Making tasty food is not difficult for me, but I am lax about the way I photograph the finished dishes. I've been thinking about how to make my food photos look more delectable, without detracting from the focus of cooking a tasty healthy meal (that will always priority).
TO give my really good food a really good look, I need good props. There is one part of my environment that I haven't really used in my food photography: the landscape. I am going to try to take my food to a 'real' environment, which involves one simple step - moving outdoors. This led me to ask myself why I hadn't thought of that before instead of using my dreary cold kitchen which desperately needs a paint job. A good excuse is the weather (we've had the heaviest longest-lasting in winter in at least a decade).
Here's my first attempt at taking my food outdoors: a pan-fried vegan bean burger, some home-made apricot chutney, fresh cheese (anthotiro) made from sheep's milk, a toasted wholemeal bun, and an olive grove.
It rarely gets better than this in Crete, except in summer, when you can have your lunch by the sea.
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TO give my really good food a really good look, I need good props. There is one part of my environment that I haven't really used in my food photography: the landscape. I am going to try to take my food to a 'real' environment, which involves one simple step - moving outdoors. This led me to ask myself why I hadn't thought of that before instead of using my dreary cold kitchen which desperately needs a paint job. A good excuse is the weather (we've had the heaviest longest-lasting in winter in at least a decade).
Here's my first attempt at taking my food outdoors: a pan-fried vegan bean burger, some home-made apricot chutney, fresh cheese (anthotiro) made from sheep's milk, a toasted wholemeal bun, and an olive grove.
It rarely gets better than this in Crete, except in summer, when you can have your lunch by the sea.
©All Rights Reserved/Organically cooked. No part of this blog may be reproduced and/or copied by any means without prior consent from Maria Verivaki.
That will increase your ratings. Well done!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks perfect. You are so lucky to have that backdrop, natural light and Cretan nature make for the best props. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat looks really delicious!
ReplyDeleteI would eat that burger in a heartbeat.
ReplyDeleteAnthotiro is my favorite cheese. I seem to recall that it was served the first time we met...and you were surprised to find such at our table. :)
enjoy your new settings! do want to mention that part of what drew me to your blog in the first place was the very "real-time" photos, as i call them... i knew that the food was a higher priority than the photo; i appreciate(d) your style in the same way that i appreciate the simplicity of presentation at a taverna in greece. that is, you are eating the most amazing food on simple plates in a simple setting... clearly that is partly what separates greece from other countries that attempt delcious food but have to have an impressive setting. whenever i am eating an over-the-top delicious meal (due to ingredients just as much if not more than method of cooking) at a humble seaside taverna i still marvel at the whole thing (after 10 years). in any case, your fresh approach to photos will likely draw more viewers and this is can only be GOOD!
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