If you live with or have a Blogger in the family, you have probably learned a lot about blogging. Probably a lot more than you ever wanted to know. My mom told me some of the things she has learned about blogging since I started Oh She Glows 1 year ago. I wrote this list up last night and boy did we have a barrel of laughs while doing so.
1. A Speed Reading course is a good idea because you will be reading…a lot.
2. Your camera must be attached to your hip at all times. This may be extra difficult if you have a SLR camera, 2 lenses, a tripod, and an external flash. You must know it’s location at all times. Oh and you better have the batteries charged too!
3. Like your camera and all it’s parts, carry a notepad and pen at all times. You need to be able to jot down your ideas whenever they strike.
4. Be prepared to eat a lot of tepid or cold meals. Eating is no longer the main objective of the meal, but getting a good shot for the blog is.
5. If you are a guest at said meal, be prepared to try to act normal when the Food Blogger is clicking away. Try not to show your annoyance.
6. If you should be near a Food Blogger, you always must be camera ready. You never know when your big moment is going to arrive. Food Bloggers like to surprise you at 6am in the morning in your robe. Before you know it, your picture is on the blog for the world to see.
7. If you are a picky eater, you probably shouldn’t be friends with a Food Blogger. You will be expected to try the good, bad, and the ugly and act like you enjoyed all of it.
8. Don’t pay attention to the glares and stares when eating out with a Food Blogger. Others probably don’t understand the appeal of photographing a dinner roll.
9. Beware of using a Food Blogger’s white plate or dish. They may ask for it at any time, and you better make it turn up clean and sparkling.
10. Do you think preparing Thanksgiving dinner is stressful? Try preparing it, knowing that a Food Blogger is coming to your dinner table, and critiquing the food for thousands to see.
11. Don’t be surprised when you receive blank stares from your friends when you try to explain to them that your daughter is a Food Blogger….and a vegan. They often will look at you and say, ‘Who is Blog, a new boyfriend?’
12. You don’t want to be around a Food Blogger when a recipe fails and they are on a time crunch. Quickly leave the scene, mumbling about a dentist appointment. All will be well when you return.
13. Familiarize yourself with acronyms like LOL, DH, IMO, LMAO, TTYL, BTW…FML (still not sure what that one is), but try not use them when emailing your friends. They will email you back asking you if your computer sent them a virus.
14. You need to stay up to date in the Food Blogosphere. You must not only know the names of the relevant Food Blogs, but you must be able to match the Food Blogs with the respective Bloggers.
15. You catch yourself adopting the behaviours of a food blogger. You have a strange urge to photograph your own meals when you are away from the Food Blogger and think about how proud they would be of your masterpiece.
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Ohmigosh, OSGMOM has it down! These are so true…lol. I’m sure my entire family can relate.
This is such a funny post! So true too!
hahahha this is too good. I must show this to my boyfriend
:D Thanks for the laughs!
This is hilarious! And soo true
Hehehehe
She hit it on the head… So funny! I wonder what my mom would say if I asked her to come up with a list. haha
This. Is. Awesome.
Awesome list! And I think a lot of food bloggers’ families & friends would agree!
haha my mom send me pictures of her breakfasts ALL THE TIME! seriously.
I love this post.
This morning, I actually said, out loud to myself, “at some point, you just gotta eat”. I could not get a good shot of my breakfast for the life of me!
Hahahahaha. This is SOOOOO so spot on. Like, I kind of want to print it off and pass it out to my friends & family, so that they know I am not the only one out there??? LOVE IT!
Love this post!
Your mom is so cute!
That is so funny!!! I love it.
By the way, I linked back to you on my blog post this morning! I hope you’ll check it out!
XO,
Erin
Love it!
Food blogging has definitely started some interesting conversations with people like servers, relatives and friends. haha. I can’t help it if I photo everything I eat!
HAHAHAH – LOVE IT! This made my morning
I am CRACKING up over this! My kids are always asking me why I’m taking a picture of everything I eat! They don’t quite understand it! LOL The dinner roll liner had me chuckling out loud!!
Haha, so true!
Hey, did I miss the “Whittle My Middle” photos? I am eager to see your progress. It seems like a great abs routine.
hahaa… this is perfection. My mom sends me pics and recipes all the time now of her cooking adventures!
PS – FML = F*%$ My Life
haha, you are so right on this one. hilarious!
aaaaaaaahahaha… this is awesome. I might have to send it to my mom!!
