Every summer the continental market comes to town and I can't resist a rally around it with my camera. Every year there's always something different to see. This salami piled high ready for purchase instantly caught my eye. I love how uniform they are but that there are a few missing off the right-hand side, indicating some lucky punters have already bagged theirs for dinner later.

Vanilla confetti cupcakes all lined up like little soldiers ready for action! I love to shoot anything cake-related, it's my happy place. Plus there's always a few leftovers needing to be eaten at the end of the shoot. A single light, camera right gave the right amount of highlight and shadow to define the texture in the bun and the ripples in the frosting.

A creamy, silky smooth cocktail with a kick - this white Russian inspired drink has been given a makeover by adding Irish Cream liquor and coffee liquor with a little dusting of cinnamon. It's hard to stop at just one!

Pink meringue kisses drizzled with luxurious chocolate sauce. This was shot for a local charity that is against human trafficking. All proceeds of their hot chocolate and chocolate sales go towards prevention and helping victims.

This shortbread Christmas wreath didn't take as long to assemble as you might think, the hardest part was the getting the bow to look bow like! I love seasonal baking and Christmas lends itself so well to food photography with all the color, glitter and sparkle. I had a few casualties in making the shortbread as it was very crumbly and buttery which is awesome for the tastebuds but involves more breakages (they didn't go to waste!). I chose a green background as nothing says Christmas like green and red together and the pop of buttery yellow from the shortbread helps the wreath sit front and center.

This was a special celebration cake made for my husband's birthday. It's a banana cake with salted caramel icing (frosting) and a salted caramel drip. Don't be afraid of adding a good pinch of salt to the caramel, as much as you can handle!

What makes a good burger? Good beef and a choice of toppings, all about those toppings! Prime Irish beef with an oozy blanket of cheese, fresh onion, and tomato relish. Crisp frisee lettuce adds texture and color to the image and a flawless sesame bun tops everything off. Getting the cheese to drip down the side of the burger was achieved by blasting it with a heat gun. This was a personal collaboration project, I always find burgers and sandwiches the most difficult things to shoot but I enjoyed the challenge of this epic specimen.

Viennese whirl raspberry and apricot ice cream sandwiches. As delicious as they look and I hate to shatter the illusion but they are inedible! Real ice cream doesn't allow much time for styling and shooting so these were made using a secret fake ice cream recipe. My lovely food stylist keeps this recipe close to her chest so I don't even know! It's hard to spot the difference and I'm delighted with the result.

Homegrown sweet peas. I joined a lovely catering duo out in their Irish country farmhouse for a midsummer feast and these were on the menu. Writing all their own recipes, the girls are inspired by the abundance of fruit and veg that grows in their kitchen garden.