Plans For The Shoot:
In developing my experimentation with water in the studio in this shoot I wanted to try different lighting and different objects in water. For my shoot I want to try some larger objects in water but I also want to try some with a single light source so as to give a more moody look to the images. My plans are to get more dynamic images than I have done before and I want to achieve this by more dramatic lighting.
What I Actually Achieved:
For this shoot I used one flash light only. Just outside of shot in the top left hand side.
This was again shot in a dark room with a black backdrop. After each shot I had to wipe down the sides of the tank to remove the splashes. In the final shot I brought it into Photoshop to remove most of the water drops and splashes to make it look more dramatic. I also applied a vignette in Lightroom to isolate the object. I also wanted to drop the pepper much closer to the water level than before as I wanted to try and slow it down when hitting the water.
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| 1.200th second f18 ISO200 Canon 5D mk3 24-70 2.8 lens. |
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| This is my other favourite image from this shoot. Again lit with one flash light positioned off camera to the top right hand side of the image. Just out of shot. In all my splash shots I placed clear plastic bags over the flash guns to stop them getting wet. The splash on most of my shots was much bigger and in all I have taken out a lot of the splashes and used a vignette to isolate the object. |
For my next shoot I want to mix things up a bit. I want to try things like stabbing water with a knife or punching the water. I think this might create a good effect.
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| In this image we see an example of what I want to try and do in my next shoot. We see here a fist punching though some water allowing it to break the water and create the splash. |
