Cryptocurrency and Coffee - Free Stock Images

Inspired by the prolific author Hive account@cryptoandcoffee, I wanted to create a series of Creative Commons Images for those who appreciate two finer things: #Crypto and #Coffee. After raiding my cupboards for #coffeebeans, I decided that the roast needed to be darker; fortunately, there was a lot of cheap dark roast coffee around.

I had to research some more licencing as I got some more coins shipped to me, so for reference:

• The Bitcoin Logo is in the Public Domain. However, the logo has been trademarked to protect it from abuse.
• The Ethereum Logo is released under a Creative Commons Licence.
• The Litecoin Logo is released under the MIT Licence. MIT is a software licence, but in this case, it applies to assets in the repo, including the logo.

Finally, it was showtime, so I got my trusty Sony A6600 and a handful of photography light, mixed it all, and this is what we get!

With these two #Bitcoin photos, I wanted to capture a cinematic look with the blue and orange. And then try and highlight the golden tones with the green light.

The #ETH #coin I have is very reflective, so I used the overhead light to highlight it in red and contrast it with the photography. I like how the last two came out when I accidentally knocked the bowl and managed to reflect the light straight into the lens.

Finally, with #Litecoin, I returned to the more cinematic #amber and #cyan to highlight the lines on the #LTC coin. The final photo was a happy accident as I knocked the light red, and it looked pretty lovely despite having a red overhead light on.

All of these photos are taken by me on my Sony A6600 using a Sigma 50mm f1.4 Lens.

I am licencing these under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; if you are inclined to thank me, add me as a beneficiary to your post when you use them, I would be hugely grateful.

If you have ideas for shots you want to use in your posts, ping me in the comments, and I will see what I can do!