Creative with paint

[--- Z ---]

Had some time and thought I would give this type of photography a try. At the moment its hard to get out, but indoor photography is more accessible.

For every good shot, there are about 30-40 non-good ones, its trickier than you think.

As always let me know what you think, constructive criticism is always welcome.

 

[Voxination]

Tried this a while ago and failed miserably so know what you mean about the hit rate!

You've done very well there Phil, love the colours. Definitely looks a lot better when the puddle at the bottom is smaller (like #3).

What did you use as the bottom sheet? Acrylic? A mirror?

 

[--- Z ---]

2 Large white gloss tiles on sale in Wickes. Flash gun on a wireless remote/trigger, camera on a tripod with a wired remote. A little luck and a lot pf patience......

I have some other great ones, but the focus is off, gutted about that but will have another try this week and see what i get - moving on to water and smoke next.

 

[Voxination]

Tiles, that's genius lol. What angle was the flash at?

Focus is a bugger, only way to cure is very small apertures that then require a lot more light and multiple flash units.

 

[James J]

Tiles, that's genius lol. What angle was the flash at?

Focus is a bugger, only way to cure is very small apertures that then require a lot more light and multiple flash units.

You could just turn the ISO up though to avoid using multiple flashes or a powerful studio probe etc as the sheer amount of light bouncing off the white tile and paint would completely avoid noise as there wouldn't be a shadow or dark enough colour for it to show on anyway.

 

[Andy90]

Are you using Autofocus or Manual Focus?

I would go with Manual Focus, stop down the lens a bit as well, to get more depth of field. You've done everything else correctly to minimise camera vibrations (tripod and remote).

It is difficult to do, most people make a little frame or stand of some sort and have a dropper held in place filled with the ink or paint, when the drop drips, they know exactly where it will drop and prefocus on that spot.

Not bad efforts for a first time though. The third and fourth shots are nice colours and would have been good patterns had they been completely in focus.

There are a ton of tutorials on the Internet, just do a search on 'photographing water droplets'.

From what I gather, you also need to turn the power down on the flashguns - the duration of the flash needs to be extremely short.

 

[rotters]

They are really nice Phil.

excellent effort fella.