This week I tried out Annie's suggestion of shooting not just what was happening above the water but also what was happening below the water, and I am really excited about the results. By shooting below the water I am able to capture more of what is happening when liquids come together and I think they are really interesting.

This week I decided to try experimenting with dropping things other then water into the water. The top image is red wine and the bottom two are olive oil. I think that the oil created some interesting images with the way that the light reflects off of it. I really like in the bottom image on the right side of the little ripple how there are two streaks of red from were some of the wine was still in the cup I was using to hold the oil. I think that I am going to continue trying different substances and am going to go get some dye so that I can make the water different colors. If anyone has any ideas for things I should try dropping in let me know.

Studio Week 2

These are some of the images I worked on this week. The top one is using the plastic wrap technique from last week and then using filters to changes the color of the light. I found these fun to do, but I was also a little fustrated because the flashlight I have was not as strong as I wold have liked, so some of the angels I tried to shot from were not working, so if anyone has a strong flashlight I could borrow I would really appreciate it.

The bottom picture was me trying out some of the water drop techniques I was reading about on line. I set up a fake little studio on my kitchen table with tin foil and a lamp and took a bunch of shots. I think they came out really well. There were a lot at first were I missed the drop, but by the end I got some cool ones. I found this technique to be really fun, because of the lack of control, shooting the falling water is like playing a game were I am trying to push the button at just the right time, so I think I am definitely going to try to take more like this.

Studio Week 1

http://www.slrphotographyguide.com/macro/waterdrop.shtml

http://www.scantips.com/speed.html

http://www.cheapshooter.com/2008/08/06/water-droplet-photography-a-cool-and-easy-macro-exercise/

This semester I am planning on working with macro images of water, and different ways of shooting it. There is something very unpredicatable about shooting water that I really like, because at the end of the day no matter how much you set up the shot the water is moving on it's own in a way that you can not completely control and the serendipity of some of the photos is one of the things I am enjoying. I googled water drop photography and am posting some of the links I found with descriptions of how people made pictures of water drops and suggestions for making pictures of water drops that I am thinking about giving a try.

Week 11

In class we were talking about how the fire images would look next to the water images from earlier this year, so I decided to post them together so that people could see how it looked. I personally think it is interesting how the two images play off of each other. I like how the fire and water are doing similar things in the two images.

Week 10

This is actually one of my favorite images from the semester. I think it came out really well, and that the whole image really works to highlight the grossness of one side of my face in a way that really makes you examine it.

Week 9

I really like the reflections in this picture and the way that they play off of the office scene they surround. I would love to find more moments like this were the reflections really enhance what is going on in the photograph and make it interesting.