Some restaurants are clamping down on diners who take photos of their
food. The New York Times this week reported a trend in some upscale
restaurants of prohibiting cameras (or at least the use of a flash,
which can irritate other diners).
However, not all restaurant owners object. Not too long ago I was
creating my first bowl of Pho, a popular Vietnamese soup, at a small
family-run restaurant in Salt Lake City. As I was snapping photos with
my iPhone, the owner came over to see the pictures. She wanted to be
sure I sent her copies.
She even "liked" the photos on Instagram .
You never know how restaurant staff will react, and many people think
it's just plain rude to take pictures of your meal. I've since learned
to resist the temptation to capture a beautiful dish when dining out
with my children, who are the most critical of my
shoot-and-share-to-Instagram habit. But I've also learned a few tricks to make picture-taking less noticeable when they're not around.
- Stay seated. If you stand up to take a photo from above — an angle that many professional food photographers use — you'll only draw attention to yourself.
- Likewise, don't rearrange the plates to make a more attractive composition or get closer to the window for natural light. Ask for a table by a window and shoot your food before the table becomes cluttered.
- Turn off your flash.
- Turn off the camera sound that simulates the click of a shutter. In quiet settings, it's a dead giveaway. To do this on an iPhone, use the switch above the volume buttons to turn your phone on silent mode. You can silence your Android in the same way or turn just the shutter sound off in your camera settings. (Some carriers have disabled this feature.)
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