Gorgeous blue roast beef and brie sandwich from the Fox and Obin Market in Chicago.

It’s good to know I’m not the only person who’s guilty of this.

First, don’t take multiple shots from multiple angles, kneel on the banquette, or rearrange the table. Jeffrey Porter, cowriter of the blog Drink Eat Love, says he limits himself to “four or five shots.” Besides creating an unnecessary disturbance, your dinner might get cold. At Alinea, one dish, called Hot Potato Cold Potato, has contrasting temperatures. By the time a diner has snapped the dish from every angle, it might as well be called “lukewarm potato.”

How to politely photograph restaurant food [via Lifehacker]