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By Aaron Burden Food Photography Ideas – Unit 23 Cocktails and Drinks I would like to base my food photography around drinks as the majority of the class are using sold food items so I wanted to be a bit different. Another reason why I wanted to do something with liquids is the fact you don’t have to do use the exact ingredients. For example if you want to do a shoot with alcoholic drinks such as Blue Curacao, you could instead use water and blue food colouring, which would be much cheaper and allowed in college. For realistic looking drinks I will also be using acrylic ice cubes and shards for the drinks. The reason why I am not using real ice is the simple fact they would melt especially under studio lights. From looking at different set ups for drinks and food, I have decided I would like to try and incorporate a reflective surface into the shot. Whether the glass surface is a plate or a glass table. I believe I we will be using a different lighting set ups including highkey and lowkey backdrops. Below is a list of the drinks we would like to achieve along with an image and how I would go about creating it without alcohol. Cuba Libre – Coke and white or gold rum with ice and lime wedges. I have chosen the ‘Cuba Libre’ as one of the cocktails we will attempt because it can be made without the alcohol and still look exactly the same. This will be made with only coke, acrylic ice cubes and Lime wedges. This cocktail is one that I have already practiced and believe I can make it quickly while also paying attention to detail. With the extra time gained we can focus more on how we want the lighting to interact with the drink. Curacao on the Rocks – Blue Curacao and ice. Curacao on the Rocks is a simple drink only consisting of blue curacao and ice cubes served in either a tumbler glass or a martini glass. We will be making this drink using blue food dye and acrylic ice cubes. The difficult will be getting the concentration of food dye to water correct otherwise the drink might be too light or dark in colour.

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By  Aaron  Burden  

Food  Photography  Ideas  –  Unit  23    

Cocktails  and  Drinks  I  would  like  to  base  my  food  photography  around  drinks  as  the  majority  of  the  class  are  using  sold  food  items  so  I  wanted  to  be  a  bit  different.  Another  reason  why  I  wanted  to  do  something  with  liquids  is  the  fact  you  don’t  have  to  do  use  the  exact  ingredients.  For  example  if  you  want  to  do  a  shoot  with  alcoholic  drinks  such  as  Blue  Curacao,  you  could  instead  use  water  and  blue  food  colouring,  which  would  be  much  cheaper  and  allowed  in  college.      For  realistic  looking  drinks  I  will  also  be  using  acrylic  ice  cubes  and  shards  for  the  drinks.  The  reason  why  I  am  not  using  real  ice  is  the  simple  fact  they  would  melt  especially  under  studio  lights.      From  looking  at  different  set  ups  for  drinks  and  food,  I  have  decided  I  would  like  to  try  and  incorporate  a  reflective  surface  into  the  shot.  Whether  the  glass  surface  is  a  plate  or  a  glass  table.  I  believe  I  we  will  be  using  a  different  lighting  set  ups  including  high-­‐key  and  low-­‐key  backdrops.    Below  is  a  list  of  the  drinks  we  would  like  to  achieve  along  with  an  image  and  how  I  would  go  about  creating  it  without  alcohol.  

     Cuba  Libre  –  Coke  and  white  or  gold  rum  with  ice  and  lime  wedges.      I  have  chosen  the  ‘Cuba  Libre’  as  one  of  the  cocktails  we  will  attempt  because  it  can  be  made  without  the  alcohol  and  still  look  exactly  the  same.  This  will  be  made  with  only  coke,  acrylic  ice  cubes  and  Lime  wedges.    This  cocktail  is  one  that  I  have  already  practiced  and  believe  I  can  make  it  quickly  while  also  paying  attention  to  detail.  With  the  extra  time  gained  we  can  focus  more  on  how  we  want  the  lighting  to  interact  with  the  drink.        Curacao  on  the  Rocks  –  Blue  Curacao  and  ice.    Curacao  on  the  Rocks  is  a  simple  drink  only  consisting  of  blue  curacao  and  ice  cubes  served  in  either  a  tumbler  glass  or  a  martini  glass.    We  will  be  making  this  drink  using  blue  food  dye  and  acrylic  ice  cubes.  The  difficult  will  be  getting  the  concentration  of  food  dye  to  water  correct  otherwise  the  drink  might  be  too  light  or  dark  in  colour.    

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By  Aaron  Burden  

Another  way  to  get  the  colour  is  to  use  an  energy  or  sports  drink  such  as  ‘Powerade’  for  the  drinks  colour.    

Absolut  Ps  –  Absolut  Pears,  lemon  lime  soda  and  lemon  wedge.      Absolut  Ps  can  be  created  in  the  same  way  as  the  Cuba  Libre,  with  everything  apart  from  the  alcohol.  It  could  also  be  made  with  just  lemonade,  acrylic  ice  cubes  and  a  lemon  wedge.      This  cocktail  should  be  relatively  easy  since  we  don’t  have  to  worry  about  colour  in  this  drink.  I  would  like  to  capture  the  carbonation  of  the  lemon  lime  soda  when  we  take  the  photo.    Cosmopolitan  –  Vodka,  Triple  Sec,  Lime  juice  and  Cranberry  juice    The  Cosmopolitan  can  be  made  simply  with  still  water  and  red  food  dye,  and  then  served  in  a  martini  glass.  This  could  also  be  created  using  red  ‘Powerade’  if  we  have  problems  making  the  correct  colour.                Martini  –  Smirnoff  No.  21,  Dry  Vermouth  and  lemon  zest    I  picked  the  Martini  because  it  is  a  very  simple  cocktail  consisting  of  3  ingredients,  vodka,  dry  vermouth  and  a  lemon  zest.  This  can  be  created  using  still  water  and  the  lemon  zest.      The  trick  with  this  drink  is  the  presentation  of  it  rather  than  the  creation.  When  photographing  this  drink  I  will  have  to  consider  what  items  will  be  in  shot  and  how  they  are  link  to  the  drink  itself.  This  will  also  depend  on  the  atmosphere  I  want  the  photo  to  convey.