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Flash, plus I am using lighting above, and below the subject. Subject is on a glass table.hammy said:I like the second a lot. How'd you do it?
Willc73 said:Hey MPDC,
The shots weren't in the critique forum so I didn't want to just give you all my opinions. However I do exactly this type of thing for a living and if you want, I can give you my comments and suggestion?
Let me know.
megapaws said:I like the idea here - the lighting is cool.
I am by no means a pro, I just had a thought as soon as I saw the first image. What if you took a shot with the bag lying next to the bottle... I think that it would give it a bit of a seductive look and make it seem less static. Maybe that's just me.
Willc73 said:Don't want you to think I am being a know it all or anything, this is just my opinion.
These shots need a lot of work. First off, do something about that background, wrinkled fabric just never looks good. When lighting the bottle, do a google search for "crown royal ads", that will give you a heading on what a bottle should look like to make the whiskey look appetising. You don't need to copy it exactly, but it is a good place to start. Actually copying ads is a great way to learn.
What you should try is cutting a silver card to fit behind the bottle, the shape of the bottle and hidden inside the edges of the bottle. Angle that card and hit it with a light, either a gridded down light or some kind of snooted card. You can also experiment with gold cards , depending on what looks best. There are other options to light the bottle. You can cover the back with diffusion material and shoot a light from behind. Everything depends on what works best with the set you have going but the idea is to create a nice golden gradation in the bottle to show the color and purity of the whiskey. For the front of the bottle, your label has a bunch of wrinkles. I am sure you don't want to go buy another bottle so that will have to be a photoshop thing. Otherwise the label is not flattered very well the way it is lit. I don't have a problem with using a hard light like you are using, but play around with the angle of the light to better compliment the label and the cap, probably a slightly lower angle. You also need to add a softer light to give some shape to the bottle. Might I suggest my standard plexi gradation? Take a piece of 2' x 4' semi translucent white plexi and shoot a grid into the center of it creating a circular glow of light. Play with it, trying it on the side, top, bottom, whatever you think looks best.
The bag doesn't look too hot, I think it looks good the way Crown Royal does it, which is slumped down underneath the bottle. I too agree that some whiskey on the rocks would look good, but that has some serious lighting and styling issues you would have to contend with. I don't have a problem with the glass surface.
Can I ask what city you live in?