Yesterday I had the opportunity to work with Perlick at the NAFEM trade show in Anaheim. I haven’t shot there in a while, so I was quickly reminded of how large the Anaheim Convention Center is. Fortunately they have great staff, and the greeters helped me find my way with a friendly attitude.
Perlick manufactures a wide array of both commercial and residential bar equipment, and they had tons of it on display. The stainless steel was everywhere – just what a photographer looks forward to seeing. Particularly when the show is open and active, and you have lots of people browsing. I used my new Nikon D750 here, and it did a great job on the shiny, contrasty stainless steel in a massive fluorescent-lit room. (A color meter helped me verify the ambient light, so I could gel my fill-flash to closely match.)
One of their big attractions on this day was having the renowned Tobin Ellis, owner and principal of BarMagic, demonstrating how to work a (ideally configured) bar. I learned quite a bit about bar efficiency during this short demonstration – just one of the many reasons I love my job! “Perlick’s new Tobin Ellis Signature Cocktail Station is a breakthrough achievement in underbar design resulting from an ambitious collaboration between 6-time national bartending champion and celebrated bar designer, Tobin Ellis and the award-winning engineering team at Perlick.”
Tobin definitely “wowed” the crowd, demonstrating a couple of different signature drinks and how bartender efficiency can greatly improve a bar’s profits. A variety of images from many angles in a crowded event — one of the reasons Morton Visuals excels!
