Red on red on red

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Friday night, the bar at National Press Club in Washington, D.C. served a special Liberation Cocktail, a bourbon and lemon concoction to celebrate the return from Russia of Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva.

For the record, I had my usual IPA.

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Getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day, so shooting a classic today. Irish coffee with #Bushmills Irish Whiskey.

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Working…. It’s blood orange season so time for some gorgeous color cocktails. A blood orange brandy sidecar plus a blood and bourbon and classic blood orange whiskey sour…
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All in a days work…

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"Way out west there was this fella... fella I wanna tell ya about."

Last night of my winter break means it's time for the yearly viewing of "The Big Lebowski".

And a Caucasian.

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‘Hues of Brews’ is a Photo Series That Celebrates to the Color of Beer

The idea for Hues of Brews was actually started by Clarkson, Hammond, and May and my love of old Top Gear. If anyone had a car that was remotely close to brown, they were relentlessly mocked. Always.

Then one day I heard Jim Gaffigan’s voice in my head saying, “Hey fella, I like brown.” From a gold flake vintage Triumph to a rusty 70s shag carpet to my old beige Volvo 240, I’ve always loved the humble color brown.

Later on, I read that my beloved Guinness is actually “dark red”. Skeptical as I was, I wanted to bring a Guinness into the studio and investigate. Life got in the way, but it was always in the back of my mind.

Years later I stumbled upon Brittany Wright’s fantastic Wright Kitchen work with vegetable and food gradients. She took a simple idea and executed it very well. I thought it was just so cool and inspiring. Suddenly it all flashed back: My love of brown, Guinness being “red,” beer being brown, tons of different browns, bubble similarities, bubble differences: then a light flashed:

“Wouldn’t it be cool to photograph as many beers as possible and line them up all on one page to compare?” I thought.

And so, Hues of Brews was born.

Guinness #7 Warsteiner #34 Two Pitchers Radler #11

With countless beers in the world, we started with what we could get our hands on (namely the most popular selling brands). We shot for months, enduring many side-eyes from shop clerks glaring at my cart overflowing with nothing but hundreds of bottles of beer (but I always brought my six-year-old daughter along, so I had a modicum of respectability). The work was very time-consuming, with a yield of probably two good shots out of 150 taken (if that). So many beers shot and then dumped down the sink, all the fish in Santa Monica must have been drunk. Editing was intensive and slow, but the good shots were coming out beautifully.

Stella #13 Fat Tire #7 Sam Adams #20

All images were shot at f/8 with a Zeiss 100mm Milvus Macro lens. The shallow depth of field combined with the Zeiss qualities produced outstanding results.

Once the first volume of images was done and the website built, it was exactly what I had in mind and very exciting to see it all come together. We’ve had a great response so far and things are growing steady.

Sam Adams #9 Pabst Blue Ribbon #11

Going forward, we aim to keep on shooting anything we can get our hands on. We’re open to work with any brewers and happy to create bespoke fine art of their handiwork. As long as brewers keep brewing, we’ll keep shooting.

In my job as a photographer, I work with people, kids, and animals a lot. I love it, as you never really know what you’re going to get (this is especially true with kids and animals, which in the studio are pretty much the same thing). That’s a big part of what makes Hues of Brews fascinating to me as an art project. Sometimes we get a simple yet elegant gradient of bubbles and color, while other times faces, shapes, and galaxies appear, all to be gone in a flash. It’s so much fun and I sincerely hope others enjoy the work as much as I do.

Miller High Life #4 Heineken #4

_Schoenemann 's Hues of Brews series is available in prints made to order on Fuji Chrystal Archive Maxima paper. Schoenemann says that after many tests, he found that the Fuji paper had the most consistent results and was the best at rendering color, depth, and clarity.

