Comments on: No foodstagramming for you today, say chefs http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 13:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Michael Van De Berghe http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1638248 Michael Van De Berghe Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1638248 Don't forget their farting and queefing all the time. Don’t forget their farting and queefing all the time.

]]> By: Katie http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1637706 Katie Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1637706 Just when I thought chefs couldn't be more obnoxious and pompous. It's actually a compliment when someone thinks your food looks good enough to capture it. It means you've done a good job. Also that person paid for that food, and gets to do what they want with it. They should be able to wear it as a hat, if they want to. Just when I thought chefs couldn’t be more obnoxious and pompous. It’s actually a compliment when someone thinks your food looks good enough to capture it. It means you’ve done a good job. Also that person paid for that food, and gets to do what they want with it. They should be able to wear it as a hat, if they want to.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636858 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636858 I considered starting a Tumblr blog with a daily photo of my clot-encrusted handkerchief. I considered starting a Tumblr blog with a daily photo of my clot-encrusted handkerchief.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636756 Donald Petersen Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636756 Sure.  Take it home and photograph it until it decomposes and blows away.  Might make a fascinating timelapse movie.  Add a Philip Glass score while you're at it.  But while you're in a privately-owned restaurant, behave as the owner demands.  If you find those demands unreasonable, don't patronize the joint.  This isn't too terribly far removed from "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service." Vanishingly few restaurateurs will object to your snapping pictures of your food, as long as you do so in a manner that doesn't irritate the hell out of the other patrons. Sure.  Take it home and photograph it until it decomposes and blows away.  Might make a fascinating timelapse movie.  Add a Philip Glass score while you’re at it.  But while you’re in a privately-owned restaurant, behave as the owner demands.  If you find those demands unreasonable, don’t patronize the joint.  This isn’t too terribly far removed from “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service.”

Vanishingly few restaurateurs will object to your snapping pictures of your food, as long as you do so in a manner that doesn’t irritate the hell out of the other patrons.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636752 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636752 And yet, you can't drop your drawers and take a dump in the toilet that you just bought at Home Depot. And yet, you can’t drop your drawers and take a dump in the toilet that you just bought at Home Depot.

]]> By: Antonio Carrasco http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636446 Antonio Carrasco Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636446 Your facebook friends don't care what you are eating!!! Stop posting those pics!! Your facebook friends don’t care what you are eating!!! Stop posting those pics!!

]]> By: Antonio Carrasco http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636443 Antonio Carrasco Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636443  Ah, you're the guy who feels like they need to post pics of what they're eating on social media networks.  Ah, you’re the guy who feels like they need to post pics of what they’re eating on social media networks.

]]> By: kringlebertfistyebuns http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636438 kringlebertfistyebuns Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636438 I think a restaurant is private property, and if they don't like your behavior, or feel it's disruptive to the experience they're trying to provide other diners, they're totally within their rights to tell you to GTFO. The world doesn't revolve around you and your cataloguing of every meal you eat.   I think a restaurant is private property, and if they don’t like your behavior, or feel it’s disruptive to the experience they’re trying to provide other diners, they’re totally within their rights to tell you to GTFO.

The world doesn’t revolve around you and your cataloguing of every meal you eat.  

]]> By: $8357570 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636259 $8357570 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636259 his implication was that everything is that way. That was an anecdotal paragraph from the editor, backed by absolutely nothing. Instead he accuses me of not reading the article, which talks about ways which restaurants are embracing people who take photographs. Does that sound like the issue is somehow people who are abusive and taking photographs? My point was that I will not be harassed by a restaurant for daring to take pictures, a situation which I have experienced before. It doesn't mean Mr. Bouley's quotes are anything other than anecdotal. his implication was that everything is that way. That was an anecdotal paragraph from the editor, backed by absolutely nothing. Instead he accuses me of not reading the article, which talks about ways which restaurants are embracing people who take photographs.

Does that sound like the issue is somehow people who are abusive and taking photographs? My point was that I will not be harassed by a restaurant for daring to take pictures, a situation which I have experienced before. It doesn’t mean Mr. Bouley’s quotes are anything other than anecdotal.

