Product Shoot – Cameron Karsten's Imaginarium

Photo of the Day: Odin Brewery

February 25, 2012 by cameronkarsten 1 Comment

Two fantastic beers by Seattle’s Odin Brewery: Freya’s Gold and Odin’s Gift

Lit with two Q-flashes both camera right and camera left diffused with softboxes and sheets, and one Canon Speedlite with a orange gel on the backdrop. One LED flashlight placed behind the bottle illuminating the rear. Mist covered the plexiglass which the bottles sat upon, while condensation formed after freezing the bottles and placing them in a room temperature environment.

Location: Cameron Karsten Studios, Bainbridge Island, WA

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

100mm, 1/30 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100, tripod mount.

Post: Adobe LR3 & PS5

Filed Under: Cameron Karsten, Commercial Photography, Food, Photo of the Day, Photo Shoot, Photography, Product Shoot, Seattle, Still life, Washington Tagged With: beer, Cameron Karsten Photography, Commercial Photography, Freya's Gold, Odin, Odin Brewery, Odin's Gift, Product Shoot, Seattle, Washington

Seattle Central Creative Academy: Photography Assignment (Stop/Blur)

November 15, 2011 by cameronkarsten 1 Comment

Stop/Blur is a challenge with hot lights, or continuous lighting. Typically, when a flash is used for a photograph, two exposures are taken simultaneously: flash captures the subject and freezes it’s movement, where the shutter speed takes in the ambient light of the atmosphere. But with hot flashes in a studio, you need enough lights to crank up the shutter speed for a moving subject. For my shots, I kept the ISO at 100 to record maximum clarity and used five lights and a reflector to highlight the liquid. My subject? The finest whiskey west of the Mississippi: Stranahan Colorado Whiskey. Below is my pick, and the remaining at the end of the post are other experiments with the shot.