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Post by spitfiregirl on Jul 4, 2014 1:32:44 GMT
I understand that good photos are important but I don't need to see a picture of you pouring salt in the bowl. And then a picture of you pouring flour into the bowl, and then a picture of you putting baking soda in the bowl and then a picture of you stirring the dry ingredients, and then a picture of you cracking an egg in the bowl etc etc etc..
cut to the chase.... A few key pictures is great....but please.... Don't overdo it....
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Post by SabrinaP on Jul 4, 2014 1:35:11 GMT
I totally agree. Too many Pioneer Woman wannabes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2014 1:36:28 GMT
Yes, and no inane blather about your crazy dog or how much you love the colour orange or whatever.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jul 4, 2014 1:54:40 GMT
HA! No kidding!
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Post by newlywoods03 on Jul 4, 2014 2:03:15 GMT
I understand that good photos are important but I don't need to see a picture of you pouring salt in the bowl. And then a picture of you pouring flour into the bowl, and then a picture of you putting baking soda in the bowl and then a picture of you stirring the dry ingredients, and then a picture of you cracking an egg in the bowl etc etc etc.. cut to the chase.... A few key pictures is great....but please.... Don't overdo it.... I completely agree! If I see that on a blog, I leave it and go somewhere else. I am pretty sure I can handle getting basic ingredients in a bowl, without a play by play. Total overkill! |
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Post by kmk1112 on Jul 4, 2014 2:05:38 GMT
They have really gotten out of hand. I always skip right by the pictures, and sometimes it takes a while.
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Post by Sarah*H on Jul 4, 2014 2:12:30 GMT
And please, for the love of King Arthur Flour, put a clickable link in the title of your email notifications. And also, if you don't have a "print this recipe" option, you do not deserve to have a food blog.
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Post by junebugz on Jul 4, 2014 2:49:15 GMT
And please, for the love of King Arthur Flour, put a clickable link in the title of your email notifications. And also, if you don't have a "print this recipe" option, you do not deserve to have a food blog. Yes please. |
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Post by Goldynn on Jul 4, 2014 2:56:22 GMT
I've left blogs over too many photos and cutesy thoughts too, just annoying.
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Post by bosoxbeth on Jul 4, 2014 3:13:21 GMT
Yes! That can be annoying and over the top.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 4, 2014 3:41:10 GMT
Waaaaaaaaay over the top! One I was looking at the other day had the same photo taken from about 8 different angles - it was something as ridiculous as pouring in milk - 8 TIMES!!!  |
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Post by lumo on Jul 4, 2014 3:44:48 GMT
And please, for the love of King Arthur Flour, put a clickable link in the title of your email notifications. And also, if you don't have a "print this recipe" option, you do not deserve to have a food blog. Dear god, yes! I cannot HANDLE IT when there's not a printable option. I do not want to scroll through 500 pictures of salt and stirring and other shit on my Kindle when I have crap on my hands and flour flying everywhere. |
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Post by Lovebug2867 on Jul 4, 2014 3:54:51 GMT
I do like seeing the pictures for after it's mixed or during the mixing for consistency etc. But I too can do without the step by step pictures.
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Post by Mary_K on Jul 4, 2014 3:55:54 GMT
Couldn't agree with you more!
I think the blogger is thinking "more = better" when they should be thinking LESS IS MORE!
Mary K
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Post by DaisyDoodles on Jul 4, 2014 5:02:54 GMT
Unless it is a very specific technique, I dont need pics of chopping onions and celery..thanks!
