Say Cheese, Eat Cheese: The New Trend of Photographing Your Food | Exploring The Mind! Have you noticed an ever growing amount of people in restaurants taking pictures of their food? What in the world are they doing – is the food so beautiful that they just have to immortalize it? Is there a market for food photography that we don’t know about? Well, it turns out that photographing ones meals is one of the latest diet crazes and it’s not going away… It is becoming so big that Sony, Fuji, and other camera manufactures have begun creating “food” options on camera menus, with optimal lighting and close-up features to enhance the look and texture of the foods… The idea is really just an extension of food journaling (something Dr.
Temes recommends) and a solid technique for weight loss. So the idea of taking photographs of your food really brings this dieting technique to a whole new level. If you cannot force yourself to make better choices, even by taking pictures of your food, you may want to post the photos online and have other people help monitor your progress. (Founder Stories) Foodspotting's Soraya Darabi: "Most Social Networks Were Inspired By East Asian Tech Trends" People Who Photograph Food and Display the Pictures Online. Opinionaided declares Instagram and Foodspotting the best-loved apps of SXSW. Plenty of writers have weighed in on who was the true winner at the South by Southwest Interactive conference, which wrapped up in Austin last week.
Now the team behind a mobile question-and-answer app called Opinionaided is joining the debate. How did Opinionaided choose the most popular apps at SXSW? It asked its users about their impressions of each service. Now, this methodology may seem a little weird to you (it does to me), because this was not a survey of SXSW attendees. Instead, the Opinionaided team looked at the apps that seemed to be getting the most buzz at the event and asked its own user base their opinion of each app.
A company spokesman told me the goal was to see “which apps at SXSW resonated with app users not necessarily part of SXSWi’s demographic”. Is that actually valuable to gauge an app’s success? About. Overview Foodspotting is a visual guide to good food and where to find it. Instead of reviewing restaurants, you can recommend great dishes and see what others recommend wherever you go. We started Foodspotting in 2009 when we realized that there were many restaurant review apps, but there was no easy way to find or rate specific dishes.
We set out to create a new kind of local guide that is unique because: It’s about dishes, not just restaurants. Find whatever you’re craving, see what’s good at any restaurant and learn what foodspotters, friends and experts love wherever you go. It’s visual. Browse photos of nearby dishes and see what looks good. It's positive. Recommend dishes by snapping photos or simply saying “Loved it!” Our goal is to cover the earth with amazing food sightings, from our childhood hometowns in Pennsylvania to food capitals like Tokyo. How it Works To find great dishes: To share great dishes: Share a great dish by uploading a photo or simply saying you "Loved it! " Social media and food photography: Eating goes social » Chicago. By Scott Kleinberg, RedEye Social Media Director Everyone knows one – the person who complains that all Twitter is good for is broadcasting what you had for breakfast.
Usually, that’s a bad use of social media. But the latest trend is photographing meals, made popular by a social network called Foodspotting, and it might just be a game-changer. And then there’s this study from Interactive agency 360i, which recently tried to find patterns in the way people share images of food online with their friends. Two stats really stood out to me: First, only 10 percent of the hundreds of photos analyzed included people. Second, only 12 percent of the time was a brand mentioned. “Foodtography,” as the craze has come to be called, is everywhere. And then I found Foodspotting. If you’re a foodie, you could literally spend every meal sharing your food photos with like-minded socially-connected people in the U.S. and around the world. I’d love to show you some of my favorite food photos. 360i POV: Online Food & Photo Sharing Trends.