]]> By: Olithée http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636147 Olithée Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636147 Once you buy it isnt it your food !?? Once you buy it isnt it your food !??

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636100 Daemonworks Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636100 Well, it's not very spicy... Habanero or there's no point. Well, it’s not very spicy… Habanero or there’s no point.

]]> By: Soon Lee http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636069 Soon Lee Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636069 I don't have a problem with the occasional flash as it's not easy taking photos in low-light conditions.  Bringing a tripod or standing on chairs is excessive though.  It also depends on the vibe of the establishment - I'd expect a funky groovy place would be fine with photography where a formal silver-service place might not. A place that caters for groups of diners would probably be more o.k. about it than one catering for romantic couples. Disclaimer: I take the occasional food photo myself & do not begrudge others the opportunity.  Personally, I'd have more of a problem with loud & boisterous fellow diners, or ones with so much aftershave or perfume lathered on that I have trouble smelling/tasting my food. I don’t have a problem with the occasional flash as it’s not easy taking photos in low-light conditions.  Bringing a tripod or standing on chairs is excessive though.  It also depends on the vibe of the establishment – I’d expect a funky groovy place would be fine with photography where a formal silver-service place might not. A place that caters for groups of diners would probably be more o.k. about it than one catering for romantic couples.

Disclaimer: I take the occasional food photo myself & do not begrudge others the opportunity.  Personally, I’d have more of a problem with loud & boisterous fellow diners, or ones with so much aftershave or perfume lathered on that I have trouble smelling/tasting my food.

]]> By: Michael Van De Berghe http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636061 Michael Van De Berghe Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636061 As a chef and someone who takes pictures of my own food, I often throw out twenty of my pics just to get the one that I think accurately depicts what I've tried to put together on the plate.  And as that same vain, perfectionist, primping, plate-wiping-til-it-hits-the-window chef I may say out loud that I don't want the other diners to be inconvenienced, but really I just don't want someone taking a shitty picture and then saying its my food because your pinterest/instagram/hipster-filter can't possibly accurately represent my vision As a chef and someone who takes pictures of my own food, I often throw out twenty of my pics just to get the one that I think accurately depicts what I’ve tried to put together on the plate.  And as that same vain, perfectionist, primping, plate-wiping-til-it-hits-the-window chef I may say out loud that I don’t want the other diners to be inconvenienced, but really I just don’t want someone taking a shitty picture and then saying its my food because your pinterest/instagram/hipster-filter can’t possibly accurately represent my vision

]]> By: Hanglyman http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636039 Hanglyman Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636039 Direct quote from the article: <i>When it comes to people taking photographs of their meals, the chef David Bouley has seen it all. There are the foreign tourists who, despite their big cameras, tend to be very discreet. There are those who use a flash and annoy everyone around them. There are those who come equipped with gorillapods — those small, flexible tripods to use on their tables. There are even those who stand on their chairs to shoot their plates from above.</i> Another: <i>Mr. Bouley said table photography “totally disrupts the ambience.”</i> How is anything Matt G said false? Direct quote from the article:
When it comes to people taking photographs of their meals, the chef David Bouley has seen it all. There are the foreign tourists who, despite their big cameras, tend to be very discreet. There are those who use a flash and annoy everyone around them. There are those who come equipped with gorillapods — those small, flexible tripods to use on their tables. There are even those who stand on their chairs to shoot their plates from above.

Another:
Mr. Bouley said table photography “totally disrupts the ambience.”

How is anything Matt G said false?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1636006 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1636006 With their beady little eyes and flapping heads all full of lies? With their beady little eyes and flapping heads all full of lies?

]]> By: $8357570 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635986 $8357570 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635986 awesome :) awesome :)

]]> By: $8357570 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635990 $8357570 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635990 your comment is deceptive; the article does not make such comparisons at all. Maybe next time you shouldn't make false claims. your comment is deceptive; the article does not make such comparisons at all.

