By Alex Koloskov posted on  November 3rd, 2011 |  
This is a second episode from the “Water in product and advertisement photography” series. This time we used the same tank and mix of distilled and sparkling water.
The idea was simple: pouring objects into a water and shooting through the water tank and positioning the camera strictly horizontal. Because we have used carbonated water, the tank must be 100% clean inside: every small piece of dirt on the glass will attract bubbles to build-up.
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By Alex Koloskov posted on November 3rd, 2011 | 
Again water and apples.. (got a nice collection of them for stock:-)
But this time, thanks to some good questions from participants, we got some interesting results, comparing canon speedlights lights and Paul C Buff lights. I’ll get back on this later.
I was using three Canon speedlights, set to be slaves on manual mode, ST-E2 Speedlite Transmitter mounted on a camera to trigger strobes. Why speedlights, not Alienbees or White-lighting monolights? This was one of the questions I’ve got from the class attendants.
Continue reading: Liquid photography masterclass: water, apple and flash duration test
By Alex Koloskov posted on October 29th, 2011 | 
This is a very well done tutorial on how to get started on your own journey in splash and liquid photography. Created by Evan Sharboneau, owner of PhotoExtremist.com. This video is really good, fast and very intuitive with cool results; exactly the way i wold do it myself:-)
Enjoy!
High-Speed Photography Tutorial with Splashes and Flashes
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By Alex Koloskov posted on September 27th, 2011 | 
I’ve been asked so many times about what strobe, camera shutter speed, etc can be used to freeze a liquid splash action and I’ve decided to put this little post together for you guys.
What the minimum needed to start shooting liquid in motion?
Liquid photography water ball by Alex Koloskov
Alex Koloskov
The lighting
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By Alex Koloskov posted on September 7th, 2011 | 
Now you know why we’ve been doing all of these chocolate and milk splashes recently. It’s been a lot of fun and we’ve learned even more about the different types of liquids, color fillers and ways of creating splashes. The result is below.
Chocolate and milk splash of Godiva
Godiva Chocolate splash by Alex
Continue reading: Godiva Liquor shot: Milk, Chocolate and lot of fun.
By Alex Koloskov posted on August 11th, 2009 | 
Once again we were playing with water and fruits. Small inflated pool, 3 Canon Speedlite Flash units and some handy support hardware makes it possible. Around 1/10.000 second flash duration can freeze any splash, only you need to worry about is a light distribution: reflectors and white backdrops are must to be here. I was
Continue reading: Water splash photography (water splash with berries and apple)
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