All images taken by iPhone 8+ edited with CALLA app



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Ingredients

300g of minced beef (preferably marbled)
2 Burger Bun
2 Caramelised Onions, sliced
Cherry tomatoes, sliced
Cheddar Cheese (Or cheese of your choice)
300g White Button Mushrooms, sliced and sauteed.

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Step 1
Season minced beef with salt, pepper and soy sauce (to your liking).
Take half of the minced beef and shape it - you will get 2 equal-sized beef patty.
Thickness should be around 1cm.

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Step 2
Heat the pan with oil on medium low heat.
Fry each side of the beef patty for 5 minutes.
Alternatively, with a food thermometer, beef should be cooked at around 70℃.

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Step 3
Place cheese slice on top of the patty and pour a small portion of water around the cooking pan.
Cover the lid quickly to allow the cheese to melt through steaming.
Remove the lid once the cheese has melted to your desired texture.

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Step 4
Place cheese slice on top of the patty and pour a small portion of water around the cooking pan.
Cover the lid quickly to allow the cheese to melt through steaming.
Remove the lid once the cheese has melted to your desired texture.

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Step 5
Toast the burger buns until your desired texture. Do spread some butter and toast it to achieve the crispy texture.

Step 6
Start assembling the burger by placing caramelised onions (click here for recipe) first.

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Step 7
Followed by sliced cherry tomatoes

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Step 8
Place the beef patty next with a dash of freshly grounded black pepper.

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Step 9
Add the sauteed mushrooms

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Plate it nicely and it's ready to serve!

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Thankful to have a partner who enjoys cooking!
He cooks and I document.

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V S C O C A M
iPhone 8 Plus

I used to not believe in making in-app purchases but I come to realise that having premium editing options or presets at my fingertips truly helps achieving the effect without the need to be bounded to a desk with MacBook Pro and a cup of tea.

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P I C T U R E  O N E



Before & After



Preset S2 +12.0



Exposure +3.6 | Contrast +0.7



This is the end product.

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P I C T U R E  T W O



Preset C2 +2.3



Exposure +2.0 | Contrast +1.5



This is the end product.

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P I C T U R E  T H R E E



Before & After
This image, in it's natural form has already captured the colours pretty accurately. All this needs is a bit of fine tuning.



Preset C1 +1.7 | Exposure +0.5 | Contrast +1.9



Crop ratio 3:4 | Best fit for Instagram portrait photos
Tip: If you want to give the illusion of a wide and vast wall, crop the photo until it only reveals the blue wall.



This is the end product.

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T I P  O N E
Play around with the crop ratio. Most people don't play around with crop function and instead want to achieve the perfect ratio aspect in it's original image. Like what I did for picture three.

T I P  T W O
Ensure that there is enough natural lighting for minimal editing to be involved.

T I P  T H R E E
Whenever you take picture with horizontal lines, like picture two, align the horizontal lines to the perspective grids on your camera. This will some how guarantee the straightness and symmetrical look of your picture.

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Matthew 6:26-30 (NIV)

26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?