Splash
The set up for this was very, very thick-headed and rudimentary: blast three 250watt work lamps about an inch away from the subject, have my eldest son drop random objects into a newly polished silver cup (thanks, Mom!) that was full of heavy whipping cream and dotted with food coloring, then fire away at 6 frames per second. Since I did not really think through the lighting, the images came out kind of flat because it was drowning in light. I attempted to compensate for this in Photoshop through the usual tricks of using Levels adjustments with heavy doses of burning and dodging. The result was a bloody cartoon. All the same, this was not a failure in my book because I learned some valuable lessons (that I may or may not remember). My next attempt will probably involve a flash and maybe a triggering device.... and LOTS more color.
Splash
The set up for this was very, very thick-headed and rudimentary: blast three 250watt work lamps about an inch away from the subject, have my eldest son drop random objects into a newly polished silver cup (thanks, Mom!) that was full of heavy whipping cream and dotted with food coloring, then fire away at 6 frames per second. Since I did not really think through the lighting, the images came out kind of flat because it was drowning in light. I attempted to compensate for this in Photoshop through the usual tricks of using Levels adjustments with heavy doses of burning and dodging. The result was a bloody cartoon. All the same, this was not a failure in my book because I learned some valuable lessons (that I may or may not remember). My next attempt will probably involve a flash and maybe a triggering device.... and LOTS more color.