Stefan Steinmann: Breaking my rules
December 20, 2011 by Manfrotto
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Stretch Yourself
In the article I want to tell you something about the sentence: Never say never. Before mid of November it was really the fact that all my pictures were not manipulated by Photoshop. Of cause I sometimes adjusted the brightness and the contrast, I “stamped” some small splashes away but these actions I will call [...]
Stefan Steinmann: An imperfect unique picture
November 4, 2011 by Manfrotto
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Stretch Yourself
In the article “Crash in a water glass” about the drop on drop photography I mentioned a couple of month ago: “The task is to find the timing, means to trigger your flash and adjust the time between the two drops. If the time between the two drops is too long nothing will happen, the [...]
Stefan Steinmann: Water sculptures II
October 28, 2011 by Manfrotto
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Stretch Yourself
In my last article I descript how to make pictures of water sculptures generated by a loudspeaker triggered by a radio frequency of 50 to 200Hz. To influence the shape of the sculptures you can change the liquids, the frequency, the power (volume), the material of the second membrane and the size of the membrane. [...]
Stefan Steinmann: Water sculptures
September 2, 2011 by Manfrotto
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Stretch Yourself
If you want to make pictures from water drops there is an alternative setup to make also impressive pictures (in my opinion) it is not the picture you normally know like a drop which hits the water surface. It is more a kind of water sculpture; in the furthest reflect it is still drop photography. [...]
Stefan Steinmann: Colour and light within the drops
August 3, 2011 by Manfrotto
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As I explained in the June article, many things have an influence to the drop, the fall height, the water, the water level of the bowl, and so on. All these things are not really related to photographic, they are just part of the set up. I had to learn by myself that it takes [...]
Stefan Steinmann: Water clouds
July 22, 2011 by Manfrotto
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The original intention was to tell you something about where to place the flashes and how to bring the color into your water drop pictures. But I changed my intention due to the fact that I want to share with you my new favorite “picture style” I call it water clouds. I want to share [...]
Stefan Steinman: Crash in a water glass
May 30, 2011 by Manfrotto
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Stretch Yourself
Within the last article I described the different phases of a water drop, pitch on a water surface. If you want to make some pictures out of this scenario you have to consider many things, but at the end of the day it is easy. If your plan was to take a shot exactly from [...]
