iPhone Food Photography

Last year I remember scoffing at a story in the New York Times about people taking photos of food:

Even Valery Rizzo, who teaches a class in iPhone food photography, thinks the trend has crossed a line. Tired of seeing uncentered, flash-marred photos of indistinguishable glop, Ms. Rizzo taught a course last fall at 3rd Ward in Bushwick, Brooklyn, to try to raise the bar. Ms. Rizzo briefs her students not only on the apps available, like Instagram, Foodie SnapPak and Camera+, but also tries to teach them lessons on composition and lighting. “No. 1 rule is no flash,” she said. “A lot of food photos are hideous because of the flash.”

A class in iPhone food photography? Seriously? But now that we’ve been doing the blog I sort of wish I could take the course. Food is hard to photograph. Making food taste good is challenging enough but making food that’s photogenic too? A much greater challenge than I ever appreciated!

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