Say cheese

Shoot up close

Getting in really close enabled us to show all that delicious detail in our Stilton. We set our camera at a slightly elevated view to show the top of the wedge, ensuring it was flat-on to the face of the cheese so that it was pin-sharp across. We placed a couple of figs slightly behind our subject and apple slices in front of it, using a narrow aperture for a shallow depth of field so they would drop out of focus. We draped some fairy lights further back so that they would be rendered into indistinct discs of bokeh, and scattered a few cheese crumbs for added interest.