More sound-activated paint shots...

[katodog]

Gloomy weather, cold weather, or just simple boredom, means either more smoke, more water drops, or more paint shots. Here's some more recent sound-activated paint shots. This time I thought about changing the plastic on the speaker, and opted for a white trash bag...


01

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6041/6379436337_4b5c78f804_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6379436337/)
November 21 010 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6379436337/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr


02

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6118/6379436419_69fd9f66d4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6379436419/)
November 21 011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6379436419/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr


03

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6101/6379436501_4389660845_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6379436501/)
November 21 012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6379436501/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr


04

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6035/6379436579_5513597e8c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6379436579/)
November 21 013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6379436579/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr


05

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6118/6380633319_1e2614241e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6380633319/)
November 21 015 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6380633319/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr


06

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6050/6380633429_e90b31290f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6380633429/)
November 21 016 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6380633429/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr


07

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6110/6380633275_a7552474cc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6380633275/)
November 21 014 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6380633275/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr



And a simple paint drop onto the white plastic which was taped to the top of my work surface...


http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6041/6378268297_dfe7587e5a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6378268297/)
November 21 006 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6378268297/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr

[SteveJa]

very, very cool.... nice and clean... love #2 and #7

[Macjager]

One can almost hear the music when looking at the shapes. Would filming the action add or take away from the visual effect? Hmm...

Really like your stuff!

Cheers

George

[katodog]

Canon did it with high-speed stuff...Paint with Sound (http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662405/sculpting-paint-with-sound-in-sculptures-for-canon-by-dentsu-london-video)

[Macjager]

Checked out the canon site, wow images and wow technology and creativity to get them. I salute your efforts!bw!

[CameraMan]

Great stuff here Ed! I'll have to try this.

Would you mind showing us a quick setup shot?

[katodog]

CameraMan...check my sig, there's a link to a walk-through that'll show you everything. Here's two shots of the original setup...


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/katodog/DSCF1935a.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/katodog/PaintSetupInUse.jpg



The light on the side is always there, but not used for the paint. I use it for smoke shots and it's clamped to the shelf so I just leave it there. Most of the time I'm using one flash from the left, in the "action" shot there's two flash, one on either side.


The setup has been slightly transformed in the past two days, I built a wooden stand for the speaker and I made a hanger to hang different colored backgrounds. Plus I'm now shooting the flash from in front of the paint, next to the camera on either the right or left. With the white background I find it easier and better to shoot the flash from the front so it illuminates the background, that way I don't have to process the shots to make the background pure white. Otherwise when I process everything disappears and it looks like the paint is just there, and there's no definite foreground or background. Shooting the flash direct it allows me more room for processing the paint without losing the base created by the speaker, and with colored backgrounds it gives the shots better depth

Here's a shot of the latest setup...


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/katodog/IMG_0296.jpg


And a few recent shots...


http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6231/6412496571_b9faa7a1dc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6412496571/)
November 27 001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6412496571/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6412937093_ca25e1e9cb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6412937093/)
November 27 009 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6412937093/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6413316353_0f8c2fd695_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6413316353/)
November 27 020 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katodog/6413316353/) by Ed Durbin (Katodog) (http://www.flickr.com/people/katodog/), on Flickr

[CameraMan]

Cool ! Thanks!!!

[katodog]

You're welcome of course. I'm not a "go screw yourself, it's my secret" type of photographer; if I know something I'm more than eager to share, nobody is taking money out of my pocket by my revealing any "secrets". I've come across quite a few photographers, and have heard stories about photographers, who don't tell you diddly, they just leave you hang, which I think is kinda ignorant.



And if you take a look at the Canon/Dentsu stuff you'll see, apart from the high-speed stuff, that they're using a relatively small speaker and a macro lens. I sold off my 100mm IS L macro so today I tried the 70-200mm and Kenko tubes. I was using my Sig 18-200mm OS but it seems that macro-type gear works well to make the paint look its best. Plus you can shoot wider apertures to get a better effect by introducing a stronger DOF into the shots.

It will also allow you to keep the mess to a minimum. So far I've been doing pretty good at keeping the area clean around the speaker, a few drops fly off into the wild blue yonder, a few manage to hit the carpet, but it's very few and far between. With a macro lens you can use a smaller drop of paint, thereby keeping the splatter to a minimum. And of course there's always stuff like corn starch, pancake batter, thicker paint, etc., to give different effects. With the Canon/Dentsu stuff I think they were using a ticker paint than what I normally use, however the most recent shots I've been using different paint, Crayola Washable Finger Paint, which is really thick. Even watered-down it's thick, but it does give a different effect than the watered-down paints I've been using.

[CameraMan]

Hmm, I'll have to look into that. I like the Crayola water color paints idea. I'll have to buy a drop cloth too. :) I have my old Subwoofer speaker system I used to use on this computer but it is pretty big. I switched to something smaller that has the same output. I just need to find power for it. I guess I'm going to Radio Shack & Home Depot tomorrow! :)