Commercial Beverage Photography: Lighting & Retouching for Advertising

I thought this was a valuable tutorial and definitely worth the cost. Rob teaches in a clear, concise and methodical manner, letting you know the plan beforehand, and why the plan deviates in the execution. Lots of 'tricks of the trade'. Rob and Kate have great creative energy and I felt her knowledge and artistic vision added value. Earth, the retoucher, offers a true wealth of knowledge. His Frequency Separation method raised my PS skills to the next level. I couldn't always follow him step for step, but that only means I can return to the tutorial and discover new methods.

My only constructive suggestion is this: when Rob and Kate are working through the shot, show the old photo in Capture One before showing the new one. Let us visually see the transition. Rob does a good job of verbally letting us know the intention behind the adjustments (ex: change in the composition or power in the lighting), however it is immensely more effective for us to see the old photo before the adjustments are made and then the new photo afterwards. Moreover, it allows us to return to the tutorial later and focus on subtle changes those adjustments may have on all aspects of the bottle, glass, background, etc.

Overall, I learned a lot from this tutorial and didn't hesitate to purchase Rob's Beer Course as well. Hope this review helps.

Fantastic information and pacing

If you are thinking about photographing beverages, this is a must have course. Lots of useful information you won’t find anywhere else.

Very good video course. High quality made with many tips & tricks from recording to post production. Fully satisfied and absolutely recommendable.

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very cool tutorial course

I want to say "stop taking my money" but I wouldn't mean it. I love giving RGG EDU my money because they produce the kind of content that you just never have to question the quality of. This beverage tutorial is no exception. Masterfully done and will open your eyes to the smallest of details that will really push your work to a higher level.

This tutorial has a good progression and shows exactly what is done and why. There are lots of useful tips throughout, both in the photography and the retouching sections. I really appreciate that this is an intermediate and above level tutorial. So many tutorials are so beginner focused that you watch hours of video just to find one nugget of information, not the case here. If you’re a beginner go watch free YouTube videos and then comeback to this tutorial when you’re ready to go to the next level.

The information provided by Rob helped me to successfully get more jobs in this lucrative market. The videos are exceptionally high quality. Rob takes the time to explain every meticulous step he makes to execute his photos.