This was a shot that wasn’t planned at all but I love how it
turned out. When I was at Joe’s Crab Shack, I went there purposely to create
the Shark Bite shot. After I finished with that one, however, I decided to
order another drink and some food. I picked the drink for two reasons, because
it looked cool, and because it sounded good.
Once the order was placed in front of me though, I knew I
had to take some photos of it. I arranged the food, the drink, and the
silverware bucket so it would fit in a vertical frame. The exposure was already
correct from the last drink shot but I still bracketed just in case.
Creating the shot was easy. The more involved part was the
editing. I cropped it a little, took out something in the background that was
distracting, brightened the drink’s colors, and removed a distracting
reflection.
Looking back at it now that it’s finished, I realize that,
yes, I could have done it better but I like how it turned out. I could have
turned the camera to shoot it horizontally to get more of the food and drink
but by doing it vertical, I took away any blank space there may have been.
Also, I could have lit the drink with a flashlight like when I did the Shark
Bite photo. It would have been an easier post processing job but it still
turned out nice. The last change I could have made is to just photograph the
drink without the food but I think by adding the food and the silverware to the
photo, it brought more feeling and meaning to the photo. The drink is still the
star as it’s so bright but there’s atmosphere as well.