Comments on: STW Flicker Challenge for October: Plate it Up! http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/ Food Photography Blog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:06:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matt http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-33636 Matt Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:24:14 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-33636 Phenomenal photos as usual! Phenomenal photos as usual!

]]> By: nika http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-33596 nika Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:19:29 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-33596 This is a me too comment :-) but I wanted to add that my first reaction to the right plate was "Yikes, that looks prickly" The funky fan sharpness of the green beans totally distracted me. I think most of us know on some level that we would not want our beans all splayed out like that because they are gonna chill off really fast versus if they are all nestled up into a pile like a lot of green cozy hamsters ... ok, can ya tell the green beans were really distracting to me? This is a me too comment :-) but I wanted to add that my first reaction to the right plate was “Yikes, that looks prickly” The funky fan sharpness of the green beans totally distracted me. I think most of us know on some level that we would not want our beans all splayed out like that because they are gonna chill off really fast versus if they are all nestled up into a pile like a lot of green cozy hamsters … ok, can ya tell the green beans were really distracting to me?

]]> By: Anita http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-32949 Anita Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:41:48 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-32949 On a completely unrelated note... I know this isn't a piano bar, but do you take requests? :D I seem to be taking a lot of sandwich shots lately, and I would love to have some tips. I can't seem to wrap my brain around how to make them look nice. On a completely unrelated note… I know this isn’t a piano bar, but do you take requests? :D

I seem to be taking a lot of sandwich shots lately, and I would love to have some tips. I can’t seem to wrap my brain around how to make them look nice.

]]> By: Katherine Gray http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-32217 Katherine Gray Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:04:21 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-32217 I'm no food stylist (I just come here to drool) but as an eater, I don't like the after photo, either. It's overdone and not accessible. I'd be afraid to eat it. I’m no food stylist (I just come here to drool) but as an eater, I don’t like the after photo, either. It’s overdone and not accessible. I’d be afraid to eat it.

]]> By: C http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-32131 C Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:48:11 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-32131 Funny. That thing on the right is hideous. There must have been a chef involved. lol Funny. That thing on the right is hideous. There must have been a chef involved. lol

]]> By: Kavey http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31872 Kavey Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:50:27 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31872 Am so glad to read the other comments as I thought I was alone in snorting back a giggle when I read "Because we tried to show as many techniques as possible on one plate, this comes dangerously close to overdone." "Close?" I thought. This is so overdone it looks like the first dish was thrown into a food processor and then splashed back out onto the plate. I actually do appreciate the points they are trying to make about dressing and garnishing the dish but... their example makes me want to run the other way! Am so glad to read the other comments as I thought I was alone in snorting back a giggle when I read “Because we tried to show as many techniques as possible on one plate, this comes dangerously close to overdone.”

“Close?” I thought. This is so overdone it looks like the first dish was thrown into a food processor and then splashed back out onto the plate.

I actually do appreciate the points they are trying to make about dressing and garnishing the dish but… their example makes me want to run the other way!

]]> By: liz http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31813 liz Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:02:02 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31813 The plate on the right looks like someone was pretty stoned when they plated it and got a bit overinvolved. Sure, the plate on the left is pretty plain, but I just want to eat, I don't want to have to deconstruct anything. They should have gone for more subtle styling on the plate on the right rather than picking "things that explode" as a theme. The plate on the right looks like someone was pretty stoned when they plated it and got a bit overinvolved.

Sure, the plate on the left is pretty plain, but I just want to eat, I don’t want to have to deconstruct anything.

They should have gone for more subtle styling on the plate on the right rather than picking “things that explode” as a theme.

]]> By: kitchenbeard http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31786 kitchenbeard Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:53:13 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31786 I think alot of the problem with the 2 examples is they're appraoching it form a 2 dimensional stand point, and ignoring that possibilities of height with plating. Arranging the couscous as a base and the stacking thepeas and sliced shicken over and then saucing, would create a more attractive set up and making use of the 3rd dimension. I think alot of the problem with the 2 examples is they’re appraoching it form a 2 dimensional stand point, and ignoring that possibilities of height with plating. Arranging the couscous as a base and the stacking thepeas and sliced shicken over and then saucing, would create a more attractive set up and making use of the 3rd dimension.

]]> By: L http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31783 L Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:55:29 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31783 Glad it's not just me then. The whole reason that I created this month's challenge is because I knew you guys could do better. Now to give a tiny bit of slack to the article (not much, I think the presentation is trying far to hard and still not coming close to beautiful, elegant or mouthwatering)... my guess is that it could have looked better in person than it did in photos. Styling for one doesn't necessarily mean it will look good for the other. Still, to get the point across well, I think they should have optimized for the photo. In particular that fan of beans? Looks like they want dinner to look like a rare tropical bird. Ouch. -L Glad it’s not just me then. The whole reason that I created this month’s challenge is because I knew you guys could do better.

Now to give a tiny bit of slack to the article (not much, I think the presentation is trying far to hard and still not coming close to beautiful, elegant or mouthwatering)… my guess is that it could have looked better in person than it did in photos. Styling for one doesn’t necessarily mean it will look good for the other.

Still, to get the point across well, I think they should have optimized for the photo. In particular that fan of beans? Looks like they want dinner to look like a rare tropical bird. Ouch.

-L

]]> By: TD http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31782 TD Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:49:00 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2007/10/03/stw-flicker-challenge-for-october-plate-it-up/#comment-31782 I have to make this unanimous (thusfar) and agree that while the before is no attention-grabber, after looks like a stir fry gone wrong. The food stylists at the Times need to pick up a few copies of Donna Hay magazine and start taking notes! I have to make this unanimous (thusfar) and agree that while the before is no attention-grabber, after looks like a stir fry gone wrong. The food stylists at the Times need to pick up a few copies of Donna Hay magazine and start taking notes!

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