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- Get the Scene Ready for Water Drop Photography. Find a location for your creative photography. Your kitchen or bathroom is ideal. You can’t avoid one or two splashes of water ending up outside the bowl.
- Position Your Camera and Choose Your Lens. Position your camera on the tripod and find the ideal angle to capture drops. Aim it so the spot where the drops land is in the lower part of the frame.
- Set up the Flash Gun(s) and Choose Camera Settings. You will need an off-camera flash you can trigger remotely for this project. Any standard flash or speedlight with a radio trigger will do it.
- Start Shooting the Water Drops. The hard part is over. So let the fun begin! Take a few test shots by dropping only clear water first. This allows you to check again if your setup is fine.
- Equipment List
- Manual Method
- Drip Kit Method
- Lighting
- Colours
- Liquids and Additives
- Camera Settings
- Focusing Aids
- Post-Editing
- Notes
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Starting with water drop photography is fairly easy, you need nothing more than a camera and a way to make drops. As with any craft, when you’ve exhausted the equipment you are using you can get more equipment and take it to the next level. Bear in mind, though that some of those amazing images were shot with nothing more than a camera and a tripod...
The first thing you will need to take care of is creating the drops. I started out photographing water drops using a turkey baster, which has a large drop, but is unstable and hard to control. As I progressed, my main dropper became a medicine dropper which had a softer bulb and was more suitable for controlling the pressure for releasing drops. Th...
As I got even more involved with water drop photography I got a drip kit. This opened up a whole new world of water drops. I now have control over which type of drop I want (small/big) and am always pushing it to the limit to see what it can do. With the Drip Kit I can also control the interval between drops, the size of the drop and the flash lag....
When I first started out photographing water drops, I used only the built-in flash in the camera. A lot of the early ones on my “Fun with Water” set were done this way. I would use white cardboard behind and on the sides of the water container to reflect more light on the splash. The more light you can get, the less noise you will have on the image...
Colours in the drop liquid are from food dyes. Colours for the background are from coloured plastic behind the tray, but usually, coloured gels on the flash guns. Gels are coloured plastic which can be bought at a camera shop, but are far less expensive when bought at the dollar store in the school supply department. These are cut to fit over the f...
The liquids I use are water, milk, almond milk, cream or combinations of these. Milk is good for starting out with drops. It has a higher viscosity than water, making it easier to catch a well-formed umbrella splash. Almond milk is good, but leaves a grainy texture. Water is harder to work with because it has a lower viscosity and flows very quickl...
Ideally, 100 is the best ISO setting. I use 200 to get the bit of extra light when I need it. There’s often a fight with noise when you use dark backgrounds and high ISO settings. Exposure varies. With the manual drops, I used an exposure of 1/250 to sync with the flash guns. I now use 0.5 seconds to compensate for the delay of the flash I need to ...
I always use a Socket wrench shaft extender for focusing aid. This way I can release a drop into the center of this and focus on the outside to get most of the front of the drop in focus, which is my preference. A lot of water drop artists use a serrated bread knife and I’m sure there are lots of other ideas for focusing. One thing I like very much...
For enhancement, I usually boost the levels to brighten the image, clone out a few stray drops and unsightly bubbles in the water, and add a bit of sharpening or noise reduction when needed.
Patience, persistence, and perseverance are necessary qualities of a water drop photographer. Creativity is also very helpful. Learn to understand drop behaviour and recognize the signs of various stages of a splash to help you get a good result. Experiment and have fun !
Learn how to create stunning water drop images with this comprehensive guide by Corrie White. Find out about equipment, lighting, liquids, colours and tips for water drop photography.
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Learn how to capture stunning water droplet photos with a simple setup and a few tricks. Find out what equipment you need, how to adjust the camera settings, and how to edit your images.
- Create a Water Drop Manually. There is no need to wait for the rain to take a photo of water droplets, you can create them by using a dropper, a container, and some water.
- Use a Water Drop Kit. Make sure to purchase a water splash photography kit that will open a whole world of limitless possibilities. As it ensures more accurate dosing, you can decide which droplet size you need.
- Use Controller/Intervalometer. The Neewer DSLR Camera Shutter Release is a handy tool for time-lapse photography that can be remotely controlled. With the help of this intervalometer, you can set a number of drops, an interval between them, a drop size, and the flash-lag.
- Choose a Convenient Container. For water droplet photography, choose any container that you like. I prefer a simple water tray with a 16x11x2-inch size.
Learn a few helpful tricks for photographing water drops and capture all the tiny, fast-paced action. Photographing water drops takes both patience and precision. To ensure you capture the perfect image, first make sure you know how to set up the shot and choose the right camera settings.
Learn how to capture stunning images of water droplets on ordinary objects with Nikon Ambassador Joey Terrill. He shares his tips, techniques and inspiration for this creative photography genre.
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Learn how to create stunning water droplet or splash images with basic equipment and simple techniques. Find out how to use flash, lighting, timing, and photo editing to capture the perfect moment and create dynamic effects.
