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In honor of Valentine's day, here's how to create a still life image that makes you want to snuggle up next to the fireplace with a good book. We take a cup of hot chocolate and give it little a holiday twist.
In This Tutorial You Will Learn To:
- Light a still-life photograph of a cup of hot chocolate, tea, or coffee
- Colour correct, spot, and clean up the image
- Use level adjustments to fine tune your look
- Manipulate shapes: steam, smoke, clouds, and similar
Equipment List
You don't need a lot of fancy gear to do this tutorial. You will need:
- Camera with a macro lens (or macro capability)
- Tripod
- 3 lights, flashes preferred, as freezing rising steam requires a flash or a very fast shutter speed
- Diffusion material for flashes
- White paper as a reflector
- Card stock to block light strategically
- A kettle of water
- Cotton balls (microwaved)
- Tongs
Final Image
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