Soap Bubble Photography

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).



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