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Little Rusted Ladle

Drink Photography

Light has a special roll to play when shooting drinks. The opportunities for beauty are incredible: the movement of pouring beverages, reflection and refraction from unique glassware, droplets of condensation from fancy ice cubes. Making drink photography look good can be challenging, but for someone with years of experience, it is a unique joy.

Woman pouring orange juice and closeup of orange juice fruit beverage
Woman pouring orange juice outside at a table
Overhead shot of cucumber melon infused gin in a glass jar with ingredients to the side
Dramatically lit glassware with dark beer ice cream floats
Pouring a cocktail at an outdoor party in summer
simple cocktails with large ice cubes in antique setting
Pouring hot chocolate into a coffee glass and person in denim holding a glass a
Moody photography of green smoothie ingredients, blender, and finished smoothie
Grapefruit and a frozen grapefruit drink
Metal bucket of colorful glass soda bottles at summer party with person pouring soda
blueberry cocktail with lime garnish and close up of blueberries
Slices of grapefruit with a glass beverage container of grapefruit beverage
Man pouring a cocktail from a shaker. Alcohol mixing colors in glass.
Barista making a specialty coffee drink. moody lighting.
blue mug with hot tea beverage with spice on top
3/4 shot of glass teacup of turmeric chai tea
Pink drink with cucumber and mint garnish with closeup of water drops on glass
Trio of bright red Smoked apple old fashioneds with smoking cinnamon sticks

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