Improving your food photos
Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 22:05:51 -0700, Cheri wrote:
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>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sunday, October 5, 2014 5:37:08 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
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>>>> On 10/5/2014 6:30 PM, sf wrote:
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>>>> > On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 14:23:53 -0700 (PDT), Helpful person
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>>>> >> Adjusting the lighting certainly makes a difference. However, your
>>>> >> photos will always look terrible unless you transfer the food onto a
>>>> >> nice dish and use a simple background.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > If they are not taking the picture for money, why bother. If they
>>>> > have nice plates for everyday use fine. If not, then the resident rfc
>>>> > critics can suck it up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't waste my time trying to get perfect pictures of food.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>>
>>> +2
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>> I don't care enough about the opinion of a couple of wannabe food critics to
>> post pics. If I did, I would. LOL
>
> Some of us who do post pictures couldn't give a rat's ass about
> anybody's opinions. We post them to give people knowledge, ideas, and
> inspiration for cooking their own foods. It's the same we often do
> when posting without pictures (when we're not beathing some horse to
> death or feeding the trolls).
>
> The obnoxious loud mouths aren't even 1/10th of the audience. There
> is still another 90% of people who may get some use out of the
> information (and optional photos) rather than the pedantic enjoyment
> of simply mocking them. This *is* supposed to be what the group is
> for - for cooking and demonstrating kitchen, cooking, and presentation
> techniques.
>
> The reasons you folks give for not posting pictures are just cop-outs.
> I have nothing against people who don't post pictures. If you don't
> want to, then don't. The problem is with the people who make lame
> excuses for not posting pictures and implying that those of us who do
> are idiots for doing so.
>
> +5
I call bullshit
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