“who is blog, a new boyfriend?” hahaha so true
So funny and so true!
HAHAHA. Awesome.
I need to send this to my boyfriend, he would appreciate “be prepared to try to act normal when the Food Blogger is clicking away. Try not to show your annoyance.”
#11 reminds me of my mom. I told her that I was going over to my friend’s house to watch a show that TIVO has recorded for us. Mom said “How is Tivo doing these days?” I said “TIVO is a device used to record Television shows so that you can watch them later. As far as I know it is functioning properly. My friend’s boyfriend is also doing well.” I cracked up!
When I first started blogging and I lived at home, my Mother would ask me to snap a shot of her plate. lol She was intrigued by my blogging and photography.
Fabulous post!
Bwahaha…too funny!
haha awesome, you’re mom is awesome!
What a hilarious but true post!
I cannot even continue reading without commenting on that post of your mom in her robe. HILAR!
Omigawsh I love it!! And sooo true (and i’m not even a food blogger!) But the more I blog the more food shows up in there and I have had to deal with the cold food, and weird looks while I am taking 15 pictures of one plate of food for the perfect blog pic. OMG!
So are you going to clue her in to FML?
Love these!
Best part about this whole post, (besides mom in robe with arms crossed in front of face)… “FML(still not sure what that one means.)”
Crack me right on up.
Cute top Ang! And a very funny read as well.
hahaha this post is now one of my favorites!!
This is so funny!
Thank you OSH MOM
My husband could have matched your sentiments verbatim!
I think #8 is my favorite!
. Don’t pay attention to the glares and stares when eating out with a Food Blogger. Others probably don’t understand the appeal of photographing a dinner roll.
I didn’t set out to be foodie blogger…but I certainly finished my year of blogging as one!
THANKS! GREAT LAUGH!
I mean OSG MOM…not OSH.
type-o’s are another blogger challenge. that and typing with cold hands!
HaHa So true! I was LOLing through the entire post! Good thing I am alone.
OSGMOM is such a great sport too!
haha, great post
i also had to say i got my glo bars in the mail yesterday and had to crack open the box immediately! sooooo delicious! i cant wait to try them all!!
FML = F my life! HAHAHHA
So true! I love this!
What a wonderful post! (and perspective!)
great post, thanks for sharing OSGMOM!!!
and totally unrelated, i had my first green monster this morning angela and i just HAD to tell you!!!
it wasn’t too bad…. the banana taste was a little strong for me, but it wasn’t overly ripe either that could be part of it. but thanks so much, i’m excited to have one every morning and see if it makes me feel better!!!
Love it! Definitely had me LOLing in the office. fmylife.com can be pretty amusing, btw. You forgot TWSS though most of us refrain from too many of those.
Hahaha!
Nice list. So true. :p
Angela – I LOVE your shirt in the first photo. Where’d you get it?
“Others probably don’t understand the appeal of photographing a dinner roll…” I love that – so true!!! Taking a pic of a beautiful plate of food is one thing but that is quite another!!
Dan has learned that when dinner is ready but I’m making a new recipe, he has an extra 5 minutes before he has to come to the table… because I’m busy taking pictures!
ahaha this was awesome!!! thanks OSGMOM!
This post was great – it gave me a really good laugh. Thanks!
Oh my goodness- this is SO TRUE!!!!!
This made my day. The FML comment was the absolute BEST!
Toooooo funny! Love it! By the way, I’ve directed my parents to urbandictionary.com- it is a great site for parents so that your kids don’t have to define things like FML for you!!!!
*heee heee!*
Lol! This is hilarious, love it!
You forgot TWSS
OMG, love it! So funny and true. OSG mom is great.
This is such a great post!!! I was laughing hysterically at my desk! And I do take a certain pride that my kids now make sure I take pictures of stuff before they touch it!
I LOVE this post. You have me cracking up.
Lol…I definitely get WEIRD looks photographing in restaurants.
LOL!!
This is hillarious.
LOVE these!!!
What an interesting perspective, OSGMOM! Wonderful post. Some of it cracked me up!! Especially the “your meal might be tepid or even cold” bahaha.
Glad you guys are enjoying each other’s company!
