epm photography

Light at the end of the tunnel - a retrospective / February 24, 2021 by Emma Paling McGough

Last week I had the pleasure of doing a guest lecture at The Northern School of Art. I graduated from there in 2017 and they invited me to do a virtual talk on my journey as a freelance photographer over the past 4 years.

Banana Traybake / October 1, 2020 by Emma Paling McGough

Yesterday I took stock of how much flour I seem to have accumulated. Not so much quantity but variety. So after making a 50/50 bread, I baked a banana traybake. I found half a packet of chocolate chips, not enough for a decent cake, so I raided what was in my daughter’s sweet stash and found a Toffee Crisp, a Yorkie bar (practically) cooking chocolate anyway), and a packet of Rolos. And, again, a variety of sugars.

Basic ice cream recipe / April 10, 2020 by Emma Paling McGough

Ok so this recipe was born out of leftovers, like many good recipes.

Yesterday my daughter and I made some chocolate eclairs with a custard filling and dark chocolate ganache topping. With plenty of both the filling and topping leftover, I was wondering whether they’d freeze and it took me moments to work out they’d both combine to make a great ice cream!

Looking for good pizza? / January 15, 2020 by Emma Paling McGough

Last week I had the really good fortune of photographing food for Napoli Wood Fired Pizza in Seaton Carew. I’m not even kidding, when the job came my way I jumped at the chance.

Small plates, big flavours / September 28, 2019 by Emma Paling McGough

Gutsy Girl and Co have pulled it out the bag again. Amy Jowers and her team are serving up Saturday afternoon small plates at The Ship in Eston. Prices vary from £4 to £9.50 and with plenty of choice, all served up with GG&C’s passion and generous portion sizes, it’s proving a success with the locals and out of towners alike.

Behind the scenes / September 28, 2018 by Emma Paling McGough

Take a look at how we put together the photograph

A twist on overnight oats / September 27, 2018 by Emma Paling McGough

Overnight oats have been the breakfast of choice in our house for a very long time. Back in the day when we both used to leave the house at 7am, they were handy to grab from the fridge on the way out to work.

Nutty Granola / August 27, 2018 by Emma Paling McGough

I'm about a million years behind everyone else but I've only just made my first ever batch of granola.

The easiest ever ice cream recipe / July 25, 2018 by Emma Paling McGough

Ok so it's only easy if you have an ice cream maker, which I am fortunate enough to have. Well, it was my mum's to be fair.

I feel like I've invented a recipe / July 23, 2018 by Emma Paling McGough

Today is the first day of the summer holidays and my daughter and me went fruit picking in Piercebridge. A whole lot of fun was had by us both. We arrived really early and it was nice and peaceful, probably the only peaceful activity we will get to do over the next 6 weeks!

Who doesn't love food? / October 10, 2017 by Emma Paling McGough

Fifteas Vintage Tearooms has a brightly coloured sign, swinging on the side of the building. It’s the only hint as to what is inside the otherwise plain looking row. Ran by sisters Alicia Teasdale and Becci Nye, the tearoom is located in the market place in Bishop Auckland.

Behind the scenes shooting greens / May 17, 2017 by Emma Paling McGough

Last week I was back in the studio shooting a quick project on steamed greens. The idea came from a picture I made a few months ago, a spear of broccoli shot on a black background, and it was something I wanted to expand upon.