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Isolation Photo Project, Day 122

UPDATE: After completing the course, and with the wisdom of hindsight, I have realised that beverage photography is challenging, and it was naive of me to expect "instantly good" results. Throughout the course, the instructor remained patient and helpful. A thunderstorm rolled in tonight, precluding any possibility of safe outdoor photography. No barns, bridges and building hunting tonight. Fortunately, some of the photography equipment I ordered on Amazon.com was delivered yesterday and this afternoon. The order includes a 6 ft…

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Isolation Photo Project, Day 118: Wine Bottle Final Attempt

Bottle of Apothic Red Wine

UPDATE: After completing the course, and with the wisdom of hindsight, I have realised that beverage photography is challenging, and it was naive of me to expect "instantly good" results. Throughout the course, the instructor remained patient and helpful. If you've followed along the last two days, you've seen my frustrating attempts to light and photograph a wine bottle properly. On Thursday, I was able to get the outline of the bottle nearly correctly lit, but I still had more…

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Isolation Photo Project, Day 117: Wine Bottle Photography

UPDATE: After completing the course, and with the wisdom of hindsight, I have realised that beverage photography is challenging and it was naive of me to expect "instantly good" results. Throughout the course, the instructor remained patient and helpful. On my lunch break today, I continued working on photographing a bottle of Apothic Red wine. Yesterday, I was frustrated in my attempts because although I knew that it was not working, I didn't understand why. I found an article, Shooting…

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