WEBVTT - How To Take Better Instagram Food Pictures

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<v Speaker 1>Had to take better food pictures for Instagram. Amrich jamiro

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<v Speaker 1>This is Rich on Tech Daily. All right, So how

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<v Speaker 1>many times has this happened to you? You get an

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<v Speaker 1>amazing dish put in front of your face, it looks

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<v Speaker 1>like some delicious food. You want to take a picture

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<v Speaker 1>of it to share it with your friends on Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>You snap that photo, You look at it and ugh,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody wants to eat that. It doesn't look very appealing. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's happened to me a bunch of times. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>it's happened to you. If you don't know what you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing when it comes to taking these food pictures, they

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<v Speaker 1>can look pretty bad. So recently I attended a culinary

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<v Speaker 1>storytelling workshop to try to fix this. We were on

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<v Speaker 1>board the Ruby Princess. We went down to San Pedro

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<v Speaker 1>on a Saturday morning. This was an event hosted by

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<v Speaker 1>tech Munch. They host a bunch of traveling food events,

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<v Speaker 1>influencer events, all kinds of stuff when it comes to food.

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<v Speaker 1>Very cool company. We were on board the Ruby Princess.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, Curtis Stone, the celebrity chef, has a

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<v Speaker 1>restaurant there called Share. He also has that same restaurant

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<v Speaker 1>in two other ships. It was really cool because I've

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<v Speaker 1>never been on a cruise, so it was fun to

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of be on the ship, but we didn't

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<v Speaker 1>actually leave the harbor or the port, whatever you call it.

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<v Speaker 1>There were lots of food bloggers in attendance. I was

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<v Speaker 1>definitely out of my league. I just brought a cell

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<v Speaker 1>phone camera and a GoPro, but I did learn some stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>so it was really fun. We had a six course meal,

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<v Speaker 1>started with charcuterie, continued with some lemon poached prawns cavatelli,

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<v Speaker 1>with some amazing like foamy sauce that was really good

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<v Speaker 1>trout that everyone thought was salmon, and then some lamb,

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<v Speaker 1>which I did not really partake in because I've never

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<v Speaker 1>really tried it, so I was kind of like, ash

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<v Speaker 1>I try it, I didn't maybe a bite, and then

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<v Speaker 1>finally a citron tart which was really good as well.

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<v Speaker 1>We took pictures of everything. I mean, I've been in

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<v Speaker 1>restaurants where you see people taking pictures of their food.

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<v Speaker 1>This is like next level stuff because everyone in there

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<v Speaker 1>was a food blogger. They are taking crazy amounts of

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<v Speaker 1>pictures in all kinds of weird ways. Leading the event

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<v Speaker 1>was a food photographer and blogger named Ashley Rodriguez. She

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<v Speaker 1>blogs on the website Not Without Salt, and she was

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<v Speaker 1>leading the way giving us real tips and kind of

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<v Speaker 1>demos as we ate our food. So her first tip,

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<v Speaker 1>you can hear it from herself, use a menu to

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<v Speaker 1>light things up.

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<v Speaker 2>If I happen to see that this beautiful menu is

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<v Speaker 2>this perfect, pure white that it's a good way of

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<v Speaker 2>bouncing the light back into the plate, so you're softening

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<v Speaker 2>those shadows.

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<v Speaker 1>Her next tip, if you want to take the absolute

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<v Speaker 1>best food pictures, and that's sort of your primary reason

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<v Speaker 1>for visiting a restaurant, try eating lunch there instead of dinner.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's why, when I go out to eat for lunch,

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<v Speaker 2>the lightning is going to be so much better. If

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<v Speaker 2>I go out to dinner. Sometimes I will just simply

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<v Speaker 2>not even try and put away the camera my phone

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<v Speaker 2>and just simply enjoy the meal.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a good one, and it kind of makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>People love stories, so tell a story with your photos.

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<v Speaker 2>Take a picture of the beautiful plate as it hits

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<v Speaker 2>the table, but also don't turn off that part of

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<v Speaker 2>your brain that's thinging ooh, this would make a good

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<v Speaker 2>photo because it is often those images that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the napkin is a little tussled, the plate is a

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<v Speaker 2>little skewed. To me, photography is all about storytelling. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what's interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally, Ashley's last tip, don't forget to include yourself

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<v Speaker 1>in the pictures you scroll through an Instagram feed, it

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<v Speaker 1>might as well be anonymous because you don't see who

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<v Speaker 1>the person is behind the lens.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're dining with a friend, you can ask them

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<v Speaker 2>to take a picture for you. I think any sense

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<v Speaker 2>of life in the photo, So if you know, even

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<v Speaker 2>if you have your hand kind of reaching in, or

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<v Speaker 2>have your friend's hands reaching in to grab the plate,

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<v Speaker 2>that adds that much more interest as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, in case you're wondering what chefs like Curtis Stone

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<v Speaker 1>think of the trend of everyone taking pictures of their food, well,

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<v Speaker 1>he can't speak for all chefs, but I think they

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like it.

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<v Speaker 3>So the truth behind Instagram and all of the different

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<v Speaker 3>social media outlets. If your food looks good and it

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<v Speaker 3>tastes good, people talk positively about it, and it just

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<v Speaker 3>amplifies that good old fashioned wood of mouth, so we

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<v Speaker 3>actually love it.

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<v Speaker 1>There you have, it had to take better pictures of

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<v Speaker 1>your food for Instagram. I had a blast at the event.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not a food photographer by any means, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is kind of fun to take pictures of your food. Personally,

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<v Speaker 1>I do it a lot just to kind of remember

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<v Speaker 1>what I ate. I will share it on Instagram. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't expect a lot of people to really care, but

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<v Speaker 1>if there's a cool meal somewhere you went and someone

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<v Speaker 1>wants to either make that meal, or if it's a recipe,

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<v Speaker 1>or go to that place and eat the same thing,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a great way of sharing. If you want to

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<v Speaker 1>see the pictures that I took, you can go to

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<v Speaker 1>my Instagram. It is rich on Tech. That's my profile.

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