I’ve been blogging for 12 years now. I have grown so much in every way over the past twelve years, and so has my blog. It has had many different names, and many different functions. One of the first blogs I had was “Kims State of Food” which you can still go find on Blogspot. The reason I created that blog was because my college girls that I was hanging out with in the RDU area wanted the recipes I was cooking for them. This was an easy way to do it so I wasn’t writing the recipe down 20 different times.
I’ve learned so much over the years with food blogging and some about food photography (still SO MUCH TO LEARN about both), but thought I would share a few tips and send you a few of my favorite sites.
- Cook what you love. If you are cooking what you love, that will come across in your recipe writing. You need to be excited about what you are wanting others to make in their kitchen, or no one will want to make it.
- If you can, cook and photograph your food in natural light. Now that I have kids it isn’t always that easy, and sometimes that places we live don’t have good natural light options. But, do what you can, and make do. Or just take your food and food props outside! Have your children help you! It may get them to eat more healthy food that way!
- Keep learning. Read cookbooks, take TONS of photos, cook lots of food, and keep studying, study other blogs, find a blog you love (or many) and see what they are doing. Fuel your creativity!
Below are some of the best sites I’ve found for food photography:
And here are some links for good information on food blogging:
From Sally
From Kate
By DD
From Serious Eats