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Paint Sculptures 02/07/2011

I was working on a tutorial on highspeed photography today and needed some shots of paint sculptures. This time, I changed my setup to include a white background. I am now lighting the paint with two...

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Milk Drop Collisions

Milk drop collisions in a Martini glass. I tried some new highspeed photography ideas and made some milk drop collisions. As milk has different viscosity and surface tension, it behaves totally...

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Paint Sculpture Tutorial – Part I: Introduction and general setup

In the past weeks I experimented with paint sculptures and took some shots that I really like. To give a detailed explanation, how these shots work and what I do to create them, I wrote a tutorial that...

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Paint Sculpture Tutorial – Part II: Camera setup

The Canon 60D Digital SLR. All cameras have a so-called shutter lag. This is the time between pushing the button and the camera taking the picture. For small point-and-shoot cameras, this can be around...

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Paint Sculpture Tutorial – Part III: Flash setup

The Yongnuo 560 flashgun. The flashguns I use are each one Canon 580exII and 430exII and one Yongnuo 560. The Yongnuo flashgun does not have any fancy functionality like TTL etc., but has to be...

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Paint Sculpture Tutorial – Part IV: Triggering the flashes

Though I use the Stopshot for triggering, there are several devices that do the job. Depending on your budget, you can either buy a fully assembled out-of-the-box device like the Stopshot and the...

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Paint Sculpture Tutorial – Part V: The paint

I usually use gouache paint. For the paint, you can basically use every liquid paint you can think of. However, there are a couple of things to consider before starting taking the pictures. Triggered...

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Paint Sculpture Tutorial – Part VI: Sound setup

2" Speaker The sound that is sent through the speaker is (besides the paint) the most important aspect that shapes the sculptures and influences the entire picture. Three aspects of the sound have to...

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Paint Sculpture Tutorial – Part VII: Background

For the beginning, a black background is much easier than a white one.  All you need is a black surface in the background and some snoots or gobos on your flashes to prevent any light from spilling...

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Paint Sculpture Tutorial – Part VIII: Post production and final statement

The post-production is fairly easy and there is not much to do if the shot is prepared well. I sometimes stamp out some drops of paint flying around and disturbing the entire composition or some areas...

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