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A couple old shots that were never processed, dug out of the archives:
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Another shot of our friend the knight...
...plus some looks at his gear...
These photos, destined for product packaging of home winemaking kits,
were created following very specific instructions from the client.
Black background, luminous wine, moving from bright to shadow right to
left, and with the red & white wine shots being as absolutely
identical as possible.
I had to experiment with some new techniques in order to achieve both a glow like this while shooting against black, plus the smooth gradation of light through the glass. Keeping the two shots identical was even more difficult than I imagined, as the red & white wines really transmit, diffuse, and reflect the light differently.
Ultimately, this shoot ended up not being nearly as routine as I thought it would, but the nice thing about a challenging assignment is being forced to innovate - and that can be fun.
To celebrate our 11th anniversary, my wife and I got away, just the two of us, for a rare meal without the kids. We enjoyed our food in the intimate little courtyard at The Vintage, which is cozy and charming with vines of kiwi and grape draped all over the stucco walls.
The grapes on their vine were ripe and ready...and wow, could you smell them. That familiar scent just made me want to be out in the vineyards, at dawn or at the end of the day, looking for images to capture.
Alas, it has been a crazy month, and numerous projects have made it impossible for me to get back out since the very brief visit through northern Willamette Valley pinot country some weeks ago. I was still holding out hope even a week ago but now I realize it just isn't going to happen anytime soon, at least not before the fields are harvested.
Craving new grape photos, I did the next best thing - I dug into last September's archives and found a few raw images I hadn't processed. Not quite as exciting or satisfying as being out shooting new work, but the way this month has been going, it's amazing I've even managed to work on these year-old shots.
The best stuff from last September was of course long ago processed and posted, so these maybe aren't the height of wine photo artistry...but still good useful stock.
