This week when I was photographing I had this crazy idea that I should incorporate water. Seems simple enough, huh? Water adds a freshness to food and creates the idea that it was recently picked. I think a lot of advertising companies use it just for that reason. If people are buying something that gives off the illusion that it is fresh and good for you, they are more apt to buy it. For example, I personally would much rather buy blueberries bouncing around in water than dried up ones on cardboard. I would like to understand and explore the ideas of marketing strategies when it comes to food advertisement. Questions like what appeals to people and how do they appeal to the human population as a whole when our idea’s vary from our personal preferences and identities? Obviously everything isn’t going to look good to everyone, but mass appeal is something that corporations take largely into account. Bright colors are used to grab peoples eyes and attention to a specific thing. Maybe in the next few weeks I will use brighter colors as well.

This week when I was photographing I had this crazy idea that I should incorporate water. Seems simple enough, huh? Water adds a freshness to food and creates the idea that it was recently picked. I think a lot of advertising companies use it just for that reason. If people are buying something that gives off the illusion that it is fresh and good for you, they are more apt to buy it. For example, I personally would much rather buy blueberries bouncing around in water than dried up ones on cardboard. I would like to understand and explore the ideas of marketing strategies when it comes to food advertisement. Questions like what appeals to people and how do they appeal to the human population as a whole when our idea’s vary from our personal preferences and identities? Obviously everything isn’t going to look good to everyone, but mass appeal is something that corporations take largely into account. Bright colors are used to grab peoples eyes and attention to a specific thing. Maybe in the next few weeks I will use brighter colors as well.

This week when I was photographing I had this crazy idea that I should incorporate water. Seems simple enough, huh? Water adds a freshness to food and creates the idea that it was recently picked. I think a lot of advertising companies use it just for that reason. If people are buying something that gives off the illusion that it is fresh and good for you, they are more apt to buy it. For example, I personally would much rather buy blueberries bouncing around in water than dried up ones on cardboard. I would like to understand and explore the ideas of marketing strategies when it comes to food advertisement. Questions like what appeals to people and how do they appeal to the human population as a whole when our idea’s vary from our personal preferences and identities? Obviously everything isn’t going to look good to everyone, but mass appeal is something that corporations take largely into account. Bright colors are used to grab peoples eyes and attention to a specific thing. Maybe in the next few weeks I will use brighter colors as well.

This week when I was photographing I had this crazy idea that I should incorporate water. Seems simple enough, huh? Water adds a freshness to food and creates the idea that it was recently picked. I think a lot of advertising companies use it just for that reason. If people are buying something that gives off the illusion that it is fresh and good for you, they are more apt to buy it. For example, I personally would much rather buy blueberries bouncing around in water than dried up ones on cardboard. I would like to understand and explore the ideas of marketing strategies when it comes to food advertisement. Questions like what appeals to people and how do they appeal to the human population as a whole when our idea’s vary from our personal preferences and identities? Obviously everything isn’t going to look good to everyone, but mass appeal is something that corporations take largely into account. Bright colors are used to grab peoples eyes and attention to a specific thing. Maybe in the next few weeks I will use brighter colors as well.

This week when I was photographing I had this crazy idea that I should incorporate water. Seems simple enough, huh? Water adds a freshness to food and creates the idea that it was recently picked. I think a lot of advertising companies use it just for that reason. If people are buying something that gives off the illusion that it is fresh and good for you, they are more apt to buy it. For example, I personally would much rather buy blueberries bouncing around in water than dried up ones on cardboard. I would like to understand and explore the ideas of marketing strategies when it comes to food advertisement. Questions like what appeals to people and how do they appeal to the human population as a whole when our idea’s vary from our personal preferences and identities? Obviously everything isn’t going to look good to everyone, but mass appeal is something that corporations take largely into account. Bright colors are used to grab peoples eyes and attention to a specific thing. Maybe in the next few weeks I will use brighter colors as well.

As I am sitting at my kitchen table, I am observing one of my roommates eating habits. She made a sandwich consisting of salami, 2 fried eggs, pesto, cheese, cheese, and bacon. She chats with me idly about the previous nights events. It’s interesting how when humans eat they usually want to chat or fill the empty space with some sort of noise, like t.v., radio, or music. I wonder why people struggle to be alone while they are eating? A lot of people struggle being alone all the time, but I know a lot of instances where it is meals that really get people feeling down. Maybe it’s because it’s easy to deny the feeling of being alone until you are faced with only yourself and you can’t deny what is reality any longer. Maybe it is simply the fact that you have no one to share your meal with. Sometimes I purposely seclude myself from friends during meals so I can observe my own feelings during this time. Even though I thoroughly enjoy eating alone sometimes, I can feel myself becoming a little less enthused. When I was a teenager we had family dinners every day and I was never allowed to watch television while eating. When I was left to my own devices for dinner that was ALL I would do. There was no question, I would sit myself in front of the T.v. with a big late of microwave nachos, and I was in complete bliss. I think as you get older it is easy to be more receptive of being alone and maybe not have a choice about it.

