One of the hardest things to shoot is a clear or reflective surface like glass or ice. My friends at Brookline Ice & Coal in Brookline, MA. needed a few shots of an ice bowl that they manufacture for parties and events. They freeze objects in them, and sometimes the objects even light up! Then the bowls are used as an ice bucket, punch bowl or for h'or dourves on ice. They are beautiful, but very hard to shoot. Photographing them on white is even more impossible, but to create dimension and contrast white is the only answer. Black would absorb all the light. These were shot very quickly. They were packaged in dry ice, and had a very short window of opportunity for getting a good shot without condensation or melting taking over the set. They were pleased with the outcome.
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