Love it, especially number 4! The man has slowly gotten used to it and avoids sitting down (blocking light! moving around! horror of horrors!) until I’m done taking pics, and good thing he doesn’t like his food super-hot. He finds it all pretty funny. The family, on the other hand, hasn’t yet experienced blogger mode… and I’m keeping my fingers crossed they don’t toss me out into the snow after I whip out the camera and bore them with macro this and ISO that.
What a sweet mommy you have! Enjoy your time with her.
Totally awesome post!
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Too funny! I definitely got some strange looks and questions when I was photographing my food at lunch today.
haha great post! I especially loved the bit about cold meals. Ive been doing a lot of reheating since I started my blog!!
I should send this post to my mom and mother in law so they can commiserate with OSGmom
What a perfectly timed post! I just spent an hour bookmarking food photography websites! I just started a blog a couple weeks ago and got a new camera yesterday, and want to learn everything. Good to know what my family is in for when I go home for the holidays!
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LOL. Loved the post. Very true
OMG, this cracked me up Angela. I think we can all relate to just about every single one of these!
Too cute!
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Heather
Aw! I love this list. I am not a food blogger but I am definitely jotting down ideas all the time!
There should be a “match the blogger to their blog title name” game. Ha ha!
Dying of laughter – love it!
Thanks for the giggles!
“4. Be prepared to eat a lot of tepid or cold meals. Eating is no longer the main objective of the meal, but getting a good shot for the blog is.”
I haven’t eaten a hot meal in almost a year!!!
And my mother texts almost everyday about whatever notable food she had. She secretly wants to be a food blogger too
Haha #4 definitely happened to me tonight! This is hilarious!
haha that is too funny! I am only new to food blogging – but have been taking pics of mu kitchen creations for years now. I think my family has stopped being surprised – I don’t think they quite get it – but will happily relight candles on birthday cakes if I didn’t quite get the perfect shot hehe
Oh my that was a fantastic and hilariouusly true assesment by osgmom
LOL… Love this
So true!
I’m glad you had a great visit with your mom!
Hilarious post!
VERY funny OSGMOM!!!
omg.
so funny!
Haha, this is spot on … I loved it! ; )
LOL I love these!! I also love how my friends and family (including my inlaws) don’t even flinch anymore when I grab my camera and start shooting dinner!
Angela! I just received my order of Globars in the mail, and even though it is almost midnight here and I’m full from a dinner out, I HAD to try one! I tried the peanut butter & chocolate and I must say…you are a genius! It is chewy, soft, full of flavor…congrats on an amazing job! Your bars are so worth the money.
This made me LOL as I searched the house high and low for our camera to snap off pics of my dinner tonight! Turned out that hubby had it at guy’s night out. I’m quickly turning into a food blogger!
LOL… so true! It IS all about the picture (cold food or not), and I share your enthusiasm for photographing dinner rolls. It’s the blogger in me! The friends and fam don’t understand, but they learn to accept that the camera does come out while shopping at the farmer’s market, in Whole Foods, or at restaurants.
LOL!!! Great post!! My guests scurry like squirrels when I whip out the camera!
Taking time to get a good picture has actually saved my husband some burned tongue incidents! He always wants to dig right in and then he burns himself! But my picture-taking forces him to wait!
ISN’T THIS THE TRUTH?! My family dreads my presence at meals… hehehe
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Too funny! Thanks for posting this! My Dad had dinner at our place last night and sat with his hands neatly in his lap when I was snapping photos. I finally realized what he was doing and said, “Oh, YOU’RE not in the picture, Dad! It’s all about the food.”
Hysterical! I love it. My hubby has recently tried turning the food blogger thing on me and randomly grabs my camera while I’m baking holiday treats and starts going on and on about how great this will look on “his blog.” He soo wants a blog – I know it.
This is great! Your mom is so cute! She is right on target!!!
Thank you for the laughs! I can imagine the fun you two had putting the list together
Hahahaha this is hilarious! I printed it out and had my mom dieing of laughter.
Angela, this is hysterical. I can see where you get your sense of humor!
And yeah, I’ve all but given up on eating my food while it’s still hot.
I didn’t read through all of the comments, but I’m sure I’m not the only one – I love your top in the first picture!! And this post definitely brought a smile to my face tonight
Haha I love this post its too funny
and right too. I showed it to my mom and she said “mmmmhmm… yep. right on the nose.”
That made me laugh so hard. I love everything about that list. It makes me proud to be a food blogger!!