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Post by gale w on Jul 4, 2014 5:53:33 GMT
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Post by spitfiregirl on Jul 4, 2014 6:24:33 GMT
Lol, first it has a bite, then it doesn't have a bite, a bite, then no bite! I'm sorry but I don't want to see so many pics! |
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Post by ceruleanblue on Jul 4, 2014 6:25:06 GMT
I understand that good photos are important but I don't need to see a picture of you pouring salt in the bowl. And then a picture of you pouring flour into the bowl, and then a picture of you putting baking soda in the bowl and then a picture of you stirring the dry ingredients, and then a picture of you cracking an egg in the bowl etc etc etc.. cut to the chase.... A few key pictures is great....but please.... Don't overdo it.... Ive started following a couple of fashion blogs recently, seems like they're afflicted with the same compulsion! It's so annoying and unnecessary |
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Post by spitfiregirl on Jul 4, 2014 6:26:49 GMT
I like to imagine those women in the kitchen, one hand holding up their heavy big rig camera, the other stretched out pouring a tablespoon of salt. And then again for the soda. And again for the... What if they get the focus wrong? Do they have a dummy bowl of flour for the salt shot? Or do they throw in another tbsp of salt and dig it out after? Do they take four different angles of the cracked egg so that they have a reserve of stock egg shots, and keep using them over and over? It's hilarious. Maybe they have their nanny or their kids pour the salt...or they make their poor husband do it 50 times.... Wasting all that salt lol! |
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jul 4, 2014 7:58:29 GMT
I agree with all that has been said. And now I want that chocolate cake.  |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 4, 2014 16:04:04 GMT
I understand that good photos are important but I don't need to see a picture of you pouring salt in the bowl. And then a picture of you pouring flour into the bowl, and then a picture of you putting baking soda in the bowl and then a picture of you stirring the dry ingredients, and then a picture of you cracking an egg in the bowl etc etc etc.. cut to the chase.... A few key pictures is great....but please.... Don't overdo it.... Just reading that made me shut down and not want to even attempt to find that blog  |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 5, 2014 2:29:27 GMT
Seriously true.
I clicked on a recipe link on Pinterest, and had to scroll (and scroll, and scroll, and scroll) to by pass all the pics to finally just come to the recipe.
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Post by ghostie on Jul 11, 2014 1:59:59 GMT
And please, for the love of King Arthur Flour, put a clickable link in the title of your email notifications. And also, if you don't have a "print this recipe" option, you do not deserve to have a food blog. You might like this site/browser tool, then! Print Friendly |
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 11, 2014 2:09:05 GMT
And please, for the love of King Arthur Flour, put a clickable link in the title of your email notifications. And also, if you don't have a "print this recipe" option, you do not deserve to have a food blog. You might like this site/browser tool, then! Print FriendlyHoly moly, that is the coolest! I am going to try to remember it. I tried to print a recipe yesterday and a simple recipe was two pages with all the extraneous junk. The recipe and directions only took up about 2/3 of a page, but all the other stuff just made it hard to read. |
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 11, 2014 2:42:20 GMT
And please, for the love of King Arthur Flour, put a clickable link in the title of your email notifications. And also, if you don't have a "print this recipe" option, you do not deserve to have a food blog. You might like this site/browser tool, then! Print FriendlyThank you for that site! Recently, I've found myself just clicking out of websites when a couple of spins on the mouse don't get me past the pics and to the recipe. I get that all these bloggers want to be Pioneer Woman, but it seems they've forgotten that the point of a recipe blog is the RECIPES. |
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Post by magentapea on Jul 11, 2014 3:05:52 GMT
And please, for the love of King Arthur Flour, put a clickable link in the title of your email notification. And also, if you don't have a "print this recipe" option, you do not deserve to have a food blog. I agree. And when you put the print option on your blog, please, please, please give the option to print without pictures. I hate to waste all that extra ink on a recipe I'm not sure I will like. |
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Post by perumbula on Jul 11, 2014 3:18:31 GMT
I suddenly don't feel like a lousy blogger for not doing the Pioneer Woman thing.
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Post by GiantsFan on Jul 11, 2014 3:46:33 GMT
I agree ! But I want to add one of my own. Please do not show a photo of your cat on the counter while you are making whatever it is you are making. That makes me want to  . |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 11:53:03 GMT
Ha Ha -- there's such a thing as tossing out the bad shots. Like the six different ones where there's frosting smeared all over the plate. |
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 11, 2014 12:18:51 GMT
And then please don't pin each and every angle that you photographed onto Pinterest!
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