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by TTTTTTT on September 5th, 2006

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What's the best way to capture water streams shot by squirt guns on film?

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  • by bbumgarner on September 6th, 2006

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    First, do you want to catch a stream of water or do you want to catch the individual droplets? 

    In any case, the trick is lighting.   You will need to experiment with the angle of lighting -- both angle of lighting relative to the water stream and relative to your camera.   And you will need to adjust the intensity of the lighting.

    For streams of water, you are going to want a continuous bright light source or sources positioned carefully.   Natural lighting can work, but it is even more tricky to get a good shot.  Figure it out and you can get some neat effects:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbum/175117981/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbum/175117349/

    To capture "stop motion" water, you will need a flash or flashes and you are likely going to want to automatically trigger them based on some external event.  I have used sound based triggers and captured (uncolored) water:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbum/164078092/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbum/183441604/

    The key, really, is to experiment.   I would suggest using a Digital SLR to take water shots.  It sometimes takes 100s of frames and a boatload of experimentation to get anything useful and the immediate feedback of digital is incredibly valuable in this case.   While a regular digital camera may do the trick, the SLRs offer control over the exposure that can help greatly.

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