How I got the shot – Iced raspberry tea

While you might all be feeling a little chilly in the Northern Hemisphere, down here in Australia we are sweltering in the Summer heat. Nothing quite beats an iced tea on a balmy Summer evening. So I set about creating a little product photography styled shot for iced-tea. If this was for a brand label, I would also have added the bottle in the shot. Here’s how I set up and took the shot.

Behind the scenes

I set up my 34” Light Shed on a table, I then set up the white backdrop inside. I placed a vinyl backdrop in the base.

Props

Using a timber cutting board and two mason jars, I filled them with fake ice cubes (They last longer under lights and such) and real iced tea. I sprayed the glasses with 50/50 water and glycerine to create condensation on the outside of the glass (also lasts ages under lights), I use a little spray bottle. Adding some fresh raspberries, lemon wedges and mint leaves to really help build on the story. The final touch was placing some paper straws for a touch more colour (which balanced out the lemon). Using the glycerine mix and the light shed really dropped down the reflections in the glass too.

Lighting

I put my GodoxAD200Pro Speedlight on a light stand on the left-hand side of the light shed. I used the basic flash head and had my settings on Manual 1/32 power to get just the right amount of light. Using a Godox X1-S trigger to communicate with the Speedlight.