Anyone know how to get this type of shot?

Blackvault · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:24

I saw this on Jonathan Knowles site.

Any idea out I can capture it? I have a tripod, Canon 430EX and 30D.

Blackvault

nolimit · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:27

probably white background, good lighting, someone to pour the drink and fast shutter speed

morgan · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:35

plus tilt the glass. looks to me just overexpose and use hss on the flash...

Blackvault · 23 Jan 2007 at 16:17

morgan said:
plus tilt the glass. looks to me just overexpose and use hss on the flash...

I'll give it a go. What does HSS do ?

Blackvault

FranchiseJuan · 23 Jan 2007 at 16:28

The problem you are going to have if you take the shot with just one flash is that it is not going to evenly light the background and the glass and if you flash front or side on, you are going to have a reflection in the glass somewhere that is gonig to be easy to see.

To achieve something silimar to what is in the photo, maybe try placing a whilte sheet behind the glass (with a well lit room in the background), then either use a softbox, or use something to hold a large sheet of white paper in front of your flash and underexpose by a stop on the flash exposure.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 23 Jan 2007 at 16:39

Yeah I know. The deal is to illuminate your white background and use your flash to hit the subject only without casting a shadow. Probably gonna wanna make yourself a mini softbox for your flash and prob get your flash off cord too

FranchiseJuan · 23 Jan 2007 at 16:55

Actually if you want to know how that shot was actually shot (probably), it was done in a light tent with 3 lights.

byteagig · 24 Jan 2007 at 21:19

FranchiseJuan said:
Actually if you want to know how that shot was actually shot (probably), it was done in a light tent with 3 lights.

and

heavily photoshopped!

RichDay · 25 Jan 2007 at 08:56

byteagig said:
and heavily photoshopped!

Nah, you could get that shot fairly easily with minimal photoshopping.

The ghetto way to do it would be to hang a thin bedsheet behind your subject (preferably in a 180 degree arc) and light it with a strong white light. A couple of 500w halogen worklights would do. Recon it'd cost you about £12 to set up.

Like this:

(excuse my ms paint skills)