Water Droplet Set Up

Yesterday we did a workshop on water droplets in the studio. To actually do the shoot was a lot easier then what I thought but it took me a few attempts to get a decent photo because I couldn't get the timing right with pressing the shutter release as the liquid left the bag.

The equipment we needed to do this shoot was:

A camera

Zoom lens

Tripod

Flash gun/Speed light

Hot sheer attachment

Tray of water

Food colouring

Milk

Bucket of clean water

Sandwich bags

Pins

Two light stands

A thin piece of wood

I really enjoyed doing this shoot and leaning how to do it because it is something I have always wanted to be able to do. The shoot went really well, we worked well together as a group and each of us had something to do and together between us we took over 200 photographs, even though only a handful of them turned out to be decent images.

Martin Waugh

http://www.liquidsculpture.com/index.htm

These are a few examples of work I found from Martin Waugh. This is the kind of results I wanted to achieve with my attempts but once I actually come to photograph the water droplets it is a lot harder then what it looks with getting the timing right. I think the photographer has edited the colour in these images because the reflection on the water is a contrasting colour to the water droplet but it makes the splash really stand out.

Water Droplets

These images are a small selection from the images my group and I took in the studio using a camera & a flash gun. I have slightly edited then by altering the contrast, brightness & saturation of them. We had a lot of fun experimenting with different liquids & backgrounds but I found that dropping milk into water worked the best.