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On one of the hottest days of the year, Harriet Fuller cools down with some refreshing drinks photography. Alistair Campbell joins her on Weymouth beach
It might be 32C outside, but Harriet Fuller has a canny plan to bring the temperature down. She’s aiming to quench our thirst with her trademark drinks photography – agenre that has been in high demand over the past couple of years since the reopening of restaurants, pubs and cafes after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fuller (or Harriet as she prefers to be known due to her online handle @harrietmedia) first picked up a camera when a friend offered her a Sony A6600 to experiment with. Now, a few years and many YouTube videos later, Harriet is equipped with a Sony A7 III and a small arsenal of lenses to help her deliver content for social media, websites and marketing campaigns for food and drinks businesses along the south coast of England. One sunny morning in mid-June, Harriet invited Digital Camera to Weymouth in Dorset to witness first-hand how she goes about her product photography.
Harriet arrives at our arranged location in a 1966 VW Beetle, which she describes as her ‘pride and joy’, before we make the short trip to Bowleaze Cove, a shingle beach at the eastern end of Weymouth Bay. Grabbing a wicker picnic basket filled with props from the back seat, she finds a suitable spot on the beach. There isn’t much shade here, so she works quickly,
Shooting products with Harriet Fuller opening up her 3 Legged Thing tripod to get as low to the ground as possible and carefully placing two soft drinks cans on the stones.
