WINE GLASS WAVES
EQUIPMENT
Nikon D3100 DSLR
Table
Wine Glass
Water
Follow-spot spotlight
Blue tack
White sheet
METHODOLOGY
The aim of this photo shoot was to capture the shape of a wave within the small confinement of a wine-glass, as if I am recreating the natural structure inside a man-made structure.
To set up this shoot, I used a transportable frame and attached a white sheet so that it hung without any creases. I then placed the follow spot behind the sheet, at a distance to create a large circular shape behind the glass. After this, I placed a glass to the top of a moveable table and half-filled it with water. When doing this step I had to be careful not to get too many drips on the sides of the glass as they distracted from the wave-like shapes. Then, I asked an assistant to shake the table vigorously to make create miniature waves in the water. To create the perfect pictures, I used a fast shutter speed to ensure that my images were in focus and they acted as a freeze-frame of the movement of the water; this was especially effective when single drops of water separated themselves from the main body of water and in some cases escaped from the top of the glass.
When carrying out this shoot, I faced the difficulty that the glass was moving too much and was i danger of falling over, to overcome this I had to use a small amount of blue-tack hidden beneath the base of the glass to secure it to the top of the table to avoid the risk of the glass breaking. To add to this, I also found that as the table was moving, I found it a struggle to maintain the glass in the centre of the spot light although I was not so worried about this because I wanted the main focus to be the action within the glass rather than the background.
Afterwards, I experimented with using the follow-spot to shine through the glass to cast shadows across the table, this method was less effective as I though that the colour of the image overpowers the focus on the water however I liked the dramatic silhouettes that had been created.
If i was to do this photo-shoot, I would time my photographs so that they were consistently in the centre of the spotlight however to achieve this, I would have to develop a more reliable method of shaking the glass containing the water rather than just shaking a table. Despite this, I am very pleased with the results of this shoot.
Nikon D3100 DSLR
Table
Wine Glass
Water
Follow-spot spotlight
Blue tack
White sheet
METHODOLOGY
The aim of this photo shoot was to capture the shape of a wave within the small confinement of a wine-glass, as if I am recreating the natural structure inside a man-made structure.
To set up this shoot, I used a transportable frame and attached a white sheet so that it hung without any creases. I then placed the follow spot behind the sheet, at a distance to create a large circular shape behind the glass. After this, I placed a glass to the top of a moveable table and half-filled it with water. When doing this step I had to be careful not to get too many drips on the sides of the glass as they distracted from the wave-like shapes. Then, I asked an assistant to shake the table vigorously to make create miniature waves in the water. To create the perfect pictures, I used a fast shutter speed to ensure that my images were in focus and they acted as a freeze-frame of the movement of the water; this was especially effective when single drops of water separated themselves from the main body of water and in some cases escaped from the top of the glass.
When carrying out this shoot, I faced the difficulty that the glass was moving too much and was i danger of falling over, to overcome this I had to use a small amount of blue-tack hidden beneath the base of the glass to secure it to the top of the table to avoid the risk of the glass breaking. To add to this, I also found that as the table was moving, I found it a struggle to maintain the glass in the centre of the spot light although I was not so worried about this because I wanted the main focus to be the action within the glass rather than the background.
Afterwards, I experimented with using the follow-spot to shine through the glass to cast shadows across the table, this method was less effective as I though that the colour of the image overpowers the focus on the water however I liked the dramatic silhouettes that had been created.
If i was to do this photo-shoot, I would time my photographs so that they were consistently in the centre of the spotlight however to achieve this, I would have to develop a more reliable method of shaking the glass containing the water rather than just shaking a table. Despite this, I am very pleased with the results of this shoot.