texture of foods in this photograph.

The bottle looks very rigid. The bottle says chablis. you can imagine whats in it would be crispy and refreshing and has enough acidity.

The chees looks very soft while the breads looks a bit crunchy because it is toasted.

I think one way to show the texture of an object in photograph is contrast. One can put an objects that have totally different texture next to the each other.

It is true that texture is critical in terms of food. I have worked with a chef that always concerns about the textrue when he made a new menu or dishes.

One example. A lot of restaurant serves pate with something crunchy such as diced carrots or radish.

As soon as you see this picture I bet your mouth is starting to watery? Because my mine did. On sunday,my friend and I went to a local bakery and got these goodies. Tres leche, strawberry shortcake,cheesecake and chocolate covered strawberry. When I took this picture I started to play with different angles to capture the texture. As you can see the background is dark,enhancing the shadow and lines of each pastry. For example, the cheesecake you can see how moist and fresh it is, because of the way the crust looks in the picture.The tres leche you can see the lines of the whipping cream how soft and fluffy it looks.the strawberry with a dark tint, giving the photo a dark mystery sense of an vintage picture.

The texture of the food is an important part of the dish. Without the right texture, the food wouldn’t look as good or taste as good. People usually indicate the doneness of their food based on the texture of the food. Whenever I think of food texture, I think of pie crust, spring roll skin or fried chicken skin. In order to capture the texture of the food, it is important to aim the camera in the right angle and in the right lighting.  For example, based on this photo of the fried chicken. You can almost feel the texture with your tongue by the crispiness and the crunch of the golden brown skin.

I think that when taking pictures of food we need to deliver the audience much more then “oh !..vegetables”. We need to allow them to smell and taste as well. Textures can be transmitted to us in pictures if the object appropriate angle is captured. I think sunlight and the distance from the camera and food can be what defines the objects texture. The picture of the salad on the left transmits the crunchiness of the arugula and cucumber but shows the shine of the dressing. The light exposure on the vegetables allows for them to be define and gives the sense that its in front of you.

Green Salad with house dressing

These days, coffee became the most popular drink to start a day. People need to have a cup of a coffee before starting their work, and drink constantly throughout the day. However, is cup of coffee that important that it became a alternative option for “food”? Some people around me would choose coffee instead of having a sandwich or pizza for lunch. Their reasons vary. They do not have enough time, heavy Breakfast, rather enjoy relaxing moment with a cup of coffee than going to a hectic restaurant. For me, I choose food without any hesitation. I do appreciate the good smell of coffee and its taste. It really soothes me, but not as much as I love my other “food” options. From my perspective, coffee can be categorized under dessert, or appetizer. They say coffee also has variety of smell and taste, but you can’t compare it to other foods’ variations such as fired calamari, steak, pizza, and numerous desserts that I do not even know their names. During Civil war, coffee became so important because it might be the only time that soldiers could forget about the tragic war and be comforted. However, since I’m not in a war, I choose food. Coffee is nothing more than just one of my favorite drinks.

Honestly, food is the logical choice between the two. The human body absolutely needs FOOD and WATER to complete its bodily functions. Never once has a study confirmed, coffee to be some sort of miracle beverage as some of those soldiers might classify it as. Sure everyone enjoys their little fraps, lattes, and so forth but these drinks are to be consumed for mere pleasure. I admit coffee in todays society may have its beneficial effects in terms of weight loss and prevention in diabetes, but the risk factors greatly exceeds its benefits. Studies have proven that with drinking copious amounts of coffee comes an increase in stress, anxiety, hunger, high cholesterol and the list goes on. For the soldiers of that time, they knew nothing about the actual negative effects coffee has on their body…but then again if you are being shot at on a daily basis who could blame them. If they did however, I believe that their good judgment would take over and pull back on the cups of joe. After all, no general wants hungry and overly-anxious soldiers with guns. The spike in alertness pleased them very much and in some sense raised their spirits. In my opinion, the “coffee craze” of that time period, was more mind over matter. In depressing times we all need something to keep us pushing through and in this case it just so happens that coffee is that “pushing factor”.