Each day will have a different theme around a single word. Post your photos in the comments. You don't need to be a pro to participate (as is evidenced by my photos). Please feel free to "stick" this post if you'd like to participate or follow along.
Theme for Wednesday, Oct 23rd Food
Vegetarian Meatball recipe I made the other day. recipe here
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Reminds me of a window in DC's Chinatown where they make noodles in front of you. Great photo! Where is this?
I've come back to view this photo a couple of times now. I really like it, I want to go there. Your photos have been great, is it a hobby of yours regularly?
I've been doing photography as a hobby for about 7 years, and I took a few photography classes while I was in high school. I haven't really shot on a regular basis the past few years, especially since I haven't had any darkroom access, but it's still something I do just for fun.
It shows. I studied photography in college for a semester. I used to really enjoy working in a dark-room. Seems those days are over and done with.
There was something so serene about the smell of chemicals and the radio playing in the dim red light.
you nailed it, and there was the added bonus of taking the cute girl you were in to at the time to the developing room and showing her how it was done. Those were the days…
Another great picture. So far I'm loving all of your work. Keep it coming!
I have a thing against taking pictures of food, but I do take lots of pictures of beer. And I'm going to say beer is a food for this one... because I have zero pictures of actual food. From the MN State Fair this year. A take on a popular "food-on-a-stick" craze that is all the rage at fairs, here is "Beer-on-a-stick". A local craft brewer Summit does this every year, and you get a flight of three delicious craft beers, all on a handy stick you can walk around with to hold your beer!
That is a fantastic idea! With some of our bars (the ones with better/craft beers), you can get the traditional paddle: 5x100ml samples of beers so you can try them all/a large sample, before committing to a whole pint. Afterwards, you then order the pints of your favourite/s! I should have a photo around of the most recent paddle I had a couple weeks ago at an independent local brewery called Young Henry's. They had an ale and a lager, and then came out the creative: Peach bright ale, and a Bacon and Black Truffle Belgian style IPA.
I think food makes for a great subject visually. It can incorporate taste and smell in an image, it's textural and can have vivid colors. Plus it can be a cool way to show something you've created. But yeah, instagram has definitely ruined such things to an extent.I have a thing against taking pictures of food
-You're not the only one it seems. Is this a bi-product of the FB/Instagram age where everyone is posting pics from every restaurant they've ever gone to?
It's three fold. Part of it is I hate the aspect of taking pictures of food, especially in restaurants. I'm there to eat and enjoy myself, and while I love photography, I also believe taking too many photographs of something can kind of ruin the moment, especially a nice meal. Same with me going to concerts, I don't take pictures. I'm there to enjoy the show, not watch it through a 3" LCD screen. I don't hate people that do it, but as an example I saw this all over Vegas. You have all these wonderful restaurants and expensive meals, and people pulling out their cameras to take pictures of it to post online like it's their first time ever eating a good steak dinner. I don't mean it to sound snobby, I just find it kind of rude. Two. I don't find pictures of food very interesting. Although I love eating, it's just not a subject I care to photograph. The only food I take pictures of is upon request from my wife, as she is quite the cook and makes some pretty elaborate meals that she wants documented. Three. Food is actually hard to photograph, especially with plated meals. It's normally low light conditions, it's normally reflective in nature which makes using a strobe difficult, and it's also on a plate that is reflective in most cases. So pictures of food are either too dark, or when hit with a strobe get too many reflection points and it makes the photo look harsh. Only way I do it is with a good tripod, some spot lighting (non strobe), and a tripod. I do love pictures like others have taken revolving around the subject of food though. Like the fish pic Elizabeth posted, or the black and white one Aksalon posted. I just don't like snapping pics of food itself for the most part.
Those are all valid reasons, thanks for the explanation. I definitely agree about people recording or videoing concerts. I know people that take too many photos and it infringes on your experience as well as theirs. I agree that the best shots of "food" in this thread were around the subject; that shot from Elizabeth is fantastic.
Great shot, that would have been an excellent candidate for circles too. Great colors, especially the variation in the blue of the sky.
Thanks! I hadn't even thought of putting this one in the Circles challenge, funnily enough. The best thing about Australian skies is the shades of blue (amongst other colours), I've got many a heap of shots out in the Top End (Uluru, King's Canyon, The Olgas) that really show just how true-blue it is. One/some of them pop up depending what future daily challenges arise.
I do that too but with Garlic Salt instead of cracked pepper! Cracked pepper sounds amazing though!
That looks really good, I try and eat blueberries at least once a week for breakfast, but never like that. How did you do in the competition?
Thanks for the post jjrocks. What was the dinner beyond the bread/wine? I see some pesto in a jar and some pasta, but I imagine there was a feast....
I wish. What you see is what we ate, most likely. It was toward the end of a few weeks traveling, so cash shortages had us living cheaply. Although, considering there were times when it was just wine and bread, this probably felt somewhat like a feast in that moment. I don't clearly remember, but that would explain why I took a picture. Anyway, I've thoroughly enjoyed perusing these photo challenge threads and contributing when possible. So I'd also like to thank you for the post(s), thenewgreen. Also, time permitting, I'll be trying out your meatball recipe this weekend. The picture, praise, and ingredients made a nice three-pronged sales pitch. But I suppose that's what almost every food website listing does to appeal to people, so I guess the novel context got me more than anything.
Thanks jjrocks for that, it was nice of you to acknowledge the effort it takes to put these things together. Good luck with the meatballs, be sure to check out the link to the video where I sourced the recipe. It's a nice instructional video, easy to follow. They really are delicious. I've enjoyed your photos. Keep them coming!
I find the act of taking pictures of food to be pretty silly, but I'm surprised at how much fun I had with taking pictures of my lunch today. It's a pretty stupid thing, but it's also cool to take silly pictures like this one: It's a sandwich that I made at work today consisting of tuna salad, Jarlsberg cheese, lettuce, tomato and mustard on whole wheat bread. Even more pictures of my sandwich: http://imgur.com/a/k0y0p
Food. Why don't we try a poor-quality but ultra-authentic Chianti vineyard with a bonus aqueduct in the background. Speculation on age of aqueduct welcome. Man I'm stupid, I can only make the image show up upside-down. Is hubski not compatible with imgur's edited urls or am I drunk?
mk or flagamuffin, do you know the answer to this?
I think you meant forwardslash. When I removed the ?1 from your url, it seemed to work, flagamuffin.
I did, my apologize to all involved in this incident. This is the second time in as many weeks that I've shouted-out to flagamuffin on accident.