Maybe next time you shouldn’t make false claims.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635980 Dlo Burns Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635980 Things like this are why I wish consumer IR cameras were more widespread. Things like this are why I wish consumer IR cameras were more widespread.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635979 Dlo Burns Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635979  Hey the Canadians aren't blameless here too, eh?  Hey the Canadians aren’t blameless here too, eh?

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635975 Dlo Burns Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635975 Cellphones are crap at low light photography (something to do with the sensor and how it uses collecting gates rather than a shutter) and often have a micro-blur around the edge of things. Cellphones are crap at low light photography (something to do with the sensor and how it uses collecting gates rather than a shutter) and often have a micro-blur around the edge of things.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635973 Dlo Burns Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635973 "Nah, I just like to eat and remember what I had," http://imgur.com/O8X3Ybp http://i.imgur.com/O8X3Ybp.jpg “Nah, I just like to eat and remember what I had,”

http://imgur.com/O8X3Ybp http://i.imgur.com/O8X3Ybp.jpg

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635947 Dlo Burns Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635947  I love to play drunk* and bump into those people, WOO! really loudly, and when it comes down to it grab on to them in a way too friendly manner. I don't really have a reason to do it other than I'm an ass sometimes. *often enhanced by the real thing  I love to play drunk* and bump into those people, WOO! really loudly, and when it comes down to it grab on to them in a way too friendly manner. I don’t really have a reason to do it other than I’m an ass sometimes.

*often enhanced by the real thing

]]> By: Dave http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635939 Dave Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635939 Social media was more or less invented for this concept of saying "this is what I did with my money one night" same as your pictures of you going to a ski resort and showing me your feet propped up by a fire saying "the best ride is the one on the couch after a long day at the slopes, LOL".    We want to share our lives.   Presumably people who are following said lives are at least marginally interested in the things that we choose to fill our lives with, and for some that is wasting an awful lot of money at expensive restaurants with interesting presentations, or just plain showing off the amazing but greasy slice at the corner pizza joint.    That's life.  Life is now online and pictures are a major component.  Even further, I don't go to restaurants that I can't find a lot of good pictures of the food on Yelp.   Professional shots do not count, they had time to practice and make the best looking dish that you know isn't what shows up on the table.  I want to see a 10PM on a Tuesday dish, taken by someone's iphone and if THAT looks good, I'm going to check the place out.   A restaurant with no pictures probably isn't serving food that anyone wants to remember.  Social media was more or less invented for this concept of saying “this is what I did with my money one night” same as your pictures of you going to a ski resort and showing me your feet propped up by a fire saying “the best ride is the one on the couch after a long day at the slopes, LOL”.    We want to share our lives.   Presumably people who are following said lives are at least marginally interested in the things that we choose to fill our lives with, and for some that is wasting an awful lot of money at expensive restaurants with interesting presentations, or just plain showing off the amazing but greasy slice at the corner pizza joint.    That’s life.  Life is now online and pictures are a major component. 

Even further, I don’t go to restaurants that I can’t find a lot of good pictures of the food on Yelp.   Professional shots do not count, they had time to practice and make the best looking dish that you know isn’t what shows up on the table.  I want to see a 10PM on a Tuesday dish, taken by someone’s iphone and if THAT looks good, I’m going to check the place out.   A restaurant with no pictures probably isn’t serving food that anyone wants to remember. 

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635927 Boundegar Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635927 I can remember certain meals I had 20 years ago, and I don't even have photos to prove it.  In fact I can remember them so clearly I can sometimes fake a pretty good imitation of the sauces and seasonings. I can remember certain meals I had 20 years ago, and I don’t even have photos to prove it.  In fact I can remember them so clearly I can sometimes fake a pretty good imitation of the sauces and seasonings.

