The original cake probably wasn't upright, so they photograph it at an angle to deemphasize that fact that it was crooked.
Or they just think it's "Artistic" which is a load, but some people just want to feel special...
or to fit it into the picture. some are very tall!
Beats me, but I don't like it either... anymore than I want to crank my head sideways to look at a picture someone couldn't bother to flip.
Some people think it's artistic. Some of my pics were taken by a good friend that does photography for a hobby, and she does those funny things with pictures. Just depends on taste. I do a portfolio of all my cakes and make a collage from different shots. I have to be honest though, while I like many of her photos, most of my portfolio collages end up with the straight photos!
when we got married 20+ years ago, hubby wanted to use this one photographer. And he was a good one. Well known. LOTS of national awards. But I didn't like his style. Too bad. Hubby wanted this one, so lik the wonderfully compromising person I am (yeah, it's ok to laugh!) I gave in.
My wedding photos are examples of artsy-fartsy crap! I wanted documentation of my wedding. I did NOT want a collection of photos that showed how talented and artsy the photographer was! I absolutely hate every photo we have. (Not to worry ..... in 20+ years I've had AMPLE opportunity to point out why he's not allowed to make major decisions anymore! 
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So the photographer thinks the photo looks artsy. Big whoop. That only matters to other photographers. Everyone else wants to be able to see the photo .... with OUT hurting their neck!
I'm curious, what's artistic about taking a photo on an angle? I don't think it makes the picture look better. 
I don't think it even covers up the fact that the cake is still tilting.
The original cake probably wasn't upright, so they photograph it at an angle to deemphasize that fact that it was crooked.
Guilty as charged! And I was sentenced to rolling hundreds of fondant balls for my crime.
The only slanted photo in my pics is my daughter's birthday cake; I had the worst time with it and my bottom tier wasn't level. I ended up with a huge gap between the 2 tiers to give the ILLUSION of levelness. I had to keep piling on the balls on the border to hide it .
I hate when the picture is tilted as well. I totally makes me think there is a flaw in the cake and I never get the total image of a cake when it is tilted so it doesn't make sense to take the picture that way.
It's just maybe they wanted to take a picture of the whole cake (esp. if it's tall) or the one who took it doesn't know how to make their pics look good. If the view is tilted, they can always rotate the picture when they plan to upload it online. It's just common sense actually, who would want to look at a pic when all you get is your neck stiffed. LOL!
I don't care for the crooked picture either. I made a perfectly straight cake for my uncle's wedding, but when we got the pictures back.....tilted cake! The biggest problem was, it was just tilted enough where you had to wonder IF the photog was being artsy, or if the cake was leaning!
I hated it, so I photoshopped it and made it perfectly straight....like the real thing!
a) photographer hit open bar first and was running on tilt?
b) has wonky sense of balance?
c) one arm shorter than the other so has to hold camera at slant to be able to both hold and hit shutter button?
d) has bad astigmatism and needs glasses?
e) thinks being "artsy" when really being "fartsy"?
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use a tripod that has been checked with a level!
I take awful photographs so if mine are tilted it's because I stink with cameras. I'm pretty bad with the zoom feature too. At least I can manage to avoid taking pictures of headless people, unlike my MIL. I can always tell when she's been using my digital camera at parties.
I emailed a photographer friend of mine, who told me his brides like the artsy stuff, but if he has a cake person ask him to take a good photo of the cake, he'll do a good documented photo for them. He says, "It all depends on who's asking me and what they want."
I take awful photographs so if mine are tilted it's because I stink with cameras. I'm pretty bad with the zoom feature too. At least I can manage to avoid taking pictures of headless people, unlike my MIL. I can always tell when she's been using my digital camera at parties.
My pictures are almost always fuzzy.
I never have learned how to use these new-fangled things.
the one that I have that is tilted is the picture I got from the customer who is a photographer. My picture looked horrible, but it's there in my pictures too.
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