{"id":8619,"date":"2009-09-28T11:56:55","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T15:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=8619"},"modified":"2009-09-28T11:58:13","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T15:58:13","slug":"ohc-philosophy-on-food-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/09\/ohc-philosophy-on-food-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"OHC Philosophy on Food Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that some of the more popular and common panels at a food centered conference are on educating bloggers about how to make your food photos seem professional looking.\u00a0 Gorgeous food porn that could rival that on the covers of Martha Stewart, Real Simple, and so on.<\/p>\n

I will be the first to admit that I love a great photo of food.\u00a0 And in fact, if I’m looking at a recipe, a picture must be included.\u00a0 If there is no picture to go with the recipe, I won’t make it.\u00a0 I will skip that recipe.\u00a0 I’m a visual learner.\u00a0 I need to see something for it to register in my wee brain.\u00a0 I can read a recipe and gain an idea of what the outcome will be, but if there’s a picture then I know for sure.\u00a0 And everything will click into place.\u00a0 I have a much better understanding.<\/p>\n

But for me the picture doesn’t have to be magazine perfect.\u00a0 Although, in all honesty, I will say that blurry photos drive my nerves.\u00a0 If the photo is blurry, I say do not post it.\u00a0 Seeing a blurry photo on a food blog is a bit annoying.\u00a0 That’s just my unprofessional opinion.\u00a0 But getting back to the topic, if I’m reading a magazine then absolutely I expect that food picture to be amazing.<\/p>\n

But that is not what I look for in food blogs.\u00a0 And that is not how I approach pictures here on OHC.\u00a0 My favorite types of pictures are ones like these:<\/p>\n

\"Scott's<\/a>\"Scott<\/a>Whatever food happens to be the focus is pretty obvious. It stands out and is easily recognizable.\u00a0 But in the background there are little slices of life going on.\u00a0 In the first picture, along with my smoothie you can see Scott’s smoothie.\u00a0 You can also see my tablecloth and from that learn that I’m eating at my kitchen table.<\/p>\n

In the second picture, while that chocolate muffin looks mighty fine, in the background you can see Scott and the glass of wine I’m about to have.\u00a0 There’s a coffee pot back there and perhaps this means I’m in my kitchen snapping this photo.<\/p>\n

I like these types of photos and will choose them every time.\u00a0 Maybe Rocky will be in the background or maybe I caught Scott’s hand in a picture of my lunch.\u00a0 I will choose those photos if the picture is not blurry.<\/p>\n

Why?\u00a0 Because this is my life.\u00a0 My photos not only represent my eats but also my everyday life.\u00a0 I am not a professional chef.\u00a0 I’m not a professional photographer.<\/p>\n

I’m an everyday person living my everyday life that I just happen to want to share with you.<\/p>\n

To me, pictures like the ones above represent everyday life.\u00a0 I live with my husband and my dog in my suburban home.\u00a0 I eat and cook a lot and I want my pictures to reflect not only food but how I live.<\/p>\n

Having magazine worthy pictures on my blog is not my goal.\u00a0 I do not strive for this.\u00a0 Yes I want my pictures to look nice and yes I take multiple shots so I can pick the best one.\u00a0 But the idea behind this blog, and therefore my pictures, is sharing with you how I live.\u00a0 This is my life.\u00a0 Occasional crap lighting, background images, and all.<\/p>\n

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It seems that some of the more popular and common panels at a food centered conference are on educating bloggers about how to make your food photos seem professional looking.\u00a0 Gorgeous food porn that could rival that on the covers of Martha Stewart, Real Simple, and so on. I will be the first to admit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-2f1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}