Chequered droplets

Today I spent some more time in the studio, playing on an idea I had seen on the internet; refracting a background in water droplets as they fall. It was difficult to get the droplets to fall in the centre of the frame and it was even harder to focus accurately.

It was a fairly successful shoot though I will look to improve by altering the background or the liquid dropped. These photographs were captured with high-speed flash guns.

The Background is refracted through the water droplets

An example showing the effectiveness of the 'rule of thirds'

A milk droplet from a previous shoot

Experimental Photography

Today I went to the studio with Monsieur Fogg who is a dab hand at lighting techniques, we experimented with high speed flash and fruit. The most successful shots of the day were of his eye, more work on this kind of lighting will hopefully make for better results, though I feel this is a good start. 

---THERE HAS BEEN NO EDITING OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, THEY ARE STRAIGHT FROM THE CAMERA

Sam's Eye, NO PHOTOSHOP straight from the camera

Milk droplet, captured using high speed flash

Particular lighting techniques allow for the iris to become far more detailed

Here is a shot from a project I am working with a different Sam, the elusive Dipper, incredibly low-light and early mornings have made for little success so far. Hopefully perseverance will pay off.

Dipper