Cocktail Competition.

Person pouring a cocktail from a glass pitcher into two coupe glasses on a wooden bar counter, with bottles of alcohol and garnishes in the background.
A glass of dark brown liquid with a strip of seaweed and an orange peel inside, placed on a wooden surface with a wooden wall background.
Six bottles of liquor on a wooden surface, including Mount Gay Barbados Rum and Cointreau.
A person pours rum from a bottle into a glass with two other bottles of Mount Gay Black Barrel rum on a wooden table. There is a metal ice bucket with a stirring spoon, and a filled glass on the table. A background with Mount Gay branding is visible.
View of hanging decorative lanterns and a disco ball from below, with wooden wall and blue sky in the background, at a bar or restaurant in Barbados.
A bartender pours a liquid through a strainer into a small brown cup filled with yellow drink, with bottles of rum and metal drinkware on the wooden bar.

I photographed an event for Mount Gay Rum. This event was a cocktail competition between six of the best bartenders in New Zealand. These photos were to be used for social media and advertising for the brand.

woman in a black dress lying on the concrete ground outside

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woman outside waving her beige linen jacket
woman slouching on a stool in a long belted khaki jacket

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