Food photo fail

[greyl]

If you can stomach it, and can view the Flash on the homepage, witness some of the most unappetizing photos of food ever:
www.redbarnfood.com

Might have a better use a diet aid.

[Suich]

1. That's pretty awful!

Food photography is a real art. I saw a program about it once and there's a whole bunch of tricks they use.

:)

[Deja Q]

7. It should be about business, if the pictures are supposed to induce hunger, not vomiting...

:rofl:

[grace0418]

2. Good grief! Why don't they just quit being so cheap and spend the money on

professional photography? That travesty of a "food gallery" on their website isn't going to win over anybody. What's not blurry or over-exposed looks wilted, greasy and thoroughly unappetizing.

As a graphic designer, I always have to laugh at the people who think they're designers or photographers because they bought a Mac with Photoshop and a digital camera. Like that's all it takes. I could get into the cockpit of an airplane but that wouldn't make me a pilot.

[Auggie]

3. Couldn't agree more

[Deja Q]

6. Because the 'new economy' is about "value",

with "value" meaning only expense costs, not anything that really qualifies under the definition of "value":

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/value
(See definitions 1 and 3)

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0412/p13s01-usec.html
One of many articles discussing "value", "new economy", "new normal", and the other Orwellian newspeak... :)

Anybody can get a camera and equipment.

Anyone can get workers, and call them better even if the quality isn't up to par with pig shit, claiming we have an overabundance of workers:
http://www.minyanville.com/articles/BKX-Bernanke-SRS-SGP-IYR-ISM/index/a/23205

Plenty of DUers think photography is just pointing the lens and just pressing the shutter-release button. (I used to respond with the nuances involved, like it matters.)

Some think using low-end, proprietary software makes them the king of the world in other fields too. (um, no...)



Of course, and in the end, ALL art is subjective. There are bound to be many who think those photos are the best compositions ever. Of course, some people like looking at open-heart surgery too...



And, what the heck, Seth MacFarlane, Matt Stone, and Trey Parker all lowered the bar on animation quality and look where they got to. Expect Comedy Central or FOX Broadcasting's next big hit to involve stick figures.

[Auggie]

11. Before photography became digital it was easy to spend all day on

a single food shot for a national ad. I've art directed a lot of food photography -- it's a meticulous process. It's quicker today with digital cameras, and having retouching software like Photoshop allows us to cover up mistakes we'd ordinarily fix on set. But you still need an eye for design, lighting and food styling, plus the experience of having done it over and over again, to get good results.

[Skittles]

4. that food looks like it has already been eaten

:puke:

[Deja Q]

5. Well, the fades between images is too fast, and re: the photos, are you sure they didn't

cut'n'paste open heart surgery and display the results?

[NJmaverick]

8. Some of those dishes actually didn't look all that bad

[seemunkee]

9. Lobster never looked so unappetizing

Come on, its not that hard to make some of those dishes look fantastic. Steak Frites is one of my favorite meals, but not there. And the egg with truffle, I'm sure it's expensive but who would order it based on that photo?

[TommyO]

10. Take a look at their menu

they have "Appertizers" including Salmon "Tartar"

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Even worse, the "chef" is a French Culinary Institute grad with two years at Le Cirque

Seriously, not only is the food photographed in a most shitty way, it's not even plated or presented well. The lettuce looks awful on a lot of it. Probably due to a nincompoop taking the photos taking too long and forcing the lettuce into wilt-zone, but still.

That food looks awful, and I don't mean the photography.

And whey does the chef still keep his DDS credential after his name? He's not a practicing dentist any more, and having a DDS has nothing to do with being a chef. Drop the degree, shithead.

[nuxvomica]

13. It's way too close up

Is that a human tongue in one of the photos? They breeze by so fast I can't tell. :shrug: