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
This made me laugh! Especially the photo bombs of Henry! He definitely adds some sweetness to the dessert pictures. 😀
Those are funny! It’s a good thing I don’t take photos of food too frequently because any time I try, I seem to forget and just eat it 🙂 Occasionally I want to put a picture of something amazing I ate on my blog, and it always has at least a few bites out if it.
Too funny! I have a tripod but am too lazy to use it, and my cat loves getting in the way of pictures…
Even your “gone wrong” food photos look GREAT! Seriously! These made me chuckle. Love your blog! xo
Your post made me smile! I have SO much to learn about food photography. Your pictures are so amazing! It is good to know that even the experts have some bloopers every now and then 🙂
I needed a good laugh today. Thanks! Your dogs are precious. Of course they would want to check out your yummy food creations! I hope we get to see more pictures of your dogs in the future. (And more bloopers!)
This made me smile.
I love that your dog gets in so many of your photos. Such a cutie.
Those pics with the pups are so cute! I can just imagine if I tried something like that with my chickens around…. the resulting food photography would be “void photography”! 😉
Katie, this is a crack-up! I’m definitely not brave enough to post my failed shots for everyone to see… Good for you!
Any tips on good pouring shots? You have quite a few pancake posts with cute photos, but I’ve never been brave enough to try one myself!
These are hilarious! Like everyone else, I love the ones with the dogs in them. Your dogs have much more self control than mine do…my dogs would scarf down anything remotely near their mouths! Also, in the second picture I definitely thought the spilled milkshake was actually a plate. I had to look twice to figure out what was wrong with it.