/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I am glad that people enjoy things, and sharing things you enjoy is part of being a normal healthy person.

people who post food on social media are worthless garbage
people who post food pictures on review sites/google are cool
because fuck reading reviews by some bitch who didn't get enough lemons with her ice water, I wanna see if the food looks good

>>14425120
i honestly dont give a shit

>>14425129

This. Of course there are people who live for social media attention and that's lame but there's nothing wrong with sharing snapshots of what you're doing with your friends.

I don't know. Doing it in public is pretty cringe.

>>14425120
some people use it as a way to keep track of their diet and caloric intake

>>14425146
You don't need a picture for that and restaurant food will always be worse than you'd expect with all the butter, oil and sugar they use.

>>14425120
theres the okay, which is just a quick 5-10 second photo to show your friends/S.O

and theres the not okay
>guys dont eat 1st
>guys lets wait for everything to arrive so I can take a pic

its mostly women that fall into the "not okay" category
my mom does it a lot and I get very annoyed with it

I wish I had someone to share cooking pics with

I only do it because everyone is. But I think it's lame.
ergo I am lamé.

>>14425146
No they don't you retarded fucking loser, what?

>>14425164
Not him, but I do that. Sometimes it's easier to take a pic then track everything by eye later or use it as a reminder of what I ate.

>>14425177
No you don't

>>14425164
yes, shockingly enough people do live different lives than you.

>>14425183
Oh okay then im also King of the Butterdrop Guild like so many others!

>>14425120
i think tis a little silly to take pictures of food you did not make but i dont really care what other people do

>>14425177
>easier to take a pic then track everything by eye later or use it as a reminder of what I ate.

shouldnt you plan what you want to eat...before you order?

>uhmmmm yes hello garçon, I'd like 3 double patty deluxe burgers with no onions, truffle wedges and a icecream float, gracias!

>>14425199
If someone is using it for just tracking, and not on any sort of strict diet, then why would they bother?

Take a pic, record it later at night when you're home.

>>14425203
Why would you even take a picture of the food and not the listing on the menu? God this is such a retarded lie

>>14425203
tracking is lame and makes everything so miserable

just cut all sodas and eat less carbs, fatty
i dont think anyone who actually does tracking actually succeeds in getting slim

>>14425212
>i dont think anyone who actually does tracking actually succeeds in getting slim
I track my food and am not overweight. I just like tracking it and if I do ever have any medical concerns I can pull up an accurate history of my diet for the last 3+ years.

It's just a habit i've gotten into, and before you try and accuse me of lying or something, i'm 5'10" and 158lbs.

>>14425120
Why would you get mad that people enjoy things?

>>14425218
>I do ever have any medical concerns I can pull up an accurate history of my diet for the last 3+ years
Does that explain the mental illness of lying about keeping 3 years of food pictures on your phone?

>>14425218
> just like tracking
>I can pull up an accurate history of my diet for the last 3+ years
jesus

'tism

do you log the location too

very cringe, my mom would legit not let our family eat before she got pics

>>14425221

I can enjoy good food just fine without pausing to take pics for Instagram.

>>14425221
white women are so worthless holyshit

>>14425222
I don't keep the photos, that'd be a complete waste of space.

I just enter it into myfitnesspal at the end of the day and delete the pics.

One or two pics, fine
But fuck people that do nothing but IG shots and barely talk for the entire event.

I like looking at pictures of food, I post other people's pictures of food, but I've never found it worth the hassle to take pictures of my own food.
I feel neutral about the concept as a general concept.

We shoot at what we think we like to remember in future. Concerts, great food, architecture, new born birth, I can't see the problem, except people have to learn to be discrete.

>>14425269
this, a quick picture without flash. Sure not a problem.

Sit there for 5-10 minutes taking pictures at different angles, flash going off, etc. Fuck that shit, you're just an obnoxious cunt.

>>14425269

Yeah exactly. Quickly snapping a few shots for memory's sake (or even for social media) is fine but disrupting an entire event or meal to take staged shots for the 'gram is fucking cringe.

>>14425269
Oh damn no way really???!??

>>14425221
my favorite thing is they dont even take just one picture. it has to to constant like they feel empty without using (((social media))) for more than 3 seconds.

>>14425120
They can be helpful if they're at a restaurant and posting food and menu pics for Yelp. If they're attention seeking fags, I don't care.

>>14425319
The commentator literally said over the loud speaker to start taking selfies, it was a "competition" for the best selfie.

