For this first set I grabbed red, blue, and green food coloring and a white measuring cup to experiment with the colored drops and various shutter speeds. I think my favorite effect is the exact moment it hits the water as well as a few seconds after when it sinks and creates a colored streak down to the bottom of the cup.
I went home this past weekend and while my dad was splitting up some wood I tried to capture the various bits of motion through fast and slower shutter speeds.
For this last set, I wanted to focus on fire. As you can tell, the first two photo’s shutter speeds didn’t changed the look very much, but as soon as I bumped the shutter speed to 1 second the fire begins to blend and has a very cool effect as it wraps around the metal. The last photo was just an experimental photo where Claudio quickly released lighter fluid on his hand and then lit it. I didn’t have the settings totally right for this so I ended up playing around with various color temps and contrast levels to create something that was clearly edited but had a different feel.
