting, and now available to everyone as it has been to me my whole working life. Even though I changed careers from working IN the kitchen to photographing it, I never left the underlying passion[...]
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Creamy berry and banana bowl claire gunn

Creamy berry and banana smoothie bowl

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This still life is a tribute to the pure joy of self expression. Dont be afraid to just explore and push over the edges. Try new things and humour ideas that pop into your head, no matter how odd they seem at first, just try it. Perhaps its so bad that you cross into a new genre of avante garde you didn't know you liked, or at least you have a good laugh.[...]
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