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Starbucks Pistachio

Glass mug on pistachio waves flanked by open shells, dark green vignette behind, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.

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Starbucks Pistachio.

Starbucks launched pistachio globally across hot and cold coffees. The brief from TBWA\London needed one visual world the whole range could live inside, and hot and cold serves do not naturally sit together. Green on green is the key consideration. The nut, the cream and the backdrop sit within a few steps of each other, and a set built in one hue collapses under flat light. I lit for separation, holding the cream as a surface and keeping the layers legible through the glass. We built the flavour rather than garnishing it: a sculpted terrain of pistachio paste dotted with whole nuts and shells, the Frappuccino and latte set into the folds, and one frame nesting a cup inside an enlarged shell used as architecture.

Wide shot of the green cup centred on glossy pistachio ripples, olive vignette, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Three cups among open pistachio shells and a brown hull, warm side light, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.

The oversized pistachios were made by hand for the set. The refraction and the cream happened in front of the lens, and the motion ran on the same set under the same lighting on a motion control rig repeating the camera move exactly, so the films and stills came off one setup. The same approach runs through my commissioned coffee photography and the rest of the Starbucks seasonal work, including Starbucks Lavender. Model maker: Mandy The Maker. Shot and directed in London by David Lineton, for global release.

Tight crop of the Starbucks siren on a glass, caramel coffee under green foam, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Tall pistachio shell halves hide most of a cup against a yellow-green backdrop, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Mug perched on a brown pistachio over two more drinks, crushed nuts scattered, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Tight crop of the Starbucks siren on a glass, caramel coffee under green foam, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Tall pistachio shell halves hide most of a cup against a yellow-green backdrop, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Mug perched on a brown pistachio over two more drinks, crushed nuts scattered, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Tight crop of the Starbucks siren on a glass, caramel coffee under green foam, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Tall pistachio shell halves hide most of a cup against a yellow-green backdrop, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Mug perched on a brown pistachio over two more drinks, crushed nuts scattered, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Tight crop of the Starbucks siren on a glass, caramel coffee under green foam, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Tall pistachio shell halves hide most of a cup against a yellow-green backdrop, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Mug perched on a brown pistachio over two more drinks, crushed nuts scattered, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Siren-marked glass mug of layered coffee above ridged green paste strewn with pistachios, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Siren-marked glass mug of layered coffee above ridged green paste strewn with pistachios, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Siren-marked glass mug of layered coffee above ridged green paste strewn with pistachios, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.
Siren-marked glass mug of layered coffee above ridged green paste strewn with pistachios, shot by David Lineton, drinks still life photographer London.

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