For even more bloopers, see: Going Behind The Scenes – With A Food Blogger
Do you watch the blooper reels they sometimes include at the ends of movies?
I happen to have my own set of blooper reels. You might think, “Food doesn’t even move, so photographing food must be the easiest thing in the world,” but this is quite untrue! Food photography is a tricky—and often frustrating—subject. The best food photography tip I could ever give to you is to have a sense of humor, because sometimes things can go very wrong…
Starting with my Single Serving Banana Pancakes.
This is what happens when you’re lazy and try to save time by taking food pictures and not using a tripod and timer. Pour with one hand, hold the camera in the other, and you’re bound to get syrup all over the place.
Not so fun to clean up, but not nearly as bad as this next example:
Watching the camera, I completely misjudged where to pour… And I was very sad because I’d planned to drink the shake after taking the pictures. Instead all I got to do was clean up a giant mess.
Remember how gorgeous this milkshake looked in the finished photos?
Now a lesson from Henry: Photo Bombing 101
Oh hi, Flourless Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Hi again! Nutella Rice Crispy Treats
What, you mean you don’t want my beautiful face in your food photography pictures?
Henry could have a degree in photo bombing. And he’s teaching Batman his evil ways…
Think I’ll just help myself to some Crispy Sweet Potato Fries.
Get away from those Pumpkin Stuffed Chocolate Cookies!
More food photography bloopers:
Behold, the exploding red velvet cake in a mug!
At the time, I actually thought this picture of my Vanilla Chai Milkshakes was artistic. I even submitted it to foodgawker… and was surprised when they rejected it! Seriously, how on earth could I not see the resemblance to bird poop?? What was I thinking?
Funny, I was just gonna go across the hall and write that on Chandler.
Then there is ice cream:
Going going… Pumpkin Cookie Dough Ice Cream
Gone. Cauliflower Chocolate Cake
After the ice cream fell, I decided to just give up and call it a day. Scooped the ice cream back on top of the cake, and ate all the evidence.
Part Two: Chocolate Covered Katie – What You Don’t See On The Blog
If you had just photographed the coconut chai milkshake on a different table… Even though it was obvious that what was on the table was spilled milkshake, it was impossible not to think of bird poop 🙂 I really appreciate you sharing these. Since I’ve never tried to do food photography (other than some very moldy dark chocolate peanut butter cookies), it never occurred to me that disasters would occur.
HAHA, loved this! Although I would totally keep the pictures with doggies in the background. They are really just helping to sell it. 😉
Dog photobombs are the BEST!!!! I always pick those over better pics because, let’s face it, food looks delicious. But dogs are the BEST!
Love this, Katie! My favorite part of movies are the bloopers.
When I look at food blogs, the photography always looks perfect. It’s nice to see that sometimes your kitchen looks like mine (dog help included)! 😀
Thanks for the smiles, Katie! These are great!!!
Love this post! It was so fun to read, and I think anyone who has ever taken a picture of food can relate! 😉
I really enjoyed this post! Very funny! As well as interesting to see the “behind the scenes”
hilarious!! as much as i love your recipe posts… this is definitely one of my faves! haha! 🙂 lisa
hahahah, this was a fun post to read. i wish it were possible to leave picture comments because i think it would be awesome for everyone to be able to share our similar photo failures. food photography really is more difficult than it looks!
I would love to be a dog in your house. Yum!