Here is my take on a blackberry jam. Maybe it’s too late for you to do it but you can always save it for next year! or use frozen berries, that recipe works with both: I used the really simple recipe from Green kitchen stories:
Ingredients
3-4 dates pitted and mashed (or 2tbsp of maple syrup or honey)
80ml of water
2tbsp of chia seeds
250g of fresh or frozen blackberries (works with raspberries too)
Instructions
Bring the mashed dates (or syrup) to a boil, add the rest of the ingredients, bring to a boil again. Then leave aside for 15 minutes for it to thicken, mixing every now and then to avoid any lumps. You can leave it like this or mix with a hand mixer. I did that and added some whole fresh berries in the end. Then put in a tight jar and keep up to 5 days in the fridge.
This was one of the most difficult shoot I did last summer. I had so many great ideas when I saw the window in the summer kitchen at my parents in Vendée:
I had images in mind like this one:
But when I went in and tried to place the jam and myself with it, I found the room was so small, so full of things and spider webs, I couldn’t place the tripod properly, it didn’t really go as planned ;) which is why a lot of my pictures look a bit crooked:
But overall, I managed as usual to pull images that I love and to imagine styling almost like I was imagining:
Moral of the story? Styling isn’t easy, self portraits aren’t either. It takes time, concentration, imagination. A lot of sweating and some swearing (at least for me sometimes). But it’s all worth it in the end and it’s definitely how I learned so much (and still learning): practice practice practice !
And now all the outtakes? yes, absolutely ;)
