Cafe102

Awaiting photography

Nine frames, and what goes in them.

No stock photography was used here. Every slot below is sized for a real photograph of this café and carries the brief for it — so the shoot has a shot list, and swapping the images in changes nothing about the layout.

  • Placeholder for a photograph: A full Turkish breakfast spread at Cafe102 — small dishes of cheese, olives, tomato, cucumber, eggs, preserves and butter covering a whole table, with bread and tulip glasses of tea.
    Photo to comeShot from directly above, whole table in frame, edge to edge. The point is how much of it there is. Daylight, no flash.

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    A full Turkish breakfast spread at Cafe102

    Alt text · A full Turkish breakfast spread at Cafe102 — small dishes of cheese, olives, tomato, cucumber, eggs, preserves and butter covering a whole table, with bread and tulip glasses of tea.

  • Placeholder for a photograph: A single place setting from the Turkish breakfast at Cafe102 — cheese, olives, tomato and a boiled egg on one plate, with bread alongside.
    Photo to comeSquare, one person's share rather than the whole table. The wide shot is breakfast-table; this is the one that has to make €8 look like a lot of food.

    02 · 1400 × 1400

    A single place setting from the Turkish breakfast at Cafe102

    Alt text · A single place setting from the Turkish breakfast at Cafe102 — cheese, olives, tomato and a boiled egg on one plate, with bread alongside.

  • Placeholder for a photograph: The 102 Sandwich cut in half on a plate, its filling visible at the cut edge.
    Photo to comeSquare, close, cut side to camera. Hand-held plate is fine — this should look like it does when it lands on your table, not styled.

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    The 102 Sandwich cut in half on a plate, its filling visible at the cut edge

    Alt text · The 102 Sandwich cut in half on a plate, its filling visible at the cut edge.

  • Placeholder for a photograph: Turkish coffee served in a small cup beside the copper cezve it was brewed in.
    Photo to comeSquare. Get the copper in frame — it is the one object that says which kind of café this is.

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    Turkish coffee served in a small cup beside the copper cezve it was brewed in

    Alt text · Turkish coffee served in a small cup beside the copper cezve it was brewed in.

  • Placeholder for a photograph: A stuffed tost pressed on the grill at Cafe102, cheese beginning to run at the edges.
    Photo to comeSquare, mid-service, on the press. Steam and mess welcome.

    05 · 1400 × 1400

    A stuffed tost pressed on the grill at Cafe102, cheese beginning to run at the edges

    Alt text · A stuffed tost pressed on the grill at Cafe102, cheese beginning to run at the edges.

  • Placeholder for a photograph: The small dining room at Cafe102, with a handful of tables set for breakfast.
    Photo to comeWide, from the doorway, empty or nearly so. Reviewers call this room small and quiet — the photograph should agree with them.

    06 · 1600 × 1000

    The small dining room at Cafe102, with a handful of tables set for breakfast

    Alt text · The small dining room at Cafe102, with a handful of tables set for breakfast.

  • The Cafe 102 shopfront in Is-Swieqi — a green CAFE 102 sign above a white terrace with potted plants and outdoor tables, and the door open onto the counter.

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    The Cafe 102 shopfront in Is-Swieqi

    Alt text · The Cafe 102 shopfront in Is-Swieqi — a green CAFE 102 sign above a white terrace with potted plants and outdoor tables, and the door open onto the counter.

  • Placeholder for a photograph: The counter at Cafe102 during service.
    Photo to comePortrait. If the owner is happy to be in it, this is the frame for it — guests mention him by name more than anything else on the menu.

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    The counter at Cafe102 during service

    Alt text · The counter at Cafe102 during service.

  • Placeholder for a photograph: Turkish tea in a tulip-shaped glass on a saucer, held up to the light.
    Photo to comePortrait, backlit, so the tea reads red rather than brown.

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    Turkish tea in a tulip-shaped glass on a saucer, held up to the light

    Alt text · Turkish tea in a tulip-shaped glass on a saucer, held up to the light.