Foodies and Phones

Everyone has that one friend that stops you from gorging your food before they whip out their phone to take a million pictures of it. Wait, are you that friend? Don't worry! This isn't a post about bashing foodie photographers. Despite the bad rep foodies get for making everyone halt for that great picture, there are definitely upsides to this trend!

1) Create memories
 Pictures in general are a great way to document memories and events. What better way to document a great meal, catching up with old friends, "food therapy", or a special event than by taking a picture?

2) Introduce people to new venues and cuisines
Visually appealing pictures of food is a great way to introduce new types of food to your friends and family when you upload them on your social media. The prettier the food, the more comments that go along the lines of, "Oh wow, where was this?". There will definitely be more people willing to join you on your next food hunt.

3) Appreciation
Chefs and baristas and the like work hard to plate your food and make them visually appealing to you. By taking that extra 5 minutes before devouring it shows them how much you appreciate their work and effort of going that extra mile in beautifully arranging your food. 

4) Digital food diary
By taking pictures of your food, you would at least remember what you've eaten throughout the week. This will not only help you remember what food you liked the last time you visited the restaurant, but also will help you be more conscious of what you actually put into your body.

5) Practice amateur photography skills
With the release of smartphones with cameras, we no longer need expensive, high-end digital cameras to capture the beauty of things we like. Now we can just take out our mobile phones and go snapping away! With food photography and mobile phones, at the very least we're teaching ourselves how to light the plate of food in an attractive way as well as how to position items on the table to make them pleasing to the eye.

So, if you're against waiting for your foodie friends to be done taking pictures of their food hopefully this will convince you otherwise!  

- Cynthia

Source: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-take-pictures-of-their-food