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?
I sometimes take meals pics I send to friends...
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Greetings from Paris,
Pierre
I tried to take a photo of my plate last weekend when my youngest son and his girlfriend took us out to eat....he objected. ;-) He then quoted some sarcastic remark about diner photography that he had read on the internet. My photo didn't turn out anyway....it was dark and the flash...well, it flashed!
ReplyDeleteExtensive survey of the fascinating topic. But look at your open again. 'Food eating' as opposed to? LoL!
ReplyDeleteAloha dear Nut
'Driving?
ReplyDeleteI take pics all the time but never use the flash. There is no need to with most cameras. I'd love to be invited into the kitchen. I'd be taking pictures of the food, the hardware, the cooks, everything.
ReplyDeleteI take food photos too. Not always, though.
ReplyDeleteYou take great food photos!
ReplyDeleteI heard about this yesterday on the NY radio show and need to read this article. I do take food photos due to my blog, but I do not use flash and I take very minimal so not to bother other diners. I think it kind of stinks the restaurants do not like it because it could make someone go to their place if they see a yummy photo. I can understand the real fancy places not liking it, I guess it's their choice. I have never been yelled at for taking photos of my food anywhere. Interesting topic for sure! I know I love to look at others photos of food as well.
ReplyDeleteI take photos of my cocktails. Wonder what that means...
ReplyDeleteYup, I read about this just yesterday, and in several different places.
ReplyDeleteNow I will admit, that standing on a chair with a huge setup and flash might be a bit distracting, but c'mon!
I will continue to play with my food, and I hope you do too, because you always find the yummiest things to photograph!
I've never taken photographs of food but I do believe it's an art. I've seen terrible pictures by people who don't understand the challenges presented by trying to make food look good.
ReplyDeletei always think about taking a photo of my food AFTER it's gone or half eaten :(
ReplyDeleteIn Los Angeles you'll often get grief over taking a flash photo in a restaurant because some random "celebrity" will think you're taking a pic of them, not the food. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteI love taking food photos to share with my other foodie friends. And I've made a note of the restaurant that invites you into the kitchen. I would LOVE that!
Daryl, great shots! You got my mouth to watering! Never took photos of food. Sharon's uncle used to take commercial shots for Hiram Walker (Canadian Club, etc) Always liked going on that tour! Great free samples!
ReplyDeleteI get so distracted by the food, I usually forget to snap a pic.
ReplyDeleteLove that one of the dessert..yum
Since we rarely go out to eat, I mostly cook and nobody wants a picture of what I cook.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Food SnapPak - sounds like ready made pudding that Bill Cosby peddles.
I love your food pictures. I love food period.
I used to take photos, but for some reason, now that I work in a place that makes beautiful food, I don't anymore! Yours are great!!
ReplyDeleteNow I've heard it all. I nearly ALWAYS take photos of my food, especially when on a trip. I use my biggie and I don't use a flash, so nobody's complained. On the other hand, I hate it when people open their phone during a movie and that light goes on...such bad manners. I digress.... What you ate looks yummy, snap away.
ReplyDeleteA term for snapping food shots? Gastrophography?
Absabloominlutely I do, so does Aimee, sometimes it must look tres odd with us both snapping away way like Japanese tourists haha!
ReplyDeleteYou may have an opportunity to photograph the food of MY WIFE and me, in February.
ReplyDeleteWe have tentative plans to be in NYC (Brooklyn, actually) from Sunday, the 10th, until perhaps Thursday, the 14th. I'll be in touch with you before then, as our plans become more firm.
Your food shots made me hungry. Well all except that anchovie one...ick. I've been known to snap a photo or two of my food and other's too, but it never looks as good in the photo as it does on the plate.
ReplyDeleteI love beet salads! And of course your food iphonography. Make me so hungry! And those diners being upset about photos being taken??? Get over it!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes forget to snap before I eat. Mr. BFR is usually not amused by foodtography -- I just ignore him.
ReplyDeletei recall anthony bourdain saying that it's obligatory in nyc to take picture of your food before you're allowed to eat it. could be he was using sarcasm font...i take a picture of everything i eat outside my home. never use a flash, if it's too dark, darn, i don't get a picture.
ReplyDeleteany moment that i am taking a photo of food...i am not *eating* said food. however, i have no problem with other people shooting food. gives me stuff to look at when i can't actually have it. or something. ;)
ReplyDeleteI love to take pics of my food when I'm eating out...sometimes I don't have the nerve too but have never been told I can't! I don't use flash in a restaurant and I've never seen anyone use flash so I guess that could be annoying...Now I am getting hungry:)
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