"food pictures" news and stories

Here at Slashfood, we are so lucky that La Tartine Gourmande, one of the best cook/food photographers on the web, frequently uploads her pictures to the Slashfood Flickr pool. Her images are always of gorgeous food that is made even more appealing by the settings and dishes she photographs it with. I try not to feature too many of her photos, mostly because she makes the rest of us look bad, but today I couldn't resist this image of a Roasted Tomato, Red Onion and Arugula Tart. This particular image is actually a couple of years old, but as we're heading into the summer tomato season once again, I thought it was the perfect thing to whet your appetite for the cooking to come. You can find the recipe here.

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One of the many Digital Photography Blogs, in this case I Speak Film, has published a nice interview with Matt Armendariz. Who is he? He is the highly talented chap behind the Matt Bites blog that many know.

I first ran across his blog after he designed a logo for Does My Blog Look Good In This (foodporn photo competition) and was captivated by the high quality of the photographs that adorn his site. Reading the interview, it became clear why the photos are so good - Matt is a professional photographer. Working at his home studio in the Los Angeles area and on location, Matt has created images for companies such as Whole Foods and Bristol Farms.

The article is worth reading for all the tips and advice that Matt imparts.

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Some super submissions to the latest round of foodography photography challenge over on flickr. I particularly liked this one from the Abstract Gourmet. Matt is the guy behind the blog - which you should go look at too - and has caught a get shot with his Canon EOS30D. Those highlights on the rim and on the wine certainly add much to the image. Not so much foodporn, more glass porn. Very professional.

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I have just posted this over on our Digital Photographer blog but I thought it worth repeating here - The Observer, in conjunction with Seeds of Change, is hosting a food photography competition with prizes up to £10,000.

FOr all you budding foodporn merchants: you need to impress! They have set up three categories: Food and People, Food and Thought, and Food, Glorious Food. So plenty of opportunities for demonstrating your creativity. Entrants can submit up to 5 photos per category, and short listed exhibitors will receive a subscription to Practical Photographer magazine. UK only I believe.

Entries are due by June 30th, and can be submitted on-line.

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My favourite food blogging event - Does My Blog Look Good In This - is a monthly food porn photography challenge. The winners for the 14th round have been announced by the Cooking Diva. The picutre here is the winning image - great isnt it! It is by Marcela in Argentina.

Just one point separated this image from the second place winner while two points separated the first place and the third place winner (which was my cheese image; shame I thought for sure I was gonna win - sob). Winners described here while all entrants can be viewed here. The next round is to be hosted by Tomatom in Australia who is having a gastro-fling around Vietnam at the moment but is sure to announce it soon.

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