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Published: 2011-07-22 17:26:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1227; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 8
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This is an absolutely equal collaboration with meself and me friend Scott [link] We tried to do something neither of us could pull off alone. Hopefully it worked out. He deserves much of the credit.Many many thanks to the model Brianna [link] She was awesome through this whole rather harrowing shoot. Luckily it was warm out that day.
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wow! this is a great work! respect!
do you shot the water as well?
i have to do something like that too!
any advices? a waterproof studio maybe?
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Indeed, I shot the water as well. It is a very interesting way to work. My advice would be to shoot the water from behind like you would want to make a diamond sparkle, this is also good because it makes you use separation/edge lights. Not any strobe can do it either (you can have blur with strobes!), we used 5 Einstein 640's. A stronger flash stays on longer so I'm told multiple small flashes might work better. We shot outside but were surprised that it didn't take that much water, it could be done inside maybe. Big splashes are more interesting. Small amounts of water seem to fracture easily.
Also the camera set up shot at 9 frames a second with strobes as well. This was perfect for water splashing. In my picture two of the right splashes are from the same splash. If you can do this, it makes everything easier. also, this guy is awesome for splash photography [link]
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Well, I think this is your best work to date. Absolutely GORGEOUS!
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That's high praise indeed!! But personally, the stuff we did together really beats it.
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I only give credit where credit is due... Move here (or at least come visit) so we can work together again... I miss your genius :/
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I miss it too :/
it left with pt
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Not a chance... you're a genius in your own right, too
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O_O THIS IS AWESOME MAN . . . I`V BEEN SEEING THIS FOR A WHILE NOW . . . LOOKS REALLY AMAZIN . . .HOW DO YOU DO IT ? IF ITS A PIVTURE OF WATER FALLING IT SHOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND . . NOT TRANSPARENT . . I DONT GET HOW PEOPLE DO THIS . . .
CONGRAST MAN !
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Wow, what an awesome comment.
The water in the picture was actually shot on the day and we did have a black background so most of what you see is how the picture actually looked. She was on a stool with her foot on a ladder so in a couple of places I had to paint in some black. And of course this is a composite, so each of these splashes is from a different picture. She was awesome and held that pose for a while so that it was (relatively) easy to composite all of them.
The biggest prob for most people is getting the flash equipment that can accommodate this shot. Luckily my friend had some awesome equipment and lighting knowledge and was great at splashing. 
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wow . . .its . . it sounds really really hard XD hope to be able to do it some day XD hehe all that hard work paid off . . this is really amazin 
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Oh thank you Isabelle, I'm glad.
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This is beautiful Arch! I've always wanted to take a photo like this but theyre so hard to do. It turned out great! Do you have any others from the shoot?
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Yeah it's terribly hard to do. It really requires the type of strobes that can capture splashy motion. Scott had the perfect setup. He could shoot nine frames a second. It was really awesome.
There is one more picture that should be out pretty soon. But these are really hard to edit so it might take a while.
I'm glad you like it. Something about it seems like it needs more so it might be changing. Thanks for the comment Dragonfly.
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Gotcha! And no problem ^_^
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