These month’s food photography challenge for The Inspired Plate-a food photography group I’m part of-was SPLASH. It was a lot of fun to try out different liquids and set ups. I finally had to enlist the help of my husband because I just didn’t have enough hands! I took a lot of photos, but finally decided on this one of a martini with a twist…my favorite kind of martini!
I had a hard time deciding between that photo and the next one, because in my mind I wanted it to be two glasses…since my husband and I love to sit out on the deck and have a martini in the summer. But I was drawn to those small splash bubbles in the single glass, so went with that. Here is my two glass take on the martini splash. (And, yes, we have those two little cute single shakers for our martinis)
I did like how the lemon twist shows better in this photo than the first one.
I also tried red wine, but never really got one that did it for me. I think if I used a smaller glass it would have swirled into it better…but it bugs me when I see red wine served in a small wine glass…not my fault that I’m a wine glass snob. My sister owns a wine shop in St. Louis…
I also had it one one of our wrought iron tables and the top wasn’t exactly level and it was driving me crazy! But I wasn’t about to be splashing red wine around on a nice tabletop!
Yes, I did notice that all my splash attempts involved alcohol….hm. Well my husband and I had a nice afternoon “cleaning up” the photography set ups!
Jump over to Stacey Siegal | Longboat Key Photographer and see what she came up with for her splash photo challenge this month!
Even better when the colors I pick out work well together! I also use that feed sack cloth shown here under the yellow towel for many of my more rustic shots. Very versatile.
I’m always on the lookout for simple white dishes. Sometimes a food just demands a simple dish that doesn’t compete with the colors of the food. Oh, and the cute red tasting spoon? 75 cents at Pier One. They have them in white too.
I love the unusual shape of this white bowl with the small cut out circle in it. The little bowls are used to show different ingredients. The white bowls were from the clearance area at TJMaxx. The cute white plates with the pale green edging? Well, I just loved them, so they came home with me. Haven’t used them on a shoot yet.
I found this tea towel (yes, with the crochet edge) and my husband spied this white platter with the black edging. He’s getting pretty good about my numerous antiquing trips. I shared about one of our 
I love finding antique silverware. Mismatched. A few pieces matching. Whatever catches my eye. Love the texture of this crocheted doily. Always looking for simple layers and textures to add to my food photography shots.