Here’s a quick update on my speed photography project.
D for Daisy Drop was something I’ve attempted before and failed miserably. I didn’t have a macro lens, and just couldn’t get close enough to the drop. This time, armed with a set of Macro extension tubes and my new Sigma 70-200 f2.8 (I love that lens), I was able to get much closer to the drop.
Two things about this photo I don’t like. First, I couldn’t find a good place to put the flash to eliminate a large bright spot on the drop. Second, you might notice a slight brownish edge to the drop…that’s my wooden stand that holds my eye-dropper. Gonna have to get that thing painted black :)
Next is my favorite of the three. Originally, I was just going to shoot a plain old chicken egg. As luck would have it, my journalistic wife needed to take some photos of caviar (fish eggs) for a story, which she bought at a local sushi bar.
What can I say. I love this shot. The eggs were incredibly tough, and very sticky (I think there are a couple still left on the ceiling). I performed this shoot six times with only two sets of eggs.
I struggled with F. After great thought, I ended up on Fudgesicle, only to have a fellow speed photographer (Alan Sailer) beat me to it. So to be original, I decided to do fungus. Again, Alan beat me to it (I shouldn’t have told him what I was going to shoot). However, he did give me the idea that I finally landed on:
French Fries on their own would have been a little dull, so I added some ketchup. If it’s one thing I’ve learned about speed photography, it’s that composition is still very important. There needs to be color, contrast, and proper lighting. Without that, speed photography isn’t art…it’s a physics lesson.
I hope you enjoyed these shots as much as I enjoyed taking them. And if you have any suggestions for H or I, please leave a comment below.
3 comments:
I did enjoy them very much! Loved the comment about physics vs. art. Very smart ;0)
So...if I understand it, speed photography is shooting photos of something you are dropping (i.e. water/milk drops) or shooting something with pellets to get an "explosion" effect? Sorry, I'm somewhat new to this sort of thing.
Your photos are great - I really like the caviar one. For H, how about horseradish (not sure what you could do with it other than thinning it out and dropping something in it maybe), hero sandwich, h'or derves (or however you spell it). For 'I', how about ice cream, ice cubes, ink...
Speed photography is the art of capturing extremely fast motion with a camera. Most of the time, it's a bullet hitting something, or a water splash, or something that the eye can't normally see because it happens so fast.
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