Pro Lighting Gear: Imitate Dark Window Light to Photograph Moody Martinis

May 03, 2022

Moody Martinis just taste (and look) better.

For this moody martini shot, I wanted to imitate a dark, cloudy day with just a little bit of light coming through a window. This isn’t exactly hard to do since living in the Pacific Northwest it’s fairly cloudy 9 months out of the year.

However dark, cloudy window light isn’t always the best lighting for capturing drinks and making small details stand out, so I opted to create the look I wanted in my garage studio using a couple of strobe lights.

Read on to find out how to create your very own, moody martini shots!

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