Bombay Sapphire had a bartending competition in Seattle at the Palace Ballroom. I was lucky enough to be chosen to photograph the event. It included 10 bartenders from Seattle, Portland and San Francisco to come up with a drink to compete in the Most Imaginative Bartender competition with the winner to go to London to compete against the other winners worldwide.
On many of the images in this gallery, of which there are a lot, I added lighting to the background to separate the subject from the dark areas behind them. You can particularly see this during the drink presentation at the judging station where you can see that the glasses in the background behind the bartenders is illuminated.