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It's hard to make a red (cranberry and apple) chutney not look completely disgusting in a photo. I think this works.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 7th, 2010 at 04:46:33 PM EST
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I'm glad you've told us what it is.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 7th, 2010 at 05:06:26 PM EST
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It still needs context then?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 7th, 2010 at 05:14:55 PM EST
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Bwainz!

Yes, it does.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jan 8th, 2010 at 07:45:13 AM EST
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Not as successful as I hoped then. Though you should see it adjusted otherwise. Scary even when you know what it is.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 8th, 2010 at 07:49:04 AM EST
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Food photography is hard. The professionals use flat wide light, narrow depth of field, and they literally pay other professionals to come in and sculpt the food before they shoot it.

A magazine shot would probably have some bread or something else to add context. A tub of stuff on its own doesn't hold enough information to parse the contents without extra hints.

And it's easy to make food shots look disgusting without trying.

 

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jan 8th, 2010 at 08:19:55 AM EST
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looks delicious!

Sam make that at home?

recipe please?

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jan 7th, 2010 at 05:11:06 PM EST
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No. Since we refuse to be bound by your patriarchal gender stereotyping, Sam isn't allowed cook. That would be my job. For political and ideological reasons, not for fear of the consequences. Honest.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 8th, 2010 at 07:59:18 AM EST
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Recipe was from one of Nigella Lawson's books, but sort of played by ear - I had more cranberries and less apple than suggested so the sugar needed tweaking rather a lot. Cinnamon, ginger and clove spicing.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 8th, 2010 at 08:00:44 AM EST
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