Suggested Items:
a) Plastic cups (or wine glasses if you can afford to break a couple of them)
b) Coloring ink
c) Fishing wire - the secret weapon ;)
d) White poster board, for background
e) Camera that can fire a remote flash (I had used Nikon D70s)
f) An external flash that can be triggered remotely (I had used Nikon SB30)
g) Any good lens (I had used Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens)
h) A remote or a cable shutter release
i) Tripod
j) Buckets of water
k) Couple of waste cloths to wipe the floor
l) A short table to mount the setup
Suggested camera settings:
a) Smaller aperture (f/16), for deeper depth of field and to keep everything in focus
b) 1/500s (whatever your camera can sync – 1/200s or 1/250s)
c) Flash on Manual mode (least power, just enough to trigger the SB30 flash – I had used 1/16th power)
d) Manual focus
e) Mounted on Tripod
Setup details:
Let me try and explain how I did this.
• Placed the short table inside the bath tub (or any other place that you afford to get messy or easy to clean up)
• Placed the white poster board for background
• Placed the background flash behind the white poster board
• Placed the cups on the table, next to each other
• Filled up both the cups half way through with water
• Added colored ink to my taste
• Tied the fishing wires to the legs of the cups and left approx 6 inches of length
• Held the remote on my right hand
• Grabbed both the fishing wires together, using my left hand
• Pulled the wires to lift the glasses and pressed the remote simultaneously. I had to make several attempts to get both actions synchronized. Smarter folks might pick it up quicker ;)
• Repeat the last two steps until you get desired results
• And yes, there was cleaning after each attempt, as I did not want my bath tub to get stained with all the colors. I have to find an alternative for these colored inks. These inks leave a heavy stain if I don’t clean immediately.
With better timing and some more luck, you should get better shots than mine. I tried a couple of shots with wine glasses, before I broke them. Those shapes did not come out as what I wanted. It took approximately 6 hours to complete this shoot. That includes time for setting up, trials, shooting and clean-up. After all, photography IS all about having fun, isn’t it! Hope you find this explanation useful! Happy shooting!
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Isn't this one...or one very similar to this in another challenge? Could have sworn that I've seen it before......the "What DPC Loves" Challenge, maybe??? (not scoring right now)
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