Wednesday, September 23, 2009

I read an article about food photography that i found quite interesting and funny. Turns out you gotta be pretty in tune with photography and the subject in order to get a good shot. I'm thinking when starting the article "OKAY" a cheese burger can't be to hard to capture, heck its not gonna run away from you if spooked. In the first sentence it read "Taking pictures of food is one of the most difficult skills a photographer can master." I was still not convinced, but then it followed with examples of ways it is such a difficult process. It gave examples such as; photographers must acquire knowledge of light, camera angles and the nature of the food being photographed. If any one of these elements, along with others, is miscalculated it could make the food look much less appealing. I gave that some thought and it all became more clear. When going into McDonalds the pictures of the food looks so tasty, but when you receive your order; the gift wrapped burger just doesn't look or taste like the picture on the menu conveys. Hmmm, that's weird, I gotta give credit to those McD's photographers. They are like the Great Houdini's of photography.

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