There are so many things wrong with the above shot (taken during a candlelit dinner at Loteria Grill in Hollywood), at least according to the food photography tips provided by top food blogging photographers — Matt Armendariz of Matt Bites, Wesley Wong of TwoHungryPandas and Sarah J. Gim of The Delicious Life/TasteSpotting. Ugh! That picture is just so horrible. I’m so embarrassed.

Anyway, so I asked the food pornographers for their secrets on taking a great picture for my post “5 Tips on How To Take Food Porntastic Shots” I did today on LA Weekly‘s SquidInk food blog. Hint: The use of flash is the lesser of my above picture’s many sins. I’m still learning! Click here to get schooled on how to make your own food shots droolworthy.