EACH month a snap taken by a Myall U3A Photography Group member is selected to be printed in News Of The Area.

This month’s photo topic was ‘Vegetables’ and the chosen photo was taken by photographer Jim Semple.

While not a usual subject for photography, vegetable imagery is used widely by companies to promote and sell food products of all descriptions.

Food photography is a genre of photography that focuses on capturing beautiful, mouth-watering images of food.

Whether it’s for a cookbook, a restaurant menu, or a food blog, food photography is an important tool for showcasing delicious dishes and inspiring people to try new foods.

The first ever photograph of food is attributed to Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot, who captured a still life photo containing baskets of fruit as early as 1845.

Jim used a 70D Canon and the settings were 1/110 sec –F5 and ISO 3200.

Jim’s wife gets the credit for adding the sunflowers in the photo.

For information about the Myall U3A Photography Group please email Group Convenor Paul at mulvaney@bigpond.com.

By Sue DONOHUE