I’ve been working  to set up my studio for traditional product photography. In the course of this project, I came across the perfect  ”product” upon which to experiment.

This Orbitz soda bottle has been sitting in my office since 1996.  Really.   I’m pretty sure I planned on drinking it at the time.  But it sat in my office for a few days, and I was amazed that the little lemon globules hadn’t settled to the bottom.   So I shook it.  Hard.  Still no settling.  Or absorption.
Now that I had shaken a carbonated beverage, I certainly wasn’t going to drink it for a while.  So I stuck it on an upper shelf, along with my Ralph Steadman Flying Dog beer bottle (empty).

The years passed, and those nasty little lemons still hung suspended.  Now it’s a full-fledged science experiment.  15 years and counting.

By the way, Orbitz soda is now listed by Women’s Day as one of the 7 great food product flops in modern history.  Along with Funky Purple Ketchup.

Shot in my Escondido studio with a Nikon D300 and 60mm macro lens.  It’s sitting atop a lightbox with white acrylic top and  surrounded by reflectors. There’s no other lighting.

(NB:  Orbitz soda has absolutely no relation to the Orbitz.com travel website.)