5 Tips for Better Beverage Photos with Steve Giralt

[@BandH]

What are your beverage photography and/or videography tips?

[@cnhoffman]

Use real ice.

[@PeterFerris]

As a still photographer starting out in the food & beverage niche, this is by far my favorite B&H video, mad props to them for recognizing Steve for the master that he is. This is also one of my favorite Garage / Giralt videos, although the burger flip is hard to beat! Thank you B&H and Steve. 👍✌️🔥

[@jimfeldman4035]

clear Karo/water around 50/50 makes a great "beader" in a mister and won't dry away. I've even used it with the dulling spray. You can use the water absorbing plastic gel beads (used in flower arranging) as crushed ice. I keep both gold and silver foil board for back reflectors; the gold works great for beer and darker spirits and the silver works well for clear and also wines.

[@Enrique-the-photographer]

Thank you

[@onyourmarkphoto]

Wow, great information Steve. I'm a long-time portrait photographer just starting to get into the commercial stuff for fun. This was a HUGE help. Thank you!

[@baothiletran-ef8zn]

Thank you!

[@sebastiancastro9417]

Great stuff! Very informative

[@hieronymousse]

One of the things we used to do was to use a slightly bigger piece of silver (or gold) cardboard, and then trim down any excess cardboard showing around the sides of the glass (or bottle). This allowed us to maximise the amount of light reflected through the beverage. Thank you for an interesting and engaging video!

[@kylagallant7953]

Good one

[@margaretthompson9862]

Love this. I am trying beverage photography for fun! Cannot wait.

[@BandH]

Put these tips to practice!

[@justinbowers360]

This was some really great info. Thank you Steve

[@cmichaelanthonyimages2197]

Good info! Used glycerin for years. You can use an eye droper if you need large controled drips. Remember, if using flash, turn off your modeling light if you use the LEDs as a kicker for detail. You will need to drag your shutter to see the light, based on the ktemp difference, or just use hot lights. Bottom line, have fun experimenting.

[@datubeindacloset]

Really clever! I've never even considered diffusing the back of the glass likw that. Great stuff!

[@Enrique-the-photographer]

Nice video/tutorial

[@ericanders614]

Awesome tips here, appreciate it Steve!

[@BandH]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@hendsbar]

amazingggg

[@kizot89]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏

[@yochevedshvarzblat1427]

Awesome tips thanks!

[@lubanestube]

excellent work! Thank you!!!

[@kenj447]

Lots of useful stuff in short order. Thanks much.

[@lucasjones6566]

These are super helpful! Thanks for the video.

[@Faribarahimii]

its cery usful ,thank you

[@pielin6636]

Thank you for sharing your tips.

[@rood6354]

thank you very much

[@narayanbollarapu4985]

thanks for good tips Steve

[@literallyshane4306]

Awesome. Really helpful, thank you

[@faromojahedi5550]

Great tips. Thank you.

[@TravelTejas]

Great information. Thanks.

[@kmgates]

Amazing tips and tricks - thanks!

[@FelixKochbook]

Great Video. Thx :)

[@BandH]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@miltthomas31]

what size are the acrylic ice cubes?

[@fugander]

Thanks for a lot of tips. Can you share some links to suppliers of the tiny led panels you use to place behind the glass? Preferrably in Europe if available.

[@patriotcarepackage]

Kick ass. What a great little video. Love that it was fast, direct and very smart in an order that is how I would start and continue building on the products placement based on the affects I was going to us, then add another. Good job Steve. Great delivery. Do you have a video or opinions of the simple table top (ala restaurant food on plate for video and stills?

[@kapilbhallafoto]

Very useful

[@koutaroishida9493]

great tips

[@Micah-Woods]

This gave me much needed insight!

[@user-file-x-life]

U r underrated

[@SarahJohnson-vr9vh]

How does this change of someone is holding the glass?

[@RoyalIsmayilov]

great video i like it

[@danbrowning2418]

This is not my thing but it was very well done. I look forward to more.

[@jaredkirk2500]

I get to the end of the video and then I realize that there is a MASSIVE Bolt in the background! Lol, sometimes things are so overt they are covert.

[@staynatural93]

what kind of lens would you suggest for filming a cocktail?

[@BandH]

The right lens would depend on the sensor size of your camera, but normal or telephoto macro lens could work, especially if you're trying to show more detail. We invite you to contact us via Live Chat today on our website until 8PM ET so we can go over the various options based on your camera system.

[@mixeddrinks8100]

but how do you shoot hot drinks without fogging it up?

[@lambertmato2774]

Am intrested..

[@Nathan.Willan]

非常好👍

[@SaleemKhan-jb8dq]

Want to know more on how to place lights ( key light, backlight....)

[@Chilcutte]

Most face mists aren’t just water - they have Glycerin as well you can use your own misting bottle it’s about 10 parts water to 1 part glycerine I use a Powered sprayer from an art supply store to create Effects over objects like Rings and such I like them because they keep misting while you hold the lever But it’s not as bad for the environment I use just Water in that I have a non power smaller misting bottle for glycerin as it makes nicer droplets that last longer on surfaces I use an Eye dropper and have an about 6:1 mix in that for like big water drops on a leaf reflecting the world type of deal

[@sanilalkuttimon1755]

😍😍😍

[@nikonman3971]

Farout steve

[@apocalypse487]

You can make clear ice cubes at home. They're free, but it takes some effort

[@MichaelTerndrup]

What about Ice coffee

[@katyaroman1604]

I don't know where he got his ice, i bought like 12 ice cubes on ebay for not more than 15 dollars

[@mmz0810]

After watching this video, I decided to give up on beverage photos.

[@nathanferrarese6363]

great idea, lets just blind the viewer

[@walterkancyan2722]

Wtf is a visual engineer

[@mosaatchi2450]

Excellent tips, thank you so much!

[@amitbhandari1659]

Great tips . Thanks 🙂