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11/26/2005 03:45:08 PM · #1 |
| A buddy of mine that owns a Sports bar is creating his drinks menu and has asked me to shoot the drinks for him. I have lighting and the necessary hardware equipment. I dont however have props for this kind of shoot and was wondering what would one use for Drinks? He is going to provide those fancy drink glasses and exotic fruits and such. I was wondering what to use as backdrops or any other suggestions. Also I did some research on drink shots and found some decent ideas but if you know any great sites that show drinks at there best I would really appreciate it. I dont do commercial shoots for shoot for money this is just a hobby for me, but this buddy of mine is new to this industry and I remember when I first got into the hotel business I didnt have anyone to help me so I thought I would help him out with it. |
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11/26/2005 04:00:02 PM · #2 |
| Can't help you much, but putting things on mirrors or very reflective surfaces can be fun |
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11/26/2005 04:12:35 PM · #3 |
| Mirros are nice, but how about a bar countertop? It's where the drinks will end up. Do a shallow DOF shot with the background being a bar. |
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11/26/2005 04:49:39 PM · #4 |
How are the shots going to be used? That makes a big difference... Gonna be on little "special drink" menus on the tables? Posters? Advertisements? My personal taste on this stuff is to do the shots on location, at his bar, assuming it's the least bit photogenic. Makes it a lot easier to create the drinks too. When we did architectural photography, we'd make drinks for props for the bar shots, and include bar food as well.
It's worth noting that as a rule you don't need to use the booze to make the drinks. Watered down soy sauce, for instance, looks like whiskey. Straight tonic water looks like a gin and tonic. Some exotic drinks, such as those built in layers, need the booze as part of their construction, but daiquiris and margaritas don't.
Softbox-type light is the easiest to work with if these are supposed to be descriptive shots, as opposed to artistic ones. Fancier light setups can add more drama and sparkle of course, but may be counetrproductive if the purpose of the shots is descriptive.
There's a good range of tips here. Have fun!
Robt. |
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11/26/2005 05:12:33 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
How are the shots going to be used? That makes a big difference... Gonna be on little "special drink" menus on the tables? Posters? Advertisements? My personal taste on this stuff is to do the shots on location, at his bar, assuming it's the least bit photogenic. Makes it a lot easier to create the drinks too. When we did architectural photography, we'd make drinks for props for the bar shots, and include bar food as well.
It's worth noting that as a rule you don't need to use the booze to make the drinks. Watered down soy sauce, for instance, looks like whiskey. Straight tonic water looks like a gin and tonic. Some exotic drinks, such as those built in layers, need the booze as part of their construction, but daiquiris and margaritas don't.
Softbox-type light is the easiest to work with if these are supposed to be descriptive shots, as opposed to artistic ones. Fancier light setups can add more drama and sparkle of course, but may be counetrproductive if the purpose of the shots is descriptive.
There's a good range of tips here. Have fun!
Robt. |
Ahh Robert I knew I could count on you for some ideas and suggestions.
I think he is going to create menus on tables. We will be shooting on location. If I was the owner and I was creating the drink menu I would be thinking along the lines of I want to sell these more than beer and so I need to make them taste good and I would need to do this within the photograph. After checking out the website I have some ideas. I will show the results. Thank you Robert. |
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12/13/2005 10:55:50 AM · #6 |
While Here are the pics from my Shoot. This is Round one we are going to shoot again to get the flaws out but any suggestions would be great.
  
     
  
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12/13/2005 11:03:33 AM · #7 |
Nice job!
Few things I noticed. One is on the green drink, there are shadows, and the straw is cut off, which doesn't work for me. I'm not sure how to accomplish it, but you may have to doctor the garnishes some how. The garnishs look to 'real' for some reason. Well, I'm assuming they look real because they are real, but I think they need to look more 'perfect' somehow. Also, on the frozen cosmo (?) I'm not a fan of the foam around the strawberry and in the drink...
Just my two cents since I know nothing about food photography (or photography in general for that matter :P)
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12/13/2005 11:16:16 AM · #8 |
| The red shots look like they have a moderate color cast to them. The blue shots not so much... |
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12/13/2005 11:25:08 AM · #9 |
| I like the close ups much better and then I realized why- they have a cleaner background |
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12/13/2005 02:51:59 PM · #10 |
I think they all need a little more depth of field. I noticed it especially on #2 (ice in focus, but the drink is out) and #12 (extreme falloff of focus of the glass).
You definatley want the background to be out of focus, but when doing product photography its important that the entire product be clear. |
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12/13/2005 02:54:39 PM · #11 |
| I agree I'd like to see a bit more depth of field. |
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12/13/2005 03:08:41 PM · #12 |
I agree with the little more DOF BUT this depends on the placement on the menu. It might fit in nicely to have it exactly as it is, so hard to say.
I prefer the partial views - #1, #3 & #11 (from top left across and down) cause people don't need to really see the whole thing. Might also want to try some from slightly below the rim looking up. |
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