Comments on: Photographing Cold Drinks

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Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:07 +0000

[...] happen for very long! Not to mention, we are trained to expect a glass to have a perfect layer of condensation or a cup to have spiraling swirls of [...]

By: Maurice

Maurice — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:35:47 +0000

Have a look at Lou Manna’s book “Digital Food photography”. It has lots of food photography secrets including using food coloured mash potato
instead of ice cream.

By: Ashish

Ashish — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:14:07 +0000

Does anyone have a recipe for fake ice cream which can be used while taking photographs?

By: Phil Taylor

Phil Taylor — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:33:06 +0000

Have a look at the book “Light, Science and Magic” Fil Hunte & Paul Fuqua, Focal Press, 1997

It will tell you all you need to know about controlling that lighting, and many other common surfaces - chrome, texture etc.

By: abir

abir — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:45:39 +0000

i like your idea. but need guidelines about the lighting for glass shoot with drinks.

By: catherine

catherine — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:26:29 +0000

You can get fake ice cubes from http://www.trengovestudios.com/ice/f-ice.html . I was looking for a way to make a glass bottle look frosted and found this site - which is really well designed and informative. Thanks!

By: Seb

Seb — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:21:55 +0000

Does anyone know where to get fake ice cubes in Australia?

By: Brian Preston-Campbell

Brian Preston-Campbell — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:38:57 +0000

If you feel like spending $16US, Evian makes an aerosol spray can of spring water. I have used it to make condensation on occasion, and it is much more convincing than glycerin (very fine mist as opposed to large drops). Rickies, a chain of beauty supply stores here in NYC, sells them in two sizes. I buy the large one, since I use them often.

Brian

By: L

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:08:49 +0000

Jack - LOL

N1×0n - Cool. I’ll have to try that… sounds kind of like my oil trick, but I’d probably still drink out of it (albeit with sticky hands)

Fredric - It’s hard to shoot wine well without fairly controlled lighting… I took a look, and I think you’ve done a pretty good job with limited gear! Glad you stopped in!

By: Fredric Koeppel

Fredric Koeppel — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:51:35 +0000

I take some photos of food and wine for my website, especially when I’m writing about food and wine pairings, and it’s really hard. I use a sort of small digital camera of course, and the lighting and shadows, learning how close I can get, using flash or not, I probably have a success rate of 1 in 20 shots. Well, maybe that’s OK, I don’t know. But I’m happy to find this site by way of a link through another link and maybe another, and I’ll use it often. Thanks.