Water and its effects. On a small and controllable scale...

Salam and hi to all,

For my next small photo shoot project, I have chosen to capture water and its effects in a control situation (ie. in the kitchen sink. :-) ) A setup that I think is manageable to all of you (like me, budding photographer with rushing adrenaline to find and capture beautiful images). The items needed for this project to work are those that you can find in a kitchen. We would need a glass (a bit tall ones to ensure more freedom to compose an image vertically), a mug lid (like those used by the Chinese/Japanese in the movies when they drink their tea), black cloth or maybe non-reflective cardboard for adark background and of course, an unlimited supply of controlled running water (water tap in the kitchen) as our main subjects.

Next we would need out trusted tripod and a flashgun. A wired shutter trigger can also help us take the shots comfortably while improving brightness with a diffuser which in turns may produce sharper images. You may want to lower one of the tripod's stand/leg to balance the weight of your camera plus a flashgun. The photos below  shows how my gears are set up: (please do not mind the kitchen. It is a bit messy at the time. Sorry).

Then, we would need to configure our camera. For this project, I have chosen the 'Manual' or 'M' mode. In this mode, I can control shutter speed, aperture value as well the ISO speed. These are the basic settings that I have used:

• Shutter speed : the highest (1/250)
• Aperture value: f5.6 ~ f6.0
• ISO speed: ~ ISO1000

The first photo below is one of the early batch of shots. 

The next few photos are taken after I have added a darker background in order to have clearer and more detail image compositions. (Thanks to my wife for helping me out. I love you, darling)

Using the mug lid as a base for water splash effect.

I like the reflections shown through the bubbles.

These are some of the best shots I have got from the whole 1 hour of standing behind the tripod and my trusted camera.

Try it our and I hope you all have good or better results/images than mine.

Until next time, continue to capture beautiful images and good luck. Wassalam and good bye.