Hello. I have never done one of these before so I am testing it out. I hope it works. Well I want to know how you 365 people get those really cool and amazing water drops, splashes or anything dealing with water. I can never get any good water pictures unless the water is on a flower. Help me out friends. Oh and post your best water picture. :)
thats 3 of my favourites that ive done (ive done loads) ....
with splashs find a room with no direct sunlight , just the normal houshold light on and use the flash in your camera gives me the best results ..... i believe most of mine are 1/80 or 1/60 and ISO 400 or 200 ......
all i do is test the splash first putting the item under the tap and seeing how far the splash goes before picking up the cmea then i just go for it getting as close as possible without breaking my camera
with the glass splash like this :
my settings were i think the same but i stood a glass of coke cola in front of a white backdrop and got my kids to drop ice cubes in on the count of 3 :)
dont know if that helps u any but im quite pleased with how these came out :)
ment to add .... with the apple wave there was a stick stuck in the apple , one chiold held it in front of the backdrop while the other threw water at it , i removed the stickin edit
i use nothing special for my water shots as simpley i dont have anything special to use :( .... goes off to sulk haha !
I did mine with a candle holder, I filled it with water and my little boy dripped water with a small pipette ( aromatherapy oil dropper ) whilst I clicked away..I used my camera flash and had a lamp facing the wall. I'm not the most patient person and I can't do a big set up so I kept it simple and this is what I got. I also looked at the exif info on other 365'ers water shots as a starting point.. Good luck Xx
This way my first try. I haven't gotten around to trying it again but I really want to. I really didn't have much of a set up at all. I had a small white soup mug. I dripped water out of my water bottle from up above and took a picture with my P&S camera with my other hand. I only used the light in the room and the flash on my camera. I was pretty proud of it!
I'd have gotten a prettier water shot if I'd known just spent half an hour in a stream in dress shoes because, well I went out the door looking for a picture and got carried away...
There are so many different types of water photographs that can be taken, so I will try and generalise a bit on here. I am by no means a professional at these types of shots, but I can share some of my learning curves, which might help you along your way.
The easiest water photographs to take involve the larger splashes and the larger objects. This is simply because there is an increased mass, and you are not focusing on the finer detail. So this will be a good starting point.
Running water is one of the simplier shots to also achieve, as the flow is constant, which requires decent lighting and focus. Its easier to focus on something ie water, that is already there, rather than trying to focus on a invisiable target.
The biggest learning curve has to be learning about lighting and focus. If you practice and practice, you will learn what settings on your camera achieve different results.
Drips are a bit more tricky to capture, especially ones in focus, as theorctically you need the area the drip will pass through in focus, in order to give you a sharp shot.
Backgrounds can change the look of the drips dramatically, and they are fun to play with, but when playing with bacground, also experiment with light.
Small splashes and water crowns, once again are harder, unless you are very lucky. These take trial and error, and the biggest learning curve again is focus and lighting.
Small drips with reflections are fun :o) Master your focus and you can achieve them.
One big key is shutter speed.. You want your camera set on the fastest shutter speed as possible. I dont know the settings for your camera, this could be S or it may be the Action setting.
Try to get as close to the water as possbile, but remaining in focus.
This is one that I took this week, and the biggest key to this photo was dof.. Though once again, I dont know if you can adjust that on your camera.
For the crowns, shallow water is better, if you struggle with water, try using milk as its thicker and easier to capture.
Quite some time ago, I started a discussion on this subject, though its a little old now, it might give you some hints.
Good luck with it all.. Dont be afraid to experiment and play with it :o)
Thank you so much to everyone. Thesetips all sounds great I will use them soon. I cant wait to start shooting some water shots now. Thanks again. Oh and I love everyones photos. AMAZING!!!
Put sulky child in shower, put on shower, put camera (if you can) to B&W/ monochrome, tell them to glare at you, make sure flash is on, smile while sulky child glares at you and click. You get this:
But don't leave sulky child in the shower too long or this happens.
You have a good first attempt and there's definitely nothing wrong with wanting to try something- even if it doesn't go well!
Now you've simply learnt what not to do next time!
I've personally experimented in water photography a couple of times and I can tell you right off the bat- it is something you're DEFINITELY going to need to have patience with.
Here are a couple of my goes:
Try checking this out (and related videos) on youtube on how to shoot basic water photography with a good ol' P&S camera-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcIrVmRBPA0
Also, I'm not sure what specifically you want to shoot (rivers/water droplets/action shots etc.) but try googling it, something'll definitely come up!
