Food Photos

So many amazing homespun food blogs these days. I have fantastic reading material any time I need a new cookie recipe or want to learn about local wild mushrooms. The other thing about food blogs, though, is the photos. Sometimes amazing, well lit and appetizing and sometimes....not so much.

Here are some examples: Which one doesn't belong? On the left, a great picture from Glutten-Free Girl -- you can almost taste the zucchini and cheese all cold and salty and creamy. In the middle, Ellen's garlic spear soup. The creamy texture finds its way to your tongue without ever tasting it! And on the right, an all-too common picture from a food blog where what they are serving is a mystery and it doesn't look tasty at all.




For the takers of photo #3, help is on the way! How great that digital cameras are catching up with the trend of food blog writing. The Olympus Stylus Series, now available with a "cuisine mode" which, according to their website, "enables you to take pictures of food by increasing the saturation, sharpness and contrast settings to take sharp, vivid pictures of the subject." Here's to more attractive, appetizing food writing!