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Thursday, June 13, 2013

What is Food Photography?

Food Photography is a normal part of our social media life. Nowadays we stumble upon a number of food photos in sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Photobucket and the likes. Our fascination with the intricate attractiveness of some of these food presentations is just obvious. There is indeed great culinary artistry in some of the ordered food that we get from restaurants and it is quite natural these days to document a personally considered work of art.

With the availability of a lot of apps that are within our smartphone’s reach it is quite easy to present food also known as food photography. What is food photography? This is usually represented through a photo of a glamourised food presentation arousing one’s desire to eat and enjoy the food. The styling of the food is important in food photography because the foods provocativeness is the main focus.



Taking these mouthwatering photos of scrumptious food and proliferating them through a number of social networking sites as updates is just very tempting for a lot of people especially those who are on a strict diet. As a usual social media user I face a great number of these food photographs and despite the allure and scrumptiousness that these foods brings to my facebook wall, it is somewhat distracting at times because it will kinda mess up with your cravings.

But then as I slowly realize that these food photographs will actually help us gain a particular mindset about our fitness. The more we see them the stronger our will will be to maintain our diet and lifestyle. So now I actually welcome these fine-looking artistry with a smile.

It is nice to know that people are enjoying their meal even before tasting it.