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Taking Cocktail Pictures with out a Professional Digicam
Social media is a good way to get consideration on your bar or private model and having nice photographs is a should, so listed here are my prime 5 tips about getting nice cocktail images. The pictures under are all taken on my own utilizing an iPhone 7plus – nothing extra superior than the digital camera that’s in your pocket all day lengthy.
1: Gentle Gentle Gentle
The primary distinction between a professional digital camera and a smartphone aside from the attachment lens choices is the bodily measurement of the sensor that mild must hit so as to create the picture, so to provide your cocktail footage one of the best probability, get as a lot high quality mild on them as doable. Daylight is nice and completely different instances of day can provide completely different results, but when you must shoot indoors seize some lights (white if doable), you’ll be able to at all times deliver the brightness down after you shoot.
2: Decide your location
Ensure that what’s within the background of your picture is what you need to find yourself in your picture. For those who’re at work, keep away from garbage bins (trash cans), money registers and so on. A number of textures will at all times add curiosity and context to the picture, or if you need simply the concentrate on the drink, strive utilizing cloths in numerous colors to take away distractions.
3: Props
Check out what’s in your drink and what feelings you’re seeking to provoke and discover props to match – for instance, with the autumn (fall) drinks I purchased the related fruits, gathered fallen leaves and spices to rearrange across the drinks, giving them context.
4: Spend time on Garnishes
Don’t skimp on the garnish, make sure that if you happen to’re utilizing citrus slices or wedges that you just take a few moments to take away seeds and lower recent. Spend these few further minutes to verify the drink appears to be like wonderful.
5: Embrace manufacturers for extra shares
Together with bottles in your photographs will give the manufacturers a purpose to re-share your cocktail images, article or web site, so why not encourage them that can assist you attain a much bigger following‽
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