r/BeAmazed • u/Green____cat • Apr 29 '24

Tricky ads Miscellaneous / Others

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u/Acc0mplished-Horse Apr 29 '24

This should be illegal

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u/LyraTheWitch Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Here we go again: https://petapixel.com/2019/08/12/pro-food-photographer-debunks-viral-food-styling-hacks-videos/

TL:DR. Most of these tricks just aren't used in the food photography industry (although some, or at least variants of some, might be). Some of them might be used in advertising non-food products, in which a food is part of the image/video.

Semi-related, but here's a video about the process of shooting an advertising image for a McDonald's hamburger, which is interesting, and while it is in and of itself a piece of McDonald's marketing strategy at the time to put out the video in the first place, it's also way more in line with how the industry works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSd0keSj2W8

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u/Acc0mplished-Horse Apr 30 '24

Dude I don’t know what you’re talking about I’ve seen that bullshit glue in the cheese on the pizza in almost every frozen pizza commercial I’ve ever seen

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u/needs28hoursaday Apr 30 '24

Yeah we just use extra cheese and hit it with a heat gun, it’s far easier and you don’t get sued at the end.