1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Had to take better food pictures for Instagram. Amrich jamiro 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: This is Rich on Tech Daily. All right, So how 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: many times has this happened to you? You get an 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: amazing dish put in front of your face, it looks 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: like some delicious food. You want to take a picture 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: of it to share it with your friends on Instagram. 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: You snap that photo, You look at it and ugh, 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: nobody wants to eat that. It doesn't look very appealing. Yes, 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: it's happened to me a bunch of times. I'm sure 10 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: it's happened to you. If you don't know what you're 11 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: doing when it comes to taking these food pictures, they 12 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: can look pretty bad. So recently I attended a culinary 13 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 1: storytelling workshop to try to fix this. We were on 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: board the Ruby Princess. We went down to San Pedro 15 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: on a Saturday morning. This was an event hosted by 16 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: tech Munch. They host a bunch of traveling food events, 17 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: influencer events, all kinds of stuff when it comes to food. 18 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: Very cool company. We were on board the Ruby Princess. 19 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: Like I said, Curtis Stone, the celebrity chef, has a 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: restaurant there called Share. He also has that same restaurant 21 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: in two other ships. It was really cool because I've 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: never been on a cruise, so it was fun to 23 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: just kind of be on the ship, but we didn't 24 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: actually leave the harbor or the port, whatever you call it. 25 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: There were lots of food bloggers in attendance. I was 26 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: definitely out of my league. I just brought a cell 27 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: phone camera and a GoPro, but I did learn some stuff, 28 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: so it was really fun. We had a six course meal, 29 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: started with charcuterie, continued with some lemon poached prawns cavatelli, 30 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: with some amazing like foamy sauce that was really good 31 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: trout that everyone thought was salmon, and then some lamb, 32 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: which I did not really partake in because I've never 33 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: really tried it, so I was kind of like, ash 34 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: I try it, I didn't maybe a bite, and then 35 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: finally a citron tart which was really good as well. 36 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: We took pictures of everything. I mean, I've been in 37 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,279 Speaker 1: restaurants where you see people taking pictures of their food. 38 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: This is like next level stuff because everyone in there 39 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: was a food blogger. They are taking crazy amounts of 40 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: pictures in all kinds of weird ways. Leading the event 41 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: was a food photographer and blogger named Ashley Rodriguez. She 42 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: blogs on the website Not Without Salt, and she was 43 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: leading the way giving us real tips and kind of 44 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: demos as we ate our food. So her first tip, 45 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: you can hear it from herself, use a menu to 46 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: light things up. 47 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: If I happen to see that this beautiful menu is 48 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 2: this perfect, pure white that it's a good way of 49 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 2: bouncing the light back into the plate, so you're softening 50 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 2: those shadows. 51 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: Her next tip, if you want to take the absolute 52 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: best food pictures, and that's sort of your primary reason 53 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: for visiting a restaurant, try eating lunch there instead of dinner. 54 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 2: Here's why, when I go out to eat for lunch, 55 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: the lightning is going to be so much better. If 56 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: I go out to dinner. Sometimes I will just simply 57 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 2: not even try and put away the camera my phone 58 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: and just simply enjoy the meal. 59 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: This is a good one, and it kind of makes sense. 60 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: People love stories, so tell a story with your photos. 61 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 2: Take a picture of the beautiful plate as it hits 62 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 2: the table, but also don't turn off that part of 63 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: your brain that's thinging ooh, this would make a good 64 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: photo because it is often those images that you know, 65 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: the napkin is a little tussled, the plate is a 66 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 2: little skewed. To me, photography is all about storytelling. That's 67 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 2: what's interesting. 68 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: And finally, Ashley's last tip, don't forget to include yourself 69 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: in the pictures you scroll through an Instagram feed, it 70 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: might as well be anonymous because you don't see who 71 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: the person is behind the lens. 72 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: If you're dining with a friend, you can ask them 73 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 2: to take a picture for you. I think any sense 74 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 2: of life in the photo, So if you know, even 75 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: if you have your hand kind of reaching in, or 76 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: have your friend's hands reaching in to grab the plate, 77 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 2: that adds that much more interest as well. 78 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: Now, in case you're wondering what chefs like Curtis Stone 79 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: think of the trend of everyone taking pictures of their food, well, 80 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: he can't speak for all chefs, but I think they 81 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: kind of like it. 82 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 3: So the truth behind Instagram and all of the different 83 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 3: social media outlets. If your food looks good and it 84 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 3: tastes good, people talk positively about it, and it just 85 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: amplifies that good old fashioned wood of mouth, so we 86 00:03:58,960 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 3: actually love it. 87 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: There you have, it had to take better pictures of 88 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: your food for Instagram. I had a blast at the event. 89 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: I am not a food photographer by any means, but 90 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: it is kind of fun to take pictures of your food. Personally, 91 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: I do it a lot just to kind of remember 92 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: what I ate. I will share it on Instagram. I 93 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: don't expect a lot of people to really care, but 94 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: if there's a cool meal somewhere you went and someone 95 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: wants to either make that meal, or if it's a recipe, 96 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: or go to that place and eat the same thing, 97 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: it's a great way of sharing. If you want to 98 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: see the pictures that I took, you can go to 99 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: my Instagram. It is rich on Tech. That's my profile. 100 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: You can find a link to it at richontech dot tv. 101 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast. 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