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Though there are videos and tips online about how to take pretty food photos using plastic molds to replace ice cubes or brushing oil on the raw chicken to make it look like perfectly roasted, Ye refuses to use these aids as she prefers to take photos of the real dish without any fake elements.

"Without real ice cubes, you cannot catch the feel of the ice melting in the cocktails," says Ye who believes that "what you see has the power to affect everything you do and think".

For now, Ye's key focus is to combine fashion and food to created the perfect aesthetic balance.

Most of Ye's work is about Western food, with a few Southeast Asian or Chinese dishes.

But in the future Ye wants like to learn more about Chinese food, and the stories and cultures behind Chinese cuisine, so that she can handle her shoots better.

"Every dish tells a story, and my job is to find the story and tell it through my lens," she says.