Heavy Reel Brewing Company is a small brewery on the Jersey Shore that recently opened. It’s a husband and wife team that is working hard to make some great beer. Solid beer and solid people. I wanted to make their beer look so good you want to reach in, grab it and drink it up.
Shot on Fire
As soon as I set this image up and looked through the camera I saw that the shots in the background looked like flames as it came through the shot glass up front.
Lucky Buddha Bottle Edit
Here’s the follow up to the Lucky Buddha shot where I go through a quick way to approach this or any other composite of more than 1 image in photoshop.
Sometimes 60 Minutes is better than an hour
Dogfish Head’s 60 Minute IPA is one of my all time favorite beers. It’s a West Coast Style IPA with a great kick. Making a beverage photograph of it is as good as drinking one after the shoot.
Grandma's Pie
We’ve got a local pizzeria near us that makes an amazing Grandma’s Pie. It’s a thin crust square pie with fresh mozzarella and basil. So good.
Three's Company! Trippel from New Belgium Brewing
This is a very solid Belgian Style Trippel Ale from New Belgium Brewing. With the white label, I wanted to approach photographing this beverage bottle in a high key style. Making sure you get enough light on the background is important, even if it is white. Not enough light and it will show as grey.
Death of the Fox
Death of the Fox is New Jersey’s first and only craft brewery and coffee rostery in Clarksboro New Jersey. Stop by for coffee in the mornings and beers in the afternoon and evenings. This photograph is a composite of two photographs. The firstI was in the tap room for the background and the second was of the beer and the crowler can in my studio.
It's pumpkin pie season
Fall is a great time of the year for food and one of the main reasons for that is pumpkin pie. That alone is worth the weather cooling down. I light this photograph with one light, camera left and a white card fill to the right. Yum!
St Louis Ribs
Ribs! Yes ribs! Finger licking good stuff right there. The way the light glistened off the side is fantastic.