Lighting for Beverage & Splash Photography
Take your beverage photography skills to the next level! Join Aaron Van, an Orlando-based commercial food and beverage photographer, for a complete behind-the-scenes look at everything you need to know to create pro-level photos of beverages. To begin, Aaron takes you through the tools, props, glassware, and light shaping tools he uses every day. From there you’ll join Aaron in the studio for a series of shoots where changing up the lighting allows for a variety of creative looks that help to tell a story. Through each lesson, Aaron shares tips and techniques for elevating your beverage photography higher and higher. Aaron wraps up the class with a discussion of flash duration for stopping motion in liquid before putting it all together in a final shoot.
Release Date: 2022-03-03
Lessons
Introduction
The instructor introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 3 mins 3 seconds
Tools, Props, and Glassware Overview
Aaron provides an overview of all the tools, props, and objects he uses in a shoot.
Duration: 5 mins 41 seconds
Light Shaping Tools
Beyond the tools for styling are the tools for controlling light.
Duration: 8 mins 58 seconds
Light Scene Shoot: Part 1
In the first scene Aaron shows how to create a daylight look.
Duration: 12 mins 8 seconds
Drink Styling for Light Scene
Prior to the shoot Aaron demonstrates how he styles glasses and bottles for the scene.
Duration: 10 mins 9 seconds
Light Scene Shoot: Part 2
With the glasses and bottles styled, Aaron walks through his process for creating the shot.
Duration: 8 mins 0 seconds
Post Production for Light Scene
Back in KelbyOne Studios Aaron walks through his post processing steps.
Duration: 4 mins 0 seconds
Dark Scene Shoot: Part 1
Changing a few things up to create a dark scene.
Duration: 10 mins 24 seconds
Dark Scene Shoot: Part 2
Building on the elements from the previous lesson, Aaron continues to build out the scene.
Duration: 11 mins 1 seconds
Post Production for Dark Scene
With the shoot done, Aaron walks through the post processing of the images from the dark scene.
Duration: 6 mins 59 seconds
Flash Duration
Understanding flash duration is the key to stopping motion with flash.
Duration: 14 mins 25 seconds
Final Scene
Bringing it all together, Aaron demonstrates how to create a commercial advertising image.
Duration: 14 mins 34 seconds
Post Production for Final Scene
Join Aaron as he walks through the post processing applied to the images for the final scene.
Duration: 8 mins 31 seconds