Image courtesy of Freddy Clark
Beverages are everywhere—water, coffee, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages—you’ve got one of them near you all day. Chances are good that as you read this, you’re holding one or there’s one on the table near you right now. Look around in magazines and billboards; beverage photography is everywhere, and as more and more craft beverages become popular, you’ll only see them more often. But shooting beverages means shooting glass, and glass can be an unforgiving subject.
Join our hosts, Troy Miller and Steve Brazill, as they talk with still life and food photographer, Freddy Clark, on the best practices when photographing beverages, including:
- How to prepare bottles, cans, and glasses to get a professional look
- Beverage styling techniques and tricks
- How to approach lighting a scene
- Use of light modifiers for different looks
Meet our guest
Freddy Clark’s career took a couple of twists and turns before becoming a Beverage and Food Photographer. After a decade working full time in radio, the birth of his daughter inspired his love for photography. After spending a couple of years shooting weddings for other studios, he was asked if he would do some food shots for a local restaurant and found his calling.
Today, Freddy works for Beverage Brands and restaurants as the photographer of Santé Beverage & Food Photography. He has taught workshops on photography for Princeton Photo Workshops, Canon, and independently.
Freddy’s Social Links:
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Meet our hosts
Troy Miller
Troy Miller as a creative has chosen wedding photography as his full-time profession for over 25 years. Having earned his Masters of Photography from PPA, he’s received numerous awards throughout his career. Troy is also the creator of f64 Live, an annual photography event providing educations and experience for photographers of all levels. When he’s not planning f64 Live or photographing brides, he can be found in his shop creating art with other mediums such as welding, fabricating, ceramics, or just lighting things on fire.
Troy’s Social Links
Wedding Portfolio | Fine Art Portfolio | Youtube | Instagram
Steve Brazill
Steve Brazill is a Southern California based live music photographer, host of the Behind the Shot Podcast, emcee, voice actor, and on-air personality at 96.7 KCAL FM. He also does a series of live streamed image critique shows on the podcast with macro photographer Don Komarechka. As an educator, Steve does speaking engagements on live music photography, and classes for Princeton Photo Workshops.
Steve’s Social Links
Portfolio | Behind the Shot Podcast | YouTube | Instagram | Twitter
