The original intention was to tell you something about where to place the flashes and how to bring the color into your water drop pictures.
But I changed my intention due to the fact that I want to share with you my new favorite “picture style” I call it water clouds.
I want to share with you my experience
because to make these kind of pictures is very simple you do not need
high end equipment or a complicate set up.
You just need a camera, a tripod and a flash. You can use the camera flash or better is to use a flash which you can move independent from your camera. In addition you need a tank filled with water, one or two eye droppers, a white piece of paper and last but not least some different colored ink, or for the beginning you can also use milk.
That’s all.
It is helpful if a second person assists
you especially if you work with two colors. This person can make the
drops, and you can make the shots. In my case my daughter Isabelle
supported me.
Below you can see some samples of these
pictures, on the picture with the black background I used a piece of
Molton and by the way all pictures are rotated 180 degrees. I think this
gives the pictures a special style and it is not obviously what it is.
The possibilities to modify these pictures in Photoshop are multifarious.
Left hand side the original right hand side the modification.
Below my favorite picture Photoshop gives the special color.
If you look for a longer time on these pictures you can identify various
shapes and forms as if you look into a cloudy sky. Below you can see
the favorite picture of my daughter she sees a poodle head and a parrot
in the middle. Do you have the same fantasy?
Stefan Steinmann