My new favorite thing

[mmeyer]

Thanks to my buddy Duckhnt, I have found Gin! Mmmm Good.

And so has my Wife. Actually, I just borrowed her lips, she's not allowed to touch my gin.

[walleyeslayr]

NICE!

[B-man715]

Mike that makes me thirsty!

Cool shot! I'm just starting to poke my head into the great art of photography and have a couple questions. Mirror w/black back drop? What lighting did you use on that shot?

[MN Shutterbug]

Interesting. Those would look good in an ad.

[mmeyer]

Thanks Guys!

I did use a black backdrop with a mirror. I used a softbox with an Alien Bee AB400 monolight. The softbox was camera right at a 45 deg angle to the camera. I had to turn the glass to achieve the correct lighting without hotspots but with enough light to show the shape and curves of the glass. I had to reshoot it several times. The first time I didn't catch the bubbles from the 7up. The second time I did and got some good shots but I noticed when I was shooting at the lower angle, that my mirror was full of lint. So I washed that and poured myself a new drink and finally got the shots I was looking for. I only had to drink 2 drinks to get it done. I guess next time I'll have to find some more reasons to reshoot.

That's probably more information than you wanted but I thought I'd throw it all out there just in case.

Thanks again

[Dbl]

Glass is so tough to photograph, you've done well with these.

[dukhnt]

You can't blame me for your bad habits. Very cool pictures buddy.

[Mforce]

New Amsterdam is my favorite!

[mmeyer]

Thanks Guys. I appreciate you checking out my pics.