Video: 5 Tips for Photographing Drinks

Saturday 2 October 2021, 23:23 by Elja Trum | 4,084 views | 0 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Amie is a food photographer and in this video she gives you 5 tips for bringing drinks out better in photos. Photographing drinks is harder than you might think, as you quickly run into reflections, for example. These tips will help you take great photos.

The five tips from the video:

1. Make a plan

Make a plan beforehand for what you want to photograph and how. Drinks do not look any better if you leave them standing for a long time, so make sure you know what you want to photograph and get everything ready before pouring a drink to photograph.

Think about what kind of background you want to use, which other items you want in the frame and how you want the light to fall. You could even make a drawing beforehand of what you have in mind.

2. Clean the glass and wear gloves

When you take a glass from the cupboard, it is usually not sparkling clean. Small things that you do not quickly notice with the naked eye really stand out in your photo under the right, or rather wrong, light.

Save yourself a lot of time in post-processing by cleaning the glass properly. Wear gloves to prevent new fingerprints from getting on your glass.

3. Use the right glass

Many drinks have a specific glass that goes with them. A drink is often recognised by the glass it is served in. So make sure you use the right glass.

Otherwise, you will certainly get comments about this when you show your photos to others.

4. Add texture

A drink can often look a little dull too. It is often completely smooth and without texture. So add things to your photo to bring in some texture. Think of ice cubes, little umbrellas, a slice of lemon, a sugared rim and so on.

Of course, make sure that whatever you add also suits the drink you are photographing,

5. Use backlighting

It does not work with every drink, but it is a beautiful way to light your drink: with backlighting. The light passes through your drink and gives it a beautiful glow.

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