Triplets

From today's studio session:

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WOW! great shot... how did you get this?

whats your shutter or does a magician never reveal is tricks

Bryan Grant Photography wrote in post #13055824
whats your shutter or does a magician never reveal is tricks

The shutter is set to 1 second. The strobe speed is responsible for the stop action. For this shot I used a 1/32nd power setting on the 2 strobes. I don't know exactly how fast that is for these strobes, but it should be somewhere between 1/10000th and 1/20000th of a second.

Tneuville wrote in post #13055644
WOW! great shot... how did you get this?

The short version is that I use a device called Stop Shot which is in charge of the timing. There is actually a little more to it, but that is the main component in making shots such as these.

-Jim

ok never would gave guessed that

Wonderful.

Its over my head for sure...

Tneuville wrote in post #13060453
Its over my head for sure...

You can get started fairly easily, if you want to play. Just get a bowl or other container and add some water and food coloring to it. Next mix up some water of a contrasting color in a small glass. In a mostly darkened room, set your camera up on a tripod and pre-focus on the middle of the bowl. This will be where you are going to drop into. You will want to have your camera set to an exposure time of a few seconds. Using the self timer function of the camera, start the count-down. Have your flash unit in one of your hands, and have it set to manual. Dial the flash power down to as low as it will go. This will typically be 1/64, or 1/32 power. As soon as you hear the shutter trip, drop a single drop of colored water from your glass using an eye dropper as close to the center of the bowl as you can. The tricky part is knowing when to fire the flash (manually using the button on the flash). Before long you will get your timing down, and be able to capture crowns and columns. Once you have perfected this, you can start thinking about multiple drop shots.

Have Fun!!!
-Jim