>>14425269
>>14425269
>comparing the birth of a baby to some lousy food that was probably microwaved out of a bag at the back too


>*looks at photo*
>"Hey...remember that clam chowder with extra breadsticks we had at Joe Blow's Diner 7 months ago...?"
>"That was some good times, huh?" *sheds tear*

>>14425231
>white blonde women
Fixed

>>14425120
>if it's food they're making
nothing wrong with it, just don't be a social media whore about it
>if it's food from a restaurant
you should probably kill yourself

I live a thousand miles away from my family and see them one every couple years. I like sending them pictures with I do things including going out to eat once a week or so

>>14425120
I take lots of pictures of my food but it's mostly for documentation purposes

>>14425120

>>14425212
fasting is so much better than tracking. it takes very little effort and it actually saves you rmoney to boot

Cringe, we have Instagram "influencers" come in at least 3-4 times a week and request we plate shit certain ways for their photos. All of them have "foodie" somewhere in their bio or screen name. Usually never over 10k followers, lowest I think was 300 followers. They are almost always Asian women too.

>>14425384
Her anger: immeasurable

>>14425120
I take pictures of food that I make myself, but I never post them anywhere and delete them once I'm done eating. I do it solely to train my sense of visual composition.

>>14425120
wtf is going on with the floor in the background. it morphs into some weird twin peaks shit.

i cant believe there is anyone on this planet who gives a shit. mind your own business

>>14425120
People are always looking at their phones and taking selfies and pictures of stupid shit. Why does taking pictures of food make some people so upset?

>>14425120

Taking pictures of food you made is based.

Taking pictures of food that someone else made is fucking lame.

>>14425135
Nah taking a pic of grilling food to send to your uncle for the lulz

I think that the desire to connect with other people over food is probably one of the most deeply ingrained and natural impulses we have as humans

>>14425120
Taking pictures of food you made yourself is fine. Taking pictures of food you paid for is pathetic.

>>14425120
I think it's fine once in a while, but put the phone down and live in the moment for once. You don't need to share with everyone every time you grill chicken or eat at Mickey's diner

My brother thinks I'm an idiot for doing it, but my memory isn't great and looking at the pictures I take brings me back to that time pretty easily.
You don't actually keep a lot of your memories, folks.

>>14426029
>looking at the pictures I take brings me back to that time pretty easily.
Same.

>>14426029
Studies have shown you remember less from events that you take pictures of during as opposed to living in the moment.

>>14426029
You're going to die anyway.

>>14425120
as long as I'm not in the pic idc

I always do it with things that I've made myself from scratch. It just feels nice to have a reminder of the things I've made.

>>14425120
Briefly scrolling through this thread what I've realized is that nobody actually cares about you taking a quick picture of your food. They care about you twittering it and generally just being absent from the meal because you're too obsessed with looking at your phone. I take pictures of almost everything I eat, because I like looking back through things and occasionally posting things on /ck/ - and I appreciate people who do the same, no matter how shitty.

>all the sad losers itt defending their effeminate NPC behavior

>>14425436

>>14426727
There are certainly pictures I don't remember specifics about, but the important ones, the ones I want to remember, I do.
Maybe taking pictures is a placebo, but it works well for me.
I can scroll through my photos, stop at random, and more often than not I know where I was and why I took it.
I'm not doing it for social media. It's a record.
>>14426748
True. But what I do before then matters. When my mother died, I taught her cookie recipe to my students. And hey, I took pictures.

>>14426841
heh

>>14426846
Maybe you're not supposed to remember, most people don't remember stuff they eat unless it's a special occasion.

>>14426943
Are you saying they're trying to do something to us?

>>14425218
>Oh god I'm having a heart attack
>scrolls through phone
>must've been that burger I had 2 years ago

>>14425120
It's bad if it is for instagram clout, but if someone wants a souvenir for themself, it's all good. Don't make people wait because of it tho.

>>14425221
based chubby girl on the upper left who doesn't give a fuck

>>14425221
Duck face et al, will those morons never learn?
We will fuck you, but laugh at you after..

I don't think of people who take pics of their food.

>>14425120
tourists of life
but I'm also on the spectrum and hate most shit regular ass people do cause I'm too socially retarded to get the appeal

>>14425120
I only do it rarely. When my dad cooked a crown roast for Christmas I gladly took a picture or two. Same when we had goose or duck.

>>14425120
i don't give a shit. if you give a shit you're probably a faggot

>>14425278
How does the second one affect you any more than the first one? You can just not look at them. You're just a giant antsy homo more concerned with what others are doing than your own life, probably because it's garbage lmao

>>14425952
just another bandwagon. people "hate" things in groups, human nature. it's popular to hate taking pictures of your food so people make such a big deal about it. just like everyone "hating" on pineapple on pizza even though you could just not eat it (i think it's terrible personally but don't care if other people eat it because why would you). people just want to fit in.

