Arrogant Bastard Box
I came across this special box at a local purveyor of fine malt beverages, ........... uh, I mean a liquor store. Stone Brewery, the creator of Arrogant Bastard variety beers, is the largest, and most successful craft brewer in southern California, and they have a wonderfully irreverent attitude. They endeared me to the original Arrogant Bastard ale by having a label that stated "It's not expensive, you're cheap". All of this wouldn't matter if their beer wasn't good. I like photographing clever beer labels, and I plan to document the bottles in this box that I haven't already posted on Flickr.
This box was a little challenging to photograph, because the black sucks up all the light. I shot it from above and looking down because I wanted the top of the box to be visible. I put a YN560 in a 24 inch softbox on the left side and a YN560-II in an identical softbox . Both softboxes were pointed at the center of the box at a 45 degree angle. When that still didn't put enough light on the top, I hand held a bare Strobie 130 and pointed it at the white ceiling to reflect some light onto it. All three strobes were in manual mode at full power, and were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
I enjoy good beer, and appreciate a clever or interesting label. Other pictures that I've taken of beer can be seen in my Beer album.
Arrogant Bastard Box
I came across this special box at a local purveyor of fine malt beverages, ........... uh, I mean a liquor store. Stone Brewery, the creator of Arrogant Bastard variety beers, is the largest, and most successful craft brewer in southern California, and they have a wonderfully irreverent attitude. They endeared me to the original Arrogant Bastard ale by having a label that stated "It's not expensive, you're cheap". All of this wouldn't matter if their beer wasn't good. I like photographing clever beer labels, and I plan to document the bottles in this box that I haven't already posted on Flickr.
This box was a little challenging to photograph, because the black sucks up all the light. I shot it from above and looking down because I wanted the top of the box to be visible. I put a YN560 in a 24 inch softbox on the left side and a YN560-II in an identical softbox . Both softboxes were pointed at the center of the box at a 45 degree angle. When that still didn't put enough light on the top, I hand held a bare Strobie 130 and pointed it at the white ceiling to reflect some light onto it. All three strobes were in manual mode at full power, and were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
I enjoy good beer, and appreciate a clever or interesting label. Other pictures that I've taken of beer can be seen in my Beer album.