The settings listed here will vary depending on the physical setup and water chemistry you have but these settings will give you a good point to start. A drop collision only lasts for around 15 thousandths of a second (milliseconds or mS), so your timing needs to be right on to capture it. See the big picture section above for more details.īelow are the settings for StopShot to create a water drop collision. The process for capturing a photo would be to press and hold the shutter button on your camera to open and hold open the camera shutter, then push the up button on StopShot to release the drops and after the flash is triggered release the shutter button. This means you will be shooting in a dimly lit room with the camera in bulb mode and being operated manually. It is possible to use StopShot to sync your camera, flash and the water drop but in the example setup below we assume traditional high speed photography methods. This creates some spectacular photographic opportunities. The result is a falling water drop colliding with the rebound of the first drop. With StopShot and the Water Valve Assembly you can program StopShot to release multiple drops with a configurable amount of time between them. Getting two drops to collide is usually a very difficult task. (Cable to connect camera to monitor not shown). Release the shutter button on the camera to close the camera shutter. The time programmed into trigger 2 elapses and the flash fires to expose the image. The water drop will hit the pool of water below, rebound and is struck with the second drop. The Mini Beam Sensor will detect the first drop in free fall and start the Trigger 2 timer. Two water drops will be released by the valve with the timing you have programmed. Press the UP or DOWN button to start the water drop sequence in StopShot. With the camera in Bulb mode press and hold the shutter button to open the shutter. To do this you will need a camera specific shutter cable. Once you get comfortable with the timing involved photographing water drops it is possible to have StopShot completely automate the capturing process. Shooting this way greatly simplifies the configuration of StopShot. Using this method means there is no wiring between StopShot and the camera. This leaves enough ambient light to see what you are doing but not affect the photographs. The room does not need to be completely dark, I generally shoot drops with a 60W bulb underneath the table where I am set up. If you have not taken drop shots before this is definitely the best way to start. The traditional way to take water drop photographs is to have your water drop setup in a darkened room, StopShot will control the water valves and flash and the camera will be controlled manually in bulb mode. This does assume your flash has a pc sync connector on it, if it does not you will also need a Hot Shoe Adapter to get your flash connected to StopShot. You will need a camera, a flash and an extra tripod to hold up the water drop kit, everything else to create a water drop photography setup is included. The Water Drop Photography Kit is the easiest way to get started with water drops. I was thinking that making the collisions was the difficult thing, but I was wrong, making aesthetic collision with good lightning, that is the challenge! " " I've begun to play with my StopShot and droplet collisions are very easy to do! It's a marvelous machine! It is like one of our customers recently said: If you are looking for a good book on the subject, I highly recommend the book "Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting". Some reading on the subject never hurt either. StopShot makes the timing easy and good lighting is the result of lots of diffusion and a bit of practice. Water drop photography also called splash art or splash photography combines a lot of different elements but timing and lighting are the two most difficult to master. If you have no high speed photography experience there is a bit of a learning curve to capture good drop photos but all of the information you need is right here. All of this information is also applicable for the StopShot Studio controller. We start with the big picture and move on to the specific settings for StopShot, the camera and flashes. This page provides a step by step guide to taking pictures of water drops.
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