hmmmm.I think I'll start blogging again...yeah! I think I'll blog right now! jk! I never stopped but it seems like I did.Okay I've been super busy and to be perfectly honest I've been playing a lot. And I don't even feel bad about it, so there!
Okay on with today's post. it's a rant of sorts....and you get to see my food/photography snobbery come out. enjoy hahahah!
So I picked up the latest Everyday FOOD magazine from Martha Stewart. I was lured in by the yummy cover.I want so badly to try the yummy fruit pops on the cover and there are many more inside that I have to try, namely the mojito ice pops. I was also interested in the article "Summer Made Easy, 120+ must have recipes."
I drooled over all the pages until I got to page 80.... "Blanket Banquet." The real reason I bought the magazine, I admit, was not because of the yummy fruit pops, but the one article with the horrifically bad photos of a blanket banquet.....
Mouth ceasing to salivate, I looked at the other 7 pages in the article... I was kind of appalled at how bad the photos looked. I even thought "I could take better photos than that! maybe I should apply at Martha Stewart... These look like they were shot with a cheap point-and-shoot camera and then printed at the cheapest printer in town." I had to see who the photographer was! Flipping back to the front page of the article I saw a label reading, "LOOK! These photographs were taken with an iphone, using the HIPSTAMATIC APP."
iphone hipstamatic app.... eh? That's fine and good and great.... But food photos in a food magazine are supposed to make the food look good, and appetizing, and tempting and make you want to lick the paper even. The zesty chicken salad sandwiches did not look appetizing at all! Bleck! And the photo reminded me of an outdated recipe book from the 1970s or 80s. I get that the hipstamatic app is "uber-cool" and stuff with it's trendy retro look but I think there is a place for everything including photography and a food magazine is not the place for this kind of photography. I was mostly surprised that a magazine like Martha Stewart, "America's premier homemaker" with a brand that speaks of perfection and high end quality would have such unappetizing photos in her food magazine. I love Martha Stewart for her DIY projects and tips and her clean, simple, classic style. But I admit it was disturbing to see photos like this in her magazine.
I was so shocked I just had to buy the magazine so I could show someone! I am either a little dramatic or just very passionate, but if it takes bad photos in your magazine to get someone to buy it then I guess it worked...
I couldn't find the chicken salad sandwiches on her blog but here is a photo of the tomato tartlets, definitely not the worst photo in the article. If you happen to see a Martha Stewart Everyday FOOD magazine at the super market, turn to page 84 to see the chicken salad sandwiches.
Side note: I admit I am glad I bought it. Now I am for sure going to try the fruit pops!
Okay on with today's post. it's a rant of sorts....and you get to see my food/photography snobbery come out. enjoy hahahah!
So I picked up the latest Everyday FOOD magazine from Martha Stewart. I was lured in by the yummy cover.I want so badly to try the yummy fruit pops on the cover and there are many more inside that I have to try, namely the mojito ice pops. I was also interested in the article "Summer Made Easy, 120+ must have recipes."
I drooled over all the pages until I got to page 80.... "Blanket Banquet." The real reason I bought the magazine, I admit, was not because of the yummy fruit pops, but the one article with the horrifically bad photos of a blanket banquet.....
Mouth ceasing to salivate, I looked at the other 7 pages in the article... I was kind of appalled at how bad the photos looked. I even thought "I could take better photos than that! maybe I should apply at Martha Stewart... These look like they were shot with a cheap point-and-shoot camera and then printed at the cheapest printer in town." I had to see who the photographer was! Flipping back to the front page of the article I saw a label reading, "LOOK! These photographs were taken with an iphone, using the HIPSTAMATIC APP."
iphone hipstamatic app.... eh? That's fine and good and great.... But food photos in a food magazine are supposed to make the food look good, and appetizing, and tempting and make you want to lick the paper even. The zesty chicken salad sandwiches did not look appetizing at all! Bleck! And the photo reminded me of an outdated recipe book from the 1970s or 80s. I get that the hipstamatic app is "uber-cool" and stuff with it's trendy retro look but I think there is a place for everything including photography and a food magazine is not the place for this kind of photography. I was mostly surprised that a magazine like Martha Stewart, "America's premier homemaker" with a brand that speaks of perfection and high end quality would have such unappetizing photos in her food magazine. I love Martha Stewart for her DIY projects and tips and her clean, simple, classic style. But I admit it was disturbing to see photos like this in her magazine.
I was so shocked I just had to buy the magazine so I could show someone! I am either a little dramatic or just very passionate, but if it takes bad photos in your magazine to get someone to buy it then I guess it worked...
I couldn't find the chicken salad sandwiches on her blog but here is a photo of the tomato tartlets, definitely not the worst photo in the article. If you happen to see a Martha Stewart Everyday FOOD magazine at the super market, turn to page 84 to see the chicken salad sandwiches.
Side note: I admit I am glad I bought it. Now I am for sure going to try the fruit pops!