Florida, Your Food Selfie Pics Suck
We’ve all seen the pics. A friend is eating at a local Mexican restaurant. They go on and on about the fajitas, proclaiming them to be the best they’ve ever eaten. You’ve wanted to go there, but it’s pretty far away and time is hard to come by. But this review may clinch it. You may hop in the car and make the trip this weekend. But then you see the pics. The aforementioned fajitas appear to be a gelatinous clump of various shades of brown wrapped in what looks like cardboard. The truth is, the food is probably awesome, but your friend sucks at documenting his foodie adventures.
Introducing Chip Weiner, a Tampa-based food photographer who knows wassup when it comes to taking pics of your meals. He’s been shooting pictures of his food for over 30 years and has learned all sorts of tricks to help you impress your friends with your vittles. Weiner says the very first thing to do is make sure the dish has color. Fifty shades of brown is not just a bad idea for a movie. it also looks terrible in pics. He says it’s a great idea to light the meal well, saying natural light is best. Lightning brings out color and texture.
Weiner warns us against the above-the-table shot, where you center the meal in the pic as if you are in a helicopter overhead. Better alternatives are taking the shot form an agle and filling the picture with other items. For example, place a bright white cloth napkin or silverware to the side of the pic…maybe a glass of wine. For those of you who mut dominate in the game of documenting your lunch, reflective light is the ultimate show of badassery. Also, it should go without saying, NEVER leave food in styrofoam containers. Weiner wnet on to say that a good pic can produce results for restaurants, saying that ,many people try new places based on social media posts. Source: Fox13News.com
Mmmmm, Tacos.
The Shark at the Taco and Margarita Festival at Raymond James Stadium
Mmmmm, Rum.
