Playing in Water
Today, I took a different approach to a challenge that was posted the Photowalk:Michigan facebook page. The theme was water, so instead of you typical old shoots of what I already did with beaches, lakes, and rivers. I decided to do something different.
What I decided to do was, try my hand at capturing splashes. As this was my first time attempting this as I seen maybe two videos last year and they had more lights than I did. For the setup I used an Alien Bee AB800 and a Yungnuo 480 speedlight. Both lights had a grid on them the alien bee had a 10 degree and the speedlight had an 30 degree grid I believe.
Without any true direction, I used an orange to help create the splashes. I tried to use different positions with the camera. Two positions was in front of the tank and one was directly above the tank. At that position there was a lot water splashes that went directly towards the lens. In the end I was happy with the outcome of the end results.
Just like any first attempt at doing something for the first time, there is always a trail and error phase. With this there was plenty of it, as I had to position and balance out the lights as they were two different sources. Just trying to find the right angles. One last thing that I have to remember because I am working with water because I was working right next to an outlet things could have gotten disastrous. Next time I know to move the tank away from the wall and all outlets. I can't wait to try this again on a larger scale or with color water or paint.
“There are things which nobody would see unless I photographed them.”
“I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.”