Creative Still Life Photography: Ep 216: Digital Photography 1 on 1

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In this episode Mark Wallace walks us through the process of making creative still life photography. Mark will demonstrate how to use an aquarium to capture engaging images of ordinary household items. From a strawberry to food coloring, watch as Mark provides step by step instructions for creating unique still life images.

44 Comments
  1. Watchdog says

    What kind of speedlights did you use?

  2. Another Perspective says

    I just bought a fish tank and I do macro photograhy videos:D Thank you for the inspriration:D

  3. Paul Green says

    A cable release woud make your shooting easier. Karch always used a cable release.

  4. HURPSY IMAGERY STUDIO says

    Tnk U

  5. PAAN FATT says

    Thank you very much .. I need your help: how to freeze a "very clear real rain droplets" fall in outdoor

  6. Саша С says

    адская параша получилась!

  7. PG Tips says

    Not one of your best videos, the shots were not that eye catching. The ones using the cameras own flash were really bad IMHO.

  8. Ernesto Ghinaglia says

    Wonder what's Kelsea doing these days.

  9. Amitabh Mukherjee says

    Excellent demonstration

  10. Carlos Ortiz Gómez says

    I got the intention of the video showing different ideas, and how they were made, but I agree with some comments below, the quality of the photos are not really nice, or at least not good enough to represent Adorama… And yes, I can't find the sense using 1/1200th, you have to use more power on the flash and that means more flash duration, wich is not ideal to freeze the scene. Again good video for take new ideas.

  11. YUVA DIGITAL says

    nic

  12. adelino de jesus says

    when the link to the apollo

  13. rahul mishra says

    How to click aquarium fish any tips for aquarium fish photography??

  14. jojox Paulo sumburane says

    GOOD

  15. Stone Fan says

    good job, Mark! i like it very much

  16. Gary C says

    Mark, thanks for the tutorial. I used it as a basis for my multi flash photographs. I've uploaded then to the Adorama group on Flickr.

    I would be interested in seeing you do a multi flash episode, just to see what tips and tricks you have.

  17. Photography By Milan says

    Why did you swt FP mode HSS if your speedlights have much faster flash duration speed without it. Set them to 1/16 power and cameea say 1/160s and you will nicely freeze the action.

  18. Learie Pope says

    Great job Mark

  19. Sani Kam says

    thanks for the presentations very educational

  20. Jack .Stravinsky says

    Another BIG tip is to use RODI or Distilled water.  It makes a BIG difference in clarity. Yet another one that will give you even better shots is to use Starphire (low iron) glass aquarium.  It is more expensive, but things look crystal clear & as if they are floating in the air.

    Check out my fish photography:
    http://www.pbase.com/fastuno/exotic_fish

  21. rowdyrodb says

    That was awesome!!!

  22. suliman aljeean says

    What are the settings of photography water drops?

  23. Ngurah Cahya says

    keren. menginspirasikan ane nih hahha

  24. kevin lee says

    Oh, I was wondering if these photos … thanks to know

  25. TruthAndMoreTruth says

    Maybe it's just me, but some of these images seem over exposed.

  26. mgg3d says

    Very cool!! You're an awesome photographer..

  27. Photography By Milan says

    Is it just me ??? I found out the pictures a bit low quality. Not sure why did you set for Hss I would rather set them for 1/8 power and the final flash duration is much faster and you can froze the motion. Your pictures are very blurry !

  28. Pertamax7 says

    thanks sir 😀
    awesome , creative

  29. micha0001 says

    Thats the easier way: the less power the flashes are switched to, the shorter the light comes out. 1/20000 is possible! And even with a shutterspeed of a full second, the motion would be frozen.

  30. Kamil Banaszek says

    u'r chanel is amazeing! 😀 very usefull 😉

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  32. Venom746 says

    how do you get the d7000 to high speed sync of 1200?

  33. Maltfalc says

    you should never shoot through the side of an aquarium at an angle like that. it creates all sorts of aberrations. the front of the lens should be kept parallel to the glass. if you want to shoot up towards the surface of the water. tilt the aquarium forward.

  34. DuggalNYC says

    Great video… really informative.

  35. Blaire Russell says

    Any chance you can drop some brown babies into that water??

  36. par2005 says

    Can we just turn off all lighting in studio, and freeze motion with flash only, using slower shutter speeds?

  37. pjos111 says

    If the flash fires at full rate how come it didn't blow everything out?

  38. pjos111 says

    @ErnieCosmo LOL Nikon D7000, Macro lens, tripod, 3 x speed lights, Soft box, 3 x stands, fish tank and stand, an assistant. I would guess at £3000 🙂

  39. mrblablablabla says

    Pretty cool, Mark!

  40. xxjessica24 says

    Amazing 😀

  41. artemorbid says

    awesome

  42. Mukesh Guru says

    thanx for your explanation . is that possible to make an episode on red eye function how to avoid and how to setup in camera setting………….

  43. joecichlid says

    For fun, try a dark or even black background and instead of food coloring drip whole milk into the water. It gives some pretty spooky looking photos.

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