It’s amazing what you can learn in a day. The first shot of the beer can I posted yesterday was a little flat – the lighting was dull. It didn’t give the can any life.
So I worked on the lighting, re-thought my approach, and went with a setup that created dramatic light on the can. Nice and bright down the middle, fading off nicely to near black along both edges.
I also addressed the sweat on the can – the first shot was sweaty, but the beads were too small. In this shot, I used a different technique and allowed the sweat to bead up nicely.
The shot is all accomplished in-camera – there is no Photoshop retouching done to this can. All that was done in Photoshop was to remove the support.
I think this version is starting to look a lot more appealing. It needs more time to tweak the placement of the sweat beads, but that’ll have to wait for another day.
Great shot, especially without falling back on psd for support!
Thanks! I find that trying to do as much as possible in camera not only saves tons of time in post, but also results in a more realistic final shot.
Appreciate it!
Really nice job, it seriously looks amazing.
Thanks Dave – you should have seen the setup needed to achieve that look.
definitely a great shot… much better than part 1
looks so vibrant and yummy!
Thanks Carole! Making you thirsty?
anmazing shot !
are you possible to show us a lighting diagram ?
Sorry Niki – not on this one!
is it because you don`t wanna tell us your lighting secret ?
It is not a secret, it’s just some things you need to figure out on your own.