]]> By: legsmalone http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635900 legsmalone Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635900 Having spent a good part of my career running Michelin star kitchens, I'm torn. Flash photography is obviously a distraction, but I'd never want to deny guests the ability to remember their experience, even if that means they have phones out during the entire meal. These pictures are seldom great though, so what if you emailed everyone a file containing all the jpegs of the menu they ordered. This would be pretty easy in tasting menu only places but could be a disaster in a la carte joints. Also, I'm thrilled when well known food bloggers are shooting away at my dishes, taking high quality photos that are going to go on an oft-frequented flickr. I can't think of a chef that wouldn't want that. Having spent a good part of my career running Michelin star kitchens, I’m torn. Flash photography is obviously a distraction, but I’d never want to deny guests the ability to remember their experience, even if that means they have phones out during the entire meal. These pictures are seldom great though, so what if you emailed everyone a file containing all the jpegs of the menu they ordered. This would be pretty easy in tasting menu only places but could be a disaster in a la carte joints. Also, I’m thrilled when well known food bloggers are shooting away at my dishes, taking high quality photos that are going to go on an oft-frequented flickr. I can’t think of a chef that wouldn’t want that.

]]> By: legsmalone http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635889 legsmalone Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635889  From a performer's standpoint it's equally bad. Most of the stage lights are far enough from your line of sight so that they don't blind you. This allows you to make eye contact with your audience, be an engaging performer, and get more personal with your fans (or friends who came to see you play at a little club). Then a flash goes off and you can't see which pedal is which.  From a performer’s standpoint it’s equally bad. Most of the stage lights are far enough from your line of sight so that they don’t blind you. This allows you to make eye contact with your audience, be an engaging performer, and get more personal with your fans (or friends who came to see you play at a little club). Then a flash goes off and you can’t see which pedal is which.

]]> By: robuluz http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635876 robuluz Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635876 They don't call it disruptive technology for nuthin'. Welcome to the future everyone, no hovercars, but you never need to wonder what anyone you know is having for dinner. Or any other minute detail about what they are doing right now. It's the digital equivalent of picking fleas off eachother. They don’t call it disruptive technology for nuthin’. Welcome to the future everyone, no hovercars, but you never need to wonder what anyone you know is having for dinner. Or any other minute detail about what they are doing right now. It’s the digital equivalent of picking fleas off eachother.

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635869 Itsumishi Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635869 Step one: learn the highest ISO setting the camera you're using will allow you to use without creating a mess of noise. Step two: Use these ISO settings in low light. There are many more steps if you want to get technical, but they're my basic tips to anyone using a standard P&S that doesn't want to learn about aperture and shutter speeds. Step one: learn the highest ISO setting the camera you’re using will allow you to use without creating a mess of noise.
Step two: Use these ISO settings in low light.

There are many more steps if you want to get technical, but they’re my basic tips to anyone using a standard P&S that doesn’t want to learn about aperture and shutter speeds.

]]> By: Peter http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635810 Peter Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635810 Yeah, I'm not much of a photo person (and don't at present even have a phone), so my last experience was with a borrowed digital camera for a convention.  Had to turn the flash off to comply with con guidelines, and suddenly all the picture quality turned to crap.  But I probably just didn't do the right settings for it. Yeah, I’m not much of a photo person (and don’t at present even have a phone), so my last experience was with a borrowed digital camera for a convention.  Had to turn the flash off to comply with con guidelines, and suddenly all the picture quality turned to crap.  But I probably just didn’t do the right settings for it.

]]> By: MB44 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/no-foodstagramming-for-you-tod.html#comment-1635809 MB44 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207889#comment-1635809 Totally. I have been a pretty fervent concertgoer for the last 10 years and have noticed the proliferation of videos and pictures at concerts. I guess I don't mind the pics as much but someone recording video for 3 minutes in front of you can be really annoying. I always wonder what the point is because it really seems like it takes away from living in the moment and enjoying the show but maybe I am off here. The really odd thing is when people record shows that are being recorded 10 feet away from them with av tech that costs millions of dollars and has the clear vantage point... Totally. I have been a pretty fervent concertgoer for the last 10 years and have noticed the proliferation of videos and pictures at concerts. I guess I don’t mind the pics as much but someone recording video for 3 minutes in front of you can be really annoying. I always wonder what the point is because it really seems like it takes away from living in the moment and enjoying the show but maybe I am off here. The really odd thing is when people record shows that are being recorded 10 feet away from them with av tech that costs millions of dollars and has the clear vantage point…

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