[ Summer Drink Tour ]

One of the funnest shoots of this year was getting the opportunity to go to some of Orange County's best dining spots to shoot their Signature Drinks for Riviera Magazine.  The challenge of these shoots was to not only to accurately show how beautiful the drinks are, but to get each shot done in under 30 minutes!  We were pressed for time in getting the photos by the deadline so we had to schedule the 10 restaurants in a small time window over 2 days.  That left no time for elaborate lighting setups so we stuck to a basic lighting formula.  We used daylight as the primary light source, a white card to fill, and a battery powered light panel LED light to add the last bit of fill.  Here's what we came up with:

 

An example of the set ups that were used.

You can also view the photos at Riviera Magazine. Tech Details - Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, Canon 100mm F/2.8 Macro, Adobe PhotoShop Lightroom 2, Adobe Photoshop CS3.