The full series of beers and pricing for each print can be viewed at the Hues of Brews website._

About the author: Jared Schoenemann is a photographer, writer, and artist in South Pasadena, California. He began his career in video after studying video production in art school and cinematography in film school. He now specializes in images of people, kids, and animals for commercial and editorial clients, while still creating personal work. When not shooting, he writes a children’s book series that helps kids cultivate common sense and critical thinking skills, adventurous screenplays and is a partner at Hues of Brews. He spends the rest of his time running around with his daughter, tending the plants in his jungle home, cooking and washing endless dishes.

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Five Tips to Make Better Beverages Photos

Here are a few tips to help you improve, or maybe get started with, drink photography. Drinks can be quite tricky: you have unpredictable liquids and glasses with reflections, so these tips may come in handy. Just remember, like all of my advice, these aren't die-hard rules, but instead they are just a few things that you can choose to consider with your photography.

Tip 1: Have a Plan

My first tip for drinks photography is to have a plan. When photographing drinks, you're not going to want them to sit there for a while as your prepare your scene. If you do, ice will melt, beer will look flat, condensation will drip off and most drinks just don't sit for long and stay looking fresh. Having a plan in mind will help you speed up the whole shoot, giving you more time to focus on getting that perfect image with your drink looking its best.

When I plan out my shoots, I think about what props I'll use, which backgrounds, and how I will have my lights. I will also draw a sketch out of any compositions I have in mind. Don't worry about making these drawings too detailed or artistic, I am not a great drawer at all -- it's only for my use they certainly aren't going to be hanging in a gallery.

Tip 2: Clean Your Glass and Use Gloves

This one may seem obvious, but it's really easy to just assume a glass is clean if you take it out of your cabinet. What isn't so obvious to your eyes but will be really obvious in the photo is how much lint and small bits may be on the glass. To save you a lot of time editing out in Photoshop, give your glasses a good clean with a micro-fiber or lint-free cloth beforehand.

Holding up to a light can help see any possible bits or smudges. Also, I recommend using gloves when handling your glassware as the last thing you want on your nicely polished glass is a fingerprint.

Tip 3: Use the Correct Glass

When shooting drinks, there is usually a typical glass for each drink: a mojito is served in a tall glass, an old-fashioned in a rock glass, for example. It is important to use the correct glass for drinks because it helps identify the drink. If you have clear liquid in a martini glass, it instantly looks like a martini, even though the liquid could be anything. Not only this, but if you don't I am sure you'll have bartenders on social media telling you, you've used the wrong glass -- It's important to them.

Tip 4: Add Texture

With most drinks, they tend to be quite smooth and you find they can feel a little textureless. Not all drinks, obviously, but for example, a cappuccino has a lovely frothy texture on top. To add texture to the image, we use garnish and props. Just make sure they're relevant to the image since the point of props is to add to an image, not to distract from the main subject. A garnish is a great way of adding some interest to your drink, and most will usually be served with one, so it makes sense and will add that texture we are looking for. This can be anything from a mint leaf, to some sugar around the edge of a glass. Make sure whatever you use, makes sense with your drink -- For example, mint and lime for a mojito.

Tip 5: Back Light Your Drinks

This tip will not work for all drink shoots, but a great way to light your drinks, especially if they are a clearer liquid, is to light them from behind. This can give drinks a lovely glow and helps with the pesky reflections you can get when shooting drinks.

To backlight your image, you just need to place your light directly opposite your camera, and then your subject between it. Then the light will shine right through the drinks giving it that lovely glow look. This won't be suitable for all drinks; drinks that are thicker may cast too much shadow on the front of the image, so a side light may be needed. If you are having problems with reflections, you can adda a reflector to the front of the image to bounce a bit more light back in.

Watch the video above to see me put these tips in action during a Rose Prosecco shoot, or check out my channel for more food and drink photography videos.

About the author: Amie Prescott is a professional photographer, and food photography combines two of her favorite things: food and photography. Prescott put a good spin on lockdown by using the bad situation to create YouTube videos in an effort to help people looking to learn food photography.

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