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1st Bread Photography Post

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1st Bread Photography Post

Hello! I'm a Animator and hobbyist bread baker and pasta maker. This is my first post here, but have been following for a while and have gotten a lot of inspiration and questions answered from this blog. I started out with Tartine's country loaf and flourished from there. Lately I have been making alot of bread from Sarah Owens new book Sourdough, which I love! I also pair my bread baking with my passion for macro photography. Here are some recent photos:

I have much more on my blog: http://missyork.tumblr.com

A question: I recently came into possession of some freshly milled flour. I was told I'd have to up my hydration when using this flour. Any recommendations on how much that might be if I use the freshly milled flour for my whole loaf?

Thanks!

 

 

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Matt H

Your bread is ready for its closeup!

Looks like your bread-baking skills are well advanced, but based on photo #3, you also occasionally suffer a "room where the bread baker slept." :)

I think you may need an extra tablespoon or two of water per cup of flour, but let the texture be your guide. May take a couple of bakes to get it dialed in to the way you want it. Enjoy the journey and keep the photos coming!

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missyork29 (not verified)

Thank you for the kind words!

I have never heard of the term "a room where the bread baker slept" but that's very clever. It did happen that one time and now I know what to look for prior to baking. I imagine that's not a desirable trait for a loaf to have.

And thank you for the advice on the hydration levels for my freshly milled flour. I will be sure to report back when I use them :)

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Matt H

Ha ha, you can't avoid all of these caverns and tunnels. Sometimes when I get a particularly big one, my wife teases, "Look! Here is the room where the baker sleeps, and his wife, and his children, and their dog..."

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dabrownman

Welcome and happy baking 

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missyork29 (not verified)

Thank you! =)

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gulia3art

You have a wonderful blog and such beautiful photos! I also like to photograph food, I like these tips http://weedit.photos/2017/how-to-edit-food-photos/  And you?

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Aravinda

Your photos are gorgeous. 

I mill my wheat and use the same amount of water I used when I used to buy flour.  

In fact sometimes I find that while kneading / rolling it out I might add a handful of rolled oats to absorb excess moisture.   

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Katy

Oh WOW!  Your photos look so appetizing! I can almost hear the crunch of the bread looking at them. It is important to find how to take and edit photos of meals you cook. Do you use photoshop or some cellphone app? I like this one, but it works better for portraits and body shape.

I'll be glad to hear which are your favorite.
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ifs201

I love Sarah Owens too! Do you have a favorite recipe from Sourdough? So far I love her leek and shallot loaf. One of my all time favs. I need to try the chili loaf again as I made a mistake with my flour choice that time around.