As I am sitting at my kitchen table, I am observing one of my roommates eating habits. She made a sandwich consisting of salami, 2 fried eggs, pesto, cheese, cheese, and bacon. She chats with me idly about the previous nights events. It’s interesting how when humans eat they usually want to chat or fill the empty space with some sort of noise, like t.v., radio, or music. I wonder why people struggle to be alone while they are eating? A lot of people struggle being alone all the time, but I know a lot of instances where it is meals that really get people feeling down. Maybe it’s because it’s easy to deny the feeling of being alone until you are faced with only yourself and you can’t deny what is reality any longer. Maybe it is simply the fact that you have no one to share your meal with. Sometimes I purposely seclude myself from friends during meals so I can observe my own feelings during this time. Even though I thoroughly enjoy eating alone sometimes, I can feel myself becoming a little less enthused. When I was a teenager we had family dinners every day and I was never allowed to watch television while eating. When I was left to my own devices for dinner that was ALL I would do. There was no question, I would sit myself in front of the T.v. with a big late of microwave nachos, and I was in complete bliss. I think as you get older it is easy to be more receptive of being alone and maybe not have a choice about it.

As I am sitting at my kitchen table, I am observing one of my roommates eating habits. She made a sandwich consisting of salami, 2 fried eggs, pesto, cheese, cheese, and bacon. She chats with me idly about the previous nights events. It’s interesting how when humans eat they usually want to chat or fill the empty space with some sort of noise, like t.v., radio, or music. I wonder why people struggle to be alone while they are eating? A lot of people struggle being alone all the time, but I know a lot of instances where it is meals that really get people feeling down. Maybe it’s because it’s easy to deny the feeling of being alone until you are faced with only yourself and you can’t deny what is reality any longer. Maybe it is simply the fact that you have no one to share your meal with. Sometimes I purposely seclude myself from friends during meals so I can observe my own feelings during this time. Even though I thoroughly enjoy eating alone sometimes, I can feel myself becoming a little less enthused. When I was a teenager we had family dinners every day and I was never allowed to watch television while eating. When I was left to my own devices for dinner that was ALL I would do. There was no question, I would sit myself in front of the T.v. with a big late of microwave nachos, and I was in complete bliss. I think as you get older it is easy to be more receptive of being alone and maybe not have a choice about it.

As I am sitting at my kitchen table, I am observing one of my roommates eating habits. She made a sandwich consisting of salami, 2 fried eggs, pesto, cheese, cheese, and bacon. She chats with me idly about the previous nights events. It’s interesting how when humans eat they usually want to chat or fill the empty space with some sort of noise, like t.v., radio, or music. I wonder why people struggle to be alone while they are eating? A lot of people struggle being alone all the time, but I know a lot of instances where it is meals that really get people feeling down. Maybe it’s because it’s easy to deny the feeling of being alone until you are faced with only yourself and you can’t deny what is reality any longer. Maybe it is simply the fact that you have no one to share your meal with. Sometimes I purposely seclude myself from friends during meals so I can observe my own feelings during this time. Even though I thoroughly enjoy eating alone sometimes, I can feel myself becoming a little less enthused. When I was a teenager we had family dinners every day and I was never allowed to watch television while eating. When I was left to my own devices for dinner that was ALL I would do. There was no question, I would sit myself in front of the T.v. with a big late of microwave nachos, and I was in complete bliss. I think as you get older it is easy to be more receptive of being alone and maybe not have a choice about it.

As I am sitting at my kitchen table, I am observing one of my roommates eating habits. She made a sandwich consisting of salami, 2 fried eggs, pesto, cheese, cheese, and bacon. She chats with me idly about the previous nights events. It’s interesting how when humans eat they usually want to chat or fill the empty space with some sort of noise, like t.v., radio, or music. I wonder why people struggle to be alone while they are eating? A lot of people struggle being alone all the time, but I know a lot of instances where it is meals that really get people feeling down. Maybe it’s because it’s easy to deny the feeling of being alone until you are faced with only yourself and you can’t deny what is reality any longer. Maybe it is simply the fact that you have no one to share your meal with. Sometimes I purposely seclude myself from friends during meals so I can observe my own feelings during this time. Even though I thoroughly enjoy eating alone sometimes, I can feel myself becoming a little less enthused. When I was a teenager we had family dinners every day and I was never allowed to watch television while eating. When I was left to my own devices for dinner that was ALL I would do. There was no question, I would sit myself in front of the T.v. with a big late of microwave nachos, and I was in complete bliss. I think as you get older it is easy to be more receptive of being alone and maybe not have a choice about it.