Today’s NaBloPoMo Prompt: Do you sometimes make recipes due to the accompanying photo?
Not really, no. I mean, I like food porn as much as the next guy, but my wife’s the one who does all the cooking, and that’s not because I’m a sexist pig, it’s because she’s really good at it and really enjoys it.
For what it’s worth, and many occasions she’s made something spectacular and asked me to photograph it. Food photography is tough. I don’t have nearly the right kind of lighting options to make her dishes look anywhere close to how delicious they are.
We’ve had a few successes, though. She compiled a cookbook of her family’s recipes to give to her sister as a wedding gift, and I shot a lot of the photos. (Not all of them— we had to go stock for lots of things). We made copies of the cookbook for others in the family, after they say the book itself, liked the recipes, and liked the photos.
But when it comes to looking at pictures myself, I’m rarely moved to go try what I’m seeing. Watching my wife cook, I know that the only thing harder than good food photography is making really good food! And let’s face it, no one wants food that looks better than it tastes 🙂
Today’s NaBloPoMo Photo Prompt: Bokeh
Took this specifically for the photo prompt.