Comments on: The 10 Commandments of Food Photos

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:38:54 +0000

Thanks for the info on taking pictures. Just started my blog and the pictures are definitely not great. Just starting to learn my camera…not an expensive one, but have found out a couple of things about it and hope to improve the recipes that I have on it. It's a learning process and hope to get better as time goes by.

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By: Adam@RabbitFunds

Adam@RabbitFunds — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:30:41 +0000

Great post. I really like tip #8. For just a little bit of money, you can really get a decent setup.

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By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:07:39 +0000

Thanks for the tips! I really struggle in this department. I will have to check out Picasa. I use Picnik.com right now and have found it pretty useful. Gives you a lot of options for color, lighting, adding text etc. But I would love a one click lighting fix! .-= Erin´s last blog ..CONTEST GIVEAWAY! THE MAGIC BULLET! =-.

By: Michele | aka Raw Juice Girl

Michele | aka Raw Juice Girl — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:06:15 +0000

I just take several photos and post the best one(s).

And I think it gets a little easier after we've been practicing for a while.

Love these tips!
.-= Michele | aka Raw Juice Girl´s last blog ..Sun-Dried Tomato Hummus Recipe + Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution =-.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:14:34 +0000

Wow, thanks for the tutorial! I am so bad with my photos…I just started my blog and I'm trying to figure out how to use the digital camera and put up pretty pictures like everyone else seems to manage to do. Thanks for your help…I'll give it another go.

By: Just Audrey

Just Audrey — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:23:32 +0000

These are a bunch of great tips. I especially love the "move in closer" one. I tried that yesterday (after reading this post) and even though the photo didn't look that great on my camera, when I put it on the computer it came out really great. I need to get better with my pics. The only thing I know is natural lighting is a must. With my sub-par camera photos really suffer with indoor lighting (like at night). I also need to look into using a photo editing program like Picassa. Photoshop and the facsimile Paint.net program does awesome things but I have no idea how to use it!

Thanks again for the great tips. I'm loving your blog.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:50:14 +0000

That table top photo studio is awesome! I'm so glad you mentioned Picassa, I had no idea they have free editing software. My iPhoto just doesn't do it for me. Thanks for the post! .-= Caroline´s last blog ..New shoes, new race! =-.

By: NoMeatAthlete

NoMeatAthlete — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:45:31 +0000

Evan, maybe the macro setting was designed for closeup pictures of flowers! Interesting that you like the overhead sometimes. I can't think of a single instance when I've liked one of the overhead shots I've taken over something from an angle.

Excellent point that it's sometimes best not to post them. There's no sense putting something gross up. I even decided a week ago not to post a recipe that was really good, simply because it looked awful. (It was a red lentil, carmelized onion, and rice stew that looked like a big plate of mush.)