Bottle Product Shots

[go_scottie]

We headed off to Tamborine Mountain here is Queensland for a wine and distillery tour about 2 weeks ago. We sampled plenty and bought a fair share also. But before I let Anna open these bottles I wanted to get some photos of them.

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Here is a setup shot for the shoot.
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Umbrella with Vivitar 285 @ 1/4 power. 45 deg angle to bottle and slightly above. Shot at f3.5 - 4.

More details about the shoot on my blog www.thephotojourney.com (http://www.thephotojourney.com/2009/08/05/worth-bottling/)

[R1titan]

Looks good to me, quite professional really...

How smooth was that Myrtle Lemon Vodka?

[I @ M]

I reckon you have done an excellent job of those. :th3:

Colours and exposure of the blue bottle jump out nicely and even though the exposure is very well done on the "lemon myrtle" bottle I think that it might actually look better on a neutral grey background to overcome the clear liquid ( not that there is anything wrong with drinking clear liquids:D ) and the glass blending so closely.

Your shot setup has worked well, maybe another trip to the distillery and a shoot with a different background? :D

Either way I would like to see a larger post of the blue bottle on that background.

[Seesee]

Nicely done, a great sense of purity conveyed with the stark flawlwess white background....my only thought was maybe the two bottle are a bit too far apart...maybe. Love to see a picture similar with the bottles individualy p[hotographed.

[clm738]

Love the bottle of Wattle Toffee, beautifully captured. I would like to see a different background on the vodka bottle but if you change the background the vodka changes colour also.

[go_scottie]

Thanks for the kind words guys. Its my first ever shoot of products let alone bottles.

The 2 bottles are actually 2 different shots. I have larger shots on my blog and a lil more info if your interested.

I would like to try the Vodka on different background but as Carmen has said the clear liquid will be a similar colour to the background unless I snoot a 2nd flash. Hmmm that gives me an idea.

Here is a bigger version of the Wattle Toffee
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[mongo]

Mongo says looking like a pro.

[bmxbandit]

If you are going to do a couple more shots, perhaps a subtle green or red background to match the label? And some white paper cut to the bottles shape sitting between the bottle and the background with a strobe pointing at it?

[Clubmanmc]

bugger the photos,

the Lemon Mrytle is Awesome to drink and i have a bottle fo the wattle toffee at my place.. great with tim tams

the photos look great too!

M