July 29th, 2004, 12:22 pm
State of the Blog
This thing has been changing as I have changed in recent months, evolving from a commentated series of links into personal reflection on the Poynter experience, and now images of what I am cooking. When I was first given this blog (thank you, Hunter), I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it — what direction it would take, how it would reflect on me both personally and journalistically. I’ve come to realize that it is a combination of all the above things that makes up LauraFries.com — what I am reading, what I am cooking, what I am thinking, and whatever else strikes my fancy in the future. Hopefully the combination is interesting enough to snag me a few readers.
July 29th, 2004 at 5:46 pm
You are now my #1 source for food porn, LauraFries.com. I can’t believe you take those snaps yourself. They look brilliant. Any food-photography tips?
July 29th, 2004 at 6:40 pm
Thankee, thankee. I am pleased that you refer to it as ‘food porn’ — for that it truly is. And like all good porno, it gets a little help from Mother Photoshop. I’ve found that white plates are good, above-plate shots turn out better than side angles, and if you hold still, the little flower microfocus setting is pretty badass. I just adjust brightness and contrast a bit, and pop up the saturation a tidge to account for the greyness that web jpegs seem to acquire. And of course, I cook and plate with an eye for presentation. I’m hoping to master Flash enough to a step-by-step of some of my more popular recipes, but that’s going slower than I would have thought. (Props of course going to Team Gulfport designer Adam, who is giving me lessons in the Photoshop.)
July 29th, 2004 at 8:08 pm
LauraFries.com, you just used ‘plate’ as a verb!
July 30th, 2004 at 1:06 am
Yes, and if you would spend nearly as much time as I watching the Food TV network, you would see that using ‘plate’ as a verb is very popular– perhaps even a denunciation between the chefs and the pretenderists. (If that too is a word.)