Two of nine shot
Nine frames, and what goes in them.
Two frames are real — the shopfront and the coffee. The other seven hold stand-ins at the exact size the finished photograph needs, each carrying the brief for the shot that replaces it. Swapping one in is a single file drop; nothing about the layout moves.
01 · 1600 × 1200 · stand-in
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.
Brief · Shot from directly above, whole table in frame, edge to edge. The point is how much of it there is. Daylight, no flash.
02 · 1400 × 1400 · stand-in
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.
Brief · Square, 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.
03 · 1400 × 1400 · stand-in
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.
Brief · Square, close, cut side to camera. Hand-held plate is fine — this should look like it does when it lands on your table, not styled.
04 · 1400 × 1400
A cup of Turkish coffee at Cafe102, in a hand-painted blue-and-red Iznik-patterned cup and saucer, held up over a table on the café's terrace
Alt text · A cup of Turkish coffee at Cafe102, in a hand-painted blue-and-red Iznik-patterned cup and saucer, held up over a table on the café's terrace.
05 · 1400 × 1400 · stand-in
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.
Brief · Square, mid-service, on the press. Steam and mess welcome.
06 · 1600 × 1000 · stand-in
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.
Brief · Wide, from the doorway, empty or nearly so. Reviewers call this room small and quiet — the photograph should agree with them.
07 · 1600 × 1000
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.
08 · 1200 × 1500 · stand-in
The counter at Cafe102 during service
Alt text · The counter at Cafe102 during service.
Brief · Portrait. 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.
09 · 1200 × 1500 · stand-in
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.
Brief · Portrait, backlit, so the tea reads red rather than brown.