This part of the El­e­ments of Light is fo­cus on the use of color as an ac­cent­ing fea­ture of shot.

In this shot, I used a bot­tle of Irish Manor Leg­endary Irish Cream Liqueur that the PHDI de­part­ment has as a prop.

Irish Manor Leg­endary Irish Cream Liqueur

To light this shot, I used two lights, a main light and a color light. The main light is bare with a large scrim in front of it soft­en­ing the light. The color light has two blue gels in front of it which both knocks down the amount of color, but also makes it a bit more in­tense. I also used is a re­flec­tor next to the color light and one next to the main light. Both re­flect in the bot­tle pro­vid­ing form. Click to continue »