Good luck, can't wait to see what you come up with!
Wow some fantastic photos there, Ive tried Water Shots a few times but failed at them, I guess I need more time and more patience, I could do with some Assistants too, Hubbys always at work, Children a bit too young to co-operate long enough, Ive captured drops easier than Ive captured splashes as the drops weren't moving, Its either Me not very good or the Camera doesnt seem to like moving Water even if I use a setting such as Sports, Practice makes perfect I guess and I would love to get a really good water splash shot but no luck yet. I could do with getting the Tripod out and then getting someone to do some splashing.
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thats 3 of my favourites that ive done (ive done loads) ....
with splashs find a room with no direct sunlight , just the normal houshold light on and use the flash in your camera gives me the best results ..... i believe most of mine are 1/80 or 1/60 and ISO 400 or 200 ......
all i do is test the splash first putting the item under the tap and seeing how far the splash goes before picking up the cmea then i just go for it getting as close as possible without breaking my camera
with the glass splash like this :
my settings were i think the same but i stood a glass of coke cola in front of a white backdrop and got my kids to drop ice cubes in on the count of 3 :)
dont know if that helps u any but im quite pleased with how these came out :)
i use nothing special for my water shots as simpley i dont have anything special to use :( .... goes off to sulk haha !
This way my first try. I haven't gotten around to trying it again but I really want to. I really didn't have much of a set up at all. I had a small white soup mug. I dripped water out of my water bottle from up above and took a picture with my P&S camera with my other hand. I only used the light in the room and the flash on my camera. I was pretty proud of it!
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There are so many different types of water photographs that can be taken, so I will try and generalise a bit on here. I am by no means a professional at these types of shots, but I can share some of my learning curves, which might help you along your way.
The easiest water photographs to take involve the larger splashes and the larger objects. This is simply because there is an increased mass, and you are not focusing on the finer detail. So this will be a good starting point.
Running water is one of the simplier shots to also achieve, as the flow is constant, which requires decent lighting and focus. Its easier to focus on something ie water, that is already there, rather than trying to focus on a invisiable target.
The biggest learning curve has to be learning about lighting and focus. If you practice and practice, you will learn what settings on your camera achieve different results.
Drips are a bit more tricky to capture, especially ones in focus, as theorctically you need the area the drip will pass through in focus, in order to give you a sharp shot.
Backgrounds can change the look of the drips dramatically, and they are fun to play with, but when playing with bacground, also experiment with light.
Small splashes and water crowns, once again are harder, unless you are very lucky. These take trial and error, and the biggest learning curve again is focus and lighting.
Small drips with reflections are fun :o) Master your focus and you can achieve them.
One big key is shutter speed.. You want your camera set on the fastest shutter speed as possible. I dont know the settings for your camera, this could be S or it may be the Action setting.
Try to get as close to the water as possbile, but remaining in focus.
This is one that I took this week, and the biggest key to this photo was dof.. Though once again, I dont know if you can adjust that on your camera.
For the crowns, shallow water is better, if you struggle with water, try using milk as its thicker and easier to capture.
Quite some time ago, I started a discussion on this subject, though its a little old now, it might give you some hints.
Good luck with it all.. Dont be afraid to experiment and play with it :o)
http://365project.org/discuss/tips-n-tricks/4584/water-crowns-and-rainbow-splashes
But don't leave sulky child in the shower too long or this happens.
Now you've simply learnt what not to do next time!
I've personally experimented in water photography a couple of times and I can tell you right off the bat- it is something you're DEFINITELY going to need to have patience with.
Here are a couple of my goes:
Try checking this out (and related videos) on youtube on how to shoot basic water photography with a good ol' P&S camera-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcIrVmRBPA0
Also, I'm not sure what specifically you want to shoot (rivers/water droplets/action shots etc.) but try googling it, something'll definitely come up!
Good luck, can't wait to see what you come up with!
Then I tried to get a water crown, but was pretty unsuccessful. I've yet to revisit that idea...
Then I got this one of my daughter having fun in the bath. I got it because I knew she would do it....does it every bath.
I love your photos but how did you get them. I love the way they look and I want to try it out, but have no idea where to start. Thanks for your help.
To everyone else, I really love everyones photos and I wanted to thank you all for your help. Thanks
Basically very easy, sparkling water or lemonade in a glass, dip an object in, focus and click. I used my flash, not sure what others did.