Martini help

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what is the best way to shoot a martini glass. I have been asked by work to take some shots of different martini drinks and I am not sure what color background would be best in my do-it-yourself lightbox.

Any suggestions from the pros?

Thanks

Background color would be certainly up to you or your employer wouldn't it? The background shouldn't be a feature in the shot but rather the martini/glass or whatever should be. I would find something that is either complimentary to the drink that is mixed or very neutral.

A tip for the glass would be to wax and polish it to get plump and distinct beads of moisture if you want that look. Using a mixture of glycerin and water for better droplets or mist some mineral oil onto the glass.

newbietoslr wrote in post #5261056
in my do-it-yourself lightbox.

That's probably just about the worst way you could shoot glass. The key to glass is to have your background just big enough to fill the frame, and then around the edges of it, have a different color to reflect in the edges of the glass, giving it some edge definition. For instance, if you're using a white background, put a bigger black background behind it, and make the white background as small as you can get away with. If you stick it in a lightbox, it'll have zero edge definition, pretty much ruining the shot. Those things are not the all-purpose solutions that everyone wants them to be...

when shooting glass i try to have a varied background made up of draped black and white muslin sheets. it provides some interesting shapes in the refractions, and doesn't color the viewers perception of what the glass should represent.

have 1 first - it will all become clear after that ...

opus13 wrote in post #5261716
when shooting glass i try to have a varied background made up of draped black and white muslin sheets. it provides some interesting shapes in the refractions, and doesn't color the viewers perception of what the glass should represent.

This will give the viewer a pretty decent idea of the shape of the glass, but it won't give you the well-defined edges everyone loves to see in a properly done bright-field or dark-field shot.