no fotos please!
did you know
gastronomy
is the term
for
the art of food eating?
i googled
to learn
the/a term
for
food photography
there's none
yet
do you take photos of your food
when you are dining out?
i do
i often say:
wait!
hold
your
fork/spoon
right there
SNAP
ok
now you can eat
i was snapping dishes
long before Instragram
long before it was 'a thing'
my little old Olympus Stylus point and shoot
actually had a food setting
worked a lot better than the macro setting
didnt need a flash
i rarely shlep my BIG camera with me
when i am going out to eat
unless
of course
i am out with the BIG camera
even then
if i am to be honest
i pull out the iPhone
to take my food pix
Hipstagram
has a
Foodie SnapPak
consisting
of
DC Film
Loftus Lens
but
even using
Instragram's 'lens'
or
ProCamera app
or
Alt Photo app
or
even
gasp
choke
the actual
iPhone camera app
will get you good food pix
what inspired this post?
an article
in the
Wednesday NY Times Dining section
'Restaurants Turn Camera Shy'
huh?
well
it seems
that
diners snapping food fotos
are annoying other diners
with the flash from their cameras
seriously?
if you dine at a David Bouley restaurant
and
pull out your camera
expect
to be invited
into the kitchen
i kid you not
to shoot
'as the plates come out'
'that shot will look so much better on the marble table in our kitchen'
according to Chef Bouley himself
Don't try snapping
your
foie gras
at
Ko
apparently
Chef Chang does not allow photos!
you can read about it here
i doubt
i will ever eat at Ko
did you know
you can take a class
in
iPhone food photography?
yup
here
are some of
my
recent gastronomic photos
nope
never took a photo class
i guess i am just
an
idiot savant
or
maybe just
a
crazed food foto idiot
beat salad at
dessert
at
yellow springs, ohio
occasionally
i 'art direct' my food shots
in this case
the anchovies
i asked to be omitted from my salad
pose
along with an olive
forming
a
food heart
yeah
i know
i shouldn't play with my food
do you?
