Ok, listen. Truth be told, I had not even taken a good look at another food blog before I started this one. I have gleaned plenty of recipes from them, but never really read them or really looked into them until I started wondering why in some food photos it looks like you could dive right in to the bowl of Shanghai whatever noodles and literally lick the colors right off of the page! And why some food photos frankly make the food look like garbage on a colorless plate! I have discovered it all comes down to the camera, lenses, and more importantly the price of the camera and lenses. So until I can scrape the pennies together in order to obtain a nicer camera, I will just have to get by with what I have.