Harold Edgerton -Milk Drop

This colour image was taken in 1957, a recreation of image taken in 1937 in black and white that was published in Flash published in 1939. A beam of light and a photocell was used to trigger the flash after an adjustable electronic delay. A dropper produces a small drop following the main drop of liquid from the neck pinching off in two places. This small drop following the main drop is seen in the photograph of the splash made by the main drop. The drop of milk is splashing into the thin film of milk that has formed on the surface from the previous drop of milk. The shape of the coronet is very dependent on the thickness of the film of milk, the size of the drop, and the height through which the drop has fallen. Milk was selected as the liquid because it is white and translucent and attractive to photograph.





I tried re creating this image with milk with yellow dye in, a flash studio light and a dropper. This is how my images turned out.

Camera Settings:
ISO:100
F.16
Shutter speed:1/60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This on I tried with water with blue dye in it.

Stobe Photography

Camera Settings:
ISO: 100
F. 22
Shutter Speed: 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Low Key Photography

Low Key



A low-key image is one that contains predominantly dark tones and colours. Like high-key images, they convey atmosphere and mood. But where a high-key image feels airy and light, a low-key is usually dramatic and full of mystery.

Lighting – Choice of light is all up to the photographer. You have only one key light so the only choices you have to make now are direction and strength. The only ‘rule’ you should impose on yourself when shooting low-key is to never allow light to reach your background.

Camera Settings:
ISO: 100
F. 11
Shutter Speed: 1/125

 

 

 

 

 

This is still low key just on this one I added a blue gel to a backing light and kept one light with a softbox on at the front.

 

Hight Key Photography

High Key 

High key images are normally associated with happiness, therefore a lot of high key photography can be found in family and children portraits as well as a lot of product photography. 
High key is a lighting technique where images are bright and not too contrasted. High key photos have bright tones and a lack (or absence) of shadows.

 

 

It works well when shooting portraits, still life and product photos. In order to get a high key image you will need a soft box (or two, both pointing at your subject) and another two lights (soft boxes) facing the background to overexpose the back and this should create a high key portrait.

I set my camera on:

ISO-100
F.8
Shutter speed - 1/125