themusecalliope

I love how companies design their "food" to look like what people "think" food should look like. I mean, what part of the chicken is the mcnugget from? What ever part it is it comes in the exact same 4 shapes regardless of the chicken. Which reminds me...

Food photography makes me ill. When I was taking photo classes in design school we learned how to create the kind of photos that make food look "appealing". Doing things like painting the turkey with burnt sienna acrylic mixed with gloss medium to give it the proper "oven" roasted texture and shine. Or using flat coke in coffee cups because it actually photographs better than coffee. Think of the disgust that somone working in porn must have because they see behind the camera and under the make up, but apply that stomach churning to food.

Thanksgiving food pictures in magazines...(shudder)...