Oct 17
I started to work on a metal can of cold beer earlier today to see what I could do. It’s not a subject I had photographed in the past, but was asked recently to show some of my beer shots.
Here is the result of a few hours of playing earlier today – everything but the table reflection was done in camera. No compositing.
The can still needs work – silver above and below the main red label – but the general lighting is starting to work. Next step is to tweak it and then add some interest. Maybe a lump of ice built up in front of the can? A pour into a glass behind the can? Not sure yet.
I’ll keep working with it to see what comes up.
perfect capture of a beer can! the white background, reflection, and the wetness drops…I can see this being on a billboard.
Looks great Derek! Sorry I wasn’t able to come assist you today.
I tried to get the feed for the RSS for this article but it is not displaying in Google Chrome. Any suggestions?
A quick search of this issue shows some reference to the problem back in 2008 – are you using a really old version of Chrome?
I LOVE IT !!!!!!! THE BEER COLD AND SWEATING WITH COLD DEW DROPS ON IT DRIVES ME TO GOING OUT FOR A BOX OF RED…YOUCOULD SAY IM SEEING RED…GHOOD STUFF