After being busy over the holidays, I now have time to post another entry on this blog. These shots were taken last December, but I didn't really have enough time to update this, so there.
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I remember watching something from youtube on how to shoot bottles inside the studio. So when I was tasked to shoot these bottles, I immediately tried the things I learned.
Diapers.
The "super absorbent" things inside a diaper are sodium polyacrylate which are VERY water absorbent. When these things come to contact with water, they become these crystal like substance that can be used as "ice".
So, why not just use real ice?
That's simple, ice melts. Fast. And when inside the studio with hot lights flashing all around, it would be such a pain to use the real thing.
So we substitute it with diaper guts to make life so much easier and for the shoot to be
Like so.
Now on to photography.
It was a simple set up really. We have two illustration boards, one on the back of the subject, and one on the right side.
I put a folder beside the subject to catch and reflect some light from the big soft box on the right.
A snooted strobe was on the back of the bottle to illuminate the juice inside of the bottle.
And a bare bulb gelled strobe hidden behind the illustration board on the right. This is to give background color depending on the flavor of each juice.
I tilted the camera because the shots needed for livingsocial's website needed to be on landscape. This way, I can put more of the bottle in the shot so not to waste space.
Now on to the messy part.
The camera was set at f9.5, 1/180 and iso 100 at 50mm
Then we take the shot! A little post work and we are done!
Sidenotes:
- I also used a spray bottle with water inside to create water droplets
- I actually need another strobe to light the label
Happy new year people!
