Post your images of Liquor

[Graeme Hamilton]

Most of us probably have at least a few bottles kicking around, and after a little "inspiration" maybe we'll make a worthwhile image.
Seeing as its always a fun challenge to try and render something that's essentially clear - and my results vary - let's see everyone's best. I'll be a good sport and start.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/544c82dce4b0eb63aaadbf23/t/5c037bbe4d7a9c3472144c1d/1543732160122/Cookies.jpg
Arista 400 edu, multi exposure @ 1/15 each, deveoped in 1:25 rodinol @ box speed, Calumet CC-400 with Caltar II-N 135 @ f/11

[gnuyork]

Did you use a filter? The whiskey look almost clear. I have those same glasses.

[Graeme Hamilton]

Did you use a filter? The whiskey look almost clear. I have those same glasses.

So I'm shooting soft light through the bottle. That's the main reason I needed to do multiple exposures, with one of them being unlit except with light from my light pad passing through a gobo with whiskey and glencairn shaped holes and then through the glassware and bottle. In color photography it makes the whole bottle glow, but you have the beautiful amber color to visually communicate that it's not just water. All of the color images I've done have been digital composites, and this is the first test image to see if I can recreate the entire composite on one sheet of film, if I can, it will save me a boatload of compositing time.

[pepeguitarra]

Amazing, can you post a sample of the color photos/ Thanks, Pepe

[Graeme Hamilton]

Thanks Pepe, I'll post a link to one of the photos since its a digital image https://static1.squarespace.com/static/544c82dce4b0eb63aaadbf23/t/5c041e070ebbe84eaa816919/1543773704360/rwb.jpg The PSD is 23 layers, so itd be really nice if I can cut down on the compositing time. I'm also hoping to see some of the others members work, to see how they have approached this.

[Peter Mounier]

This is me and my neighbor about 30 years ago after bottling our homebrew.


http://www.ipaforme.com/Homebrew_circa1990.jpg
Homebrew ca. 1990

[Graeme Hamilton]

This is me and my neighbor about 30 years ago after bottling our homebrew.


http://www.ipaforme.com/Homebrew_circa1990.jpg
Homebrew ca. 1990

Now that’s a lot of beer


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[jnantz]

This is me and my neighbor about 30 years ago after bottling our homebrew.


http://www.ipaforme.com/Homebrew_circa1990.jpg
Homebrew ca. 1990


as the godfather once said " relax and have a home brew ! "
thanks for reminding me, i have cider to rack ...

[Graeme Hamilton]

Shot my first color image! Not perfect but getting closer, my desire to spend less time compositing is pushing me forward...
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/544c82dce4b0eb63aaadbf23/t/5c09c94c40ec9a17fe8a98a7/1544145229633/sa.jpg
Kodak Portra 160, multi exposure @ 1 sec each, developed by Holland Photo here in Austin, Calumet CC-400 with Caltar II-N 135 @ f/11

[Duolab123]

Thanks Pepe, I'll post a link to one of the photos since its a digital image https://static1.squarespace.com/static/544c82dce4b0eb63aaadbf23/t/5c041e070ebbe84eaa816919/1543773704360/rwb.jpg The PSD is 23 layers, so itd be really nice if I can cut down on the compositing time. I'm also hoping to see some of the others members work, to see how they have approached this.

Nicely done. Photoshop is amazing. I'm a chicken, I use Lightroom. I need to go to school. Darkroom I've got down. This sounds like a good project for me to try this with large format.

[Duolab123]

Shot my first color image! Not perfect but getting closer, my desire to spend less time compositing is pushing me forward...
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/544c82dce4b0eb63aaadbf23/t/5c09c94c40ec9a17fe8a98a7/1544145229633/sa.jpg
Kodak Portra 160, multi exposure @ 1 sec each, developed by Holland Photo here in Austin, Calumet CC-400 with Caltar II-N 135 @ f/11

Very nice, I have 2 of the good old CC Calumet cameras one is the long bellows the other is the wide angle camera. I want to try some Portra with this nice winter light coming in my south facing windows.
Can you imagine the old days guys shooting 8x10 Ektachrome for catalogs with no Polaroid.

[Graeme Hamilton]

I would be lost without Photoshop, but I think we are on opposite journeys! I'm trying to spend less time compositing and more time shooting, that digital image (digital start to finish) was only about 30 minutes to shoot but 5 hours of compositing (although I'm not the most expert). The image I just posted I shot from start to finish on one negative with multiple exposures, so the compositing did itself on the film. Admittedly there are some things I would change in regards to the lighting, but once I started shooting I couldn't see it through the camera without removing the film holder, so I had to kinda guess and try to imagine how the different highlights and shadows would add up.
Also- I can't imagine the understanding of exposure those old guys must have had, I used the EVF on my Sony a99 as a crutch to make sure all the levels for each lighting setup looked ok.

[pepeguitarra]

I think time spend making the composition is the best part of photography. It is the creative part of the process, where you really use what you have learned, what you see, and what is pleasing to the eye, Great shots