Photos, Drawings, Thoughts and Tantrums

In this shoot , I wanted to introducing a product in splash photography and I chose to go with a cute Gin Mare MINI Bottle. I am including the setup I used below,In which I used 2 speed lights one of which was with a mini soft box to create the foreground light.  Adding splashes is easy, but it doesn’t obey any rules, so you need to try, try & try. Photoshop helps a lot in blending images together to get a more balanced look of the product and the splashes created and this was the post technique I used in this case.  Gin Mare Mini Photo - Wil Camilleri The Setup used

I started experimenting with Splash photography, using water droplets, using flash (in this case speed-lights) to capture the freeze moment. The set up, as shown below, is relatively easy. Although I managed to get some decent images out of it, I want to explore better ways of doing this to maximize the instances of getting the “perfect splash”. Work in Photoshop for this was quite minimal and involved mainly removing stray drops and retouching the ‘horizon’ so its fully level - the rest was all coming directly from the camera. An this is the image achieved. Splash Photo Setup

Earlier this month I did a mini photo shoot with a friend of mine. The motivations were mainly testing some new gear and also get away from the creative 'boredom' brought by partial lock down due to Corona Virus.  So here it is, some simple woodland style shots, shot with a Canon 5D MrkII, with external flash in a soft box.  Look forward to your comments and suggestions below!  

In these times of being stuck at home and needing to be a bit creative, even making yourself a quick drink can become a source of inspiration. That's what I tried to do here and before indulging in the art of slowly savoring a glass of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey , I took a couple of shots to capture the pouring of this fabulous liquid. For the Whisky purists, yes I do like and appreciate Scotch, but I also enjoy other takes on the spirit, even the so called "commercial" ones - but this is all about the photos and I hope you like one I have for you today!  Pouring a glass of Jack Daniel's Whiskey  

I decided to go out for a brisk walk and take my small Lumix Gx9 along with me. I wasn’t very sure what I was going to shoot since I am very familiar with the route and thus I decided that I try to look around (& up) and notice interesting subjects to shoot. Actually it was a great experience and coupling it with the Covid19 ideology of lock-down, solitude etc. actually worked out for some of the images.  Below are a choice of the photos taken: Isolation - A 'lonely' car in empty car park in Valletta Malta California Dreaming Moving Reflections - Reflections on a moving bus. Solitude - a buoy floating in calm seas. Doors, Windows & Stairs

Here I tried to do some splash photography. I took some pointers from a YouTube video by  Curtis Padley (if you want to see this video which features other cool home made photo techniques click here )  This was very simple indeed and all you need is:  - A Wine Glass - An Orange or a Lemon (or other fruit which tickles your fancy, but which fits in a wine glass!)  - Water  - A Dark Colour Backdrop The best way I found is to set up the camera on a tripod and focus directly on the glass and then switch the focus to manual focus to lock it. Then just let the fruit fall in the wine glass (try to aim not like my first attempts) and snap away.  Obviously after you need to tweak a bit in Photoshop or Lightroom to get the colour balance and the contrast of the background.  The result was as follows  Home made splash photography 

I am not the patient type and I find it quite difficult to work with inanimate objects, but I thought of giving it a go and try to get some cool photos out of this period when, like everyone, I am stuck at home!  So basically the experiments were mainly long exposure on a record player quite early in the morning..... Long exposure record spin & water, oil & ink macro trials. Bubbles What have you been doing in lock down? Photography wise or otherwise 😏