18 February 2013 -- 49/365
North Providence, Rhode Island
About a month ago, I featured a photo of the Yacht Club Soda bottling company. That photo prompted one of my coworkers to bring in a bottle of Yacht Club Orange Soda since that was my favorite flavor as a kid. The bottle was unopened for about a month, but today I decided it was time to enjoy a taste of summer. The -7 F wind-chill outside may have had something to do with that decision. The good news for my coworker is that his refundable bottle is about to be returned.
To setup today's shot, I placed a brown micro-fleece blanket on a TV Dinner Stand and then draped it over my treadmill for a background. I used four clamp lights attached to the dinner stand, angled slightly upward instead of straight on the subjects. The bulbs were 40 watt Phillips natural light incandescent bulbs. I used a remote to control the camera while I poured the soda.
Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I then adjusted adaptive exposure, regions, and protect highlights. I applied a very heavy contrast adjustment to turn the background completely black, and then adjusted boost black and boost white. A sepia photo filter was added in PSE.
18 February 2013 -- 49/365
North Providence, Rhode Island
About a month ago, I featured a photo of the Yacht Club Soda bottling company. That photo prompted one of my coworkers to bring in a bottle of Yacht Club Orange Soda since that was my favorite flavor as a kid. The bottle was unopened for about a month, but today I decided it was time to enjoy a taste of summer. The -7 F wind-chill outside may have had something to do with that decision. The good news for my coworker is that his refundable bottle is about to be returned.
To setup today's shot, I placed a brown micro-fleece blanket on a TV Dinner Stand and then draped it over my treadmill for a background. I used four clamp lights attached to the dinner stand, angled slightly upward instead of straight on the subjects. The bulbs were 40 watt Phillips natural light incandescent bulbs. I used a remote to control the camera while I poured the soda.
Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I then adjusted adaptive exposure, regions, and protect highlights. I applied a very heavy contrast adjustment to turn the background completely black, and then adjusted boost black and boost white. A sepia photo filter was added in PSE.
See photo in original gallery.