Experiments in Photography

2008-07-19T13:18:00.000-07:00

Same as before, but without the food coloring, and color adjustments in post.

2008-07-08T13:16:00.000-07:00

I used about half a cup of vegetable oil, and about a fourth of a cup water, with a bit of red food coloring. I placed the water/oil concoction, into a glass pie plate. I then used a clamp light attached to my camera's tripod, to light the concoction, from below, and at a slight angle.

Camera was my trusty 350d, and the lens, was actually two lens's... I reverse mounted my Canon 50mm F1.4 to my Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro.

Once I got the photos into Photoshop, I used the "color balance" tool, to make all the colors as wacky as they are.

ferrofluid and light graffiti

2008-06-30T23:20:00.001-07:00

Playing around with a couple pictures, in photoshop.

Brush Fire // Sunset // HDR

2008-06-26T22:02:00.001-07:00

There was a brush fire today/yesterday, just outside phoenix. Made for a nice sunset.

HDR: +2,0,-2

PSP Art

2008-06-23T00:23:00.000-07:00

I was browsing around kuler.adobe.com/ and colourlovers.com, when I decided to take some of the palettes, and turn them into PSP wallpapers. I then taped over the PSP's power indicator light, and used the PSP to make some light-graffiti pictures.

2008-06-23T00:21:00.001-07:00

Today I decided to re-think my setup and approach. I ended up using a wire-coat-hanger, mended into the shape of a circle, and a new soap mixture.

Enjoy!

Soap Bubble Photography

2008-06-23T00:19:00.000-07:00

I have been trying to capture the beauty of soap bubbles, for about 5 years now. Every time I try to take a soap bubble photo, it comes out different. Mostly, this is due to the fact that I have an absolute zero budget: as with most of my photos, all of which you see here, were made DIY, with stuff readily found around the house (other than the camera and lens).

For the light, I used a single clamp light, with a piece of tissue paper, as a simple softbox. I positioned the light so it was as close to the bubble as possible, and directly above the field of view of my lens. The soap/water mixture was 1 part soap, to 10 parts water. For a base to blow the bubbles onto, and keep them the same relative size, I used a white porcelain plate.

The camera I used was my 8mpxl Canon 350d. The lens was my Sigma 105mm F2.8 macro. ISO was between 800-1600(max).

Click on each of the images, to find it in a larger size.