I do take pictures of my food from time to time.
Usually when my family seems worried that I am not eating.
Usually only takes a few seconds, and I'm not worried if the picture isn't perfect. They just want to see cooked food in front of me at least twice a week.

>>14430090
spotted the guy with a selfie stick

Food photography is a hobby of mine, but I only engage with it at my restaurant with my own food. Would be fun to give it a try at other places, but I can't bring myself to do it. Might try and push myself into it so I can learn to deal with more varied lighting and everything else, though.

>>14430359
Big sloppa shit

I take pics of my food so I can post them here and maybe get a conversation about food going for fucking once.

>>14430388
Thanks bruh.

It's ok if the food is homemade. If it's from a restaurant, pure cringe.

>>14426837
>giving a shit about what other people think

>>14425120
I thank them for sharing on this Laotian calligraphy site's fast food and alcoholism board.

I take pics when I'm proud of what I made.

>>14430507
And before someone says fatass here is another example.

>>14430359
How do I get into taking good food pics?

>>14425336
>comparing the birth of a baby to some lousy food that was probably microwaved out of a bag at the back too
Well, it's not like making a baby is a lot of artistic effort either.

>>14426019
I wonder if the attitude toward this is very different between Americans and Europeans. Or at least some Europeans.
Eating out seems to be generally cheaper and more common in the US, is why I'm thinking this.
I have a pretty good income but it's still rare for me to eat at a restaurant. So when I do go I will probably take a pic so I can post it on FB or in a chatroom or whatever and go "I went to an Italian place today" or whatever.
I doubt I'd bother doing that if I ate out several times a week.

>>14430515
Buy a camera you like and enjoy using (if you like and enjoy using your phone camera, that works too. I hate using my phone to take photos, so I opted to grab a Ricoh GRII. It's small, light and fits my needs perfectly. I have a lot of fun using it).
From there it's mostly just finding nice lighting, angles that work and making sure the right things are in focus. Take lots of photos, edit lots of photos (even the ones you don't like so much) and don't delete shit. Look back at your old work and measure your growth since then to motivate yourself.
Sorry I haven't got anything too technical to say, but that's what's worked for me.

>>14430510
you better be female

>>14425120
>huefags churrasco
like these mutts are doing, is proper cancer

>>14430515
Oh, will add that this really helped me get a better understanding of how a camera works, probably the most helpful information I've found while learning.
https://youtu.be/LUtlZ3sahz8?list=PLqylhS5lcrTGT6YWhz4paJi5wBvdFT0We

>>14425384
>and like that sadako was born and cursed the earth

I take pictures of food when I travel to show my mom or post on /ck/
Sometimes i take pictures of what I bake to post in threads

>>14425120
holy shit you can't get a more brazzilian picture than that.

I'm sure that barbecue come out uma delicia.

>>14430515
>>14430541
Good food photography is like 90% lighting.
Spend some time actually reading about that or watch some videos about it on Youtube.
Don't run out and buy a load of expensive gear just yet either. You probably have a desk map or two that you can mess around with while you learn. Use a sheet of paper to bounce the light etc. etc.
Bounce the flash on your camera or cameraphone too. Straight-on phone flash always looks horrid, especially for food pics, but you can get decent results by bouncing the light off some white cardboard or something to soften and diffuse it.
Pic related obviously doesn't work for a phone but it should give you an idea of what I'm talking about. He just tore open the empty pack and put it over the on-camera flash. The light bounces and still hits the subject but it's softer and more diffused, and it's coming from further away from the lens.
You know how photos taken with flash on the phone sometimes look like cheap CGI? That's because having the flash really close to the lens eliminates shadows. It looks weird.

Oh, and before you spend a day moving around desk lamps and cutting cardboard, try putting your food near a window and see how that works.

Also; never ever go to /p/. Not even for a quick look. Don't do it.

>>14425120
I don’t think about them at all.

>>14425120
They’re cu/ck/s

>>14425129
This

>>14425120
It used to provide this board with original and relevant content so we didn't have so many 'what is Taco Bell removing' and wojack pics.

When i see someone take a photo of their food i think inside what would /ck/ think about this...

>>14425120
Very feminine. Men shouldn't do this.

>>14425120
I don't give a fuck what people think; I like taking pictures of good looking shit I make.

>inb4 ur shit looks like shit
I DO NOT SHARE YOUR OPINION

>>14430507
Looks good, want to hang out and cook? I'm a femanon btw

>>14430747
Thats mexican you can't. Well Hispanic mexican atleast

>>14431130
You see it, and nothing crosses your mind. Wind whistles through your ears.

>>14425120
>food you made yourself
Ok
>any other food
kys

>>14425120
I like to send pictures of food I make to friends because I miss them >.<