![]() ![]() ![]() My settings varied a little from shot to shot and were generally around shutter speed 1/60 f5 and ISO2500. Red dye and no background Blue dye and again no background I also like using food dye by dropping a very small amount into the water, I tend not to stir the water when using food dye as the colour effect becomes diluted. If you stir the water you tend to get a lot of smaller bubbles and then over time they join into each other and form bigger bubbles again. For these next photos my background is a pair of leggings! This photo above has the purple fabric background you can see under my container in the pull back photo above. Try putting a background under your container, this could be a piece of fabric or even a page ripped out of a magazine – the background to the first photo in this blog post is actually the icon from my photography logo. ![]() Once you have got the hang of focusing on the oil bubbles it is time to have some fun and add a little variety. I actually didn’t use the tripod much and took most of my photos handheld, feel free to try both to find what works best for you. My photo shows that I used a tripod which I extended out fully so I could point my camera facing down toward the water, as this made it a little unbalanced I needed to use my handbag to provide extra stabilisation weight. A pull back of my glamorous shooting location as like they say a picture is worth a thousand words! Put a few drops of oil into the water – less is more here – then focus your camera on the oil on the surface, I recommend using manual focus as on auto focus the camera will tend to focus on the bottom of the container rather than the oil. I have used piles of books and even a pair of trash bins to raise up my container. By raising the container up you can both slip a background under the container easily if you wish and by leaving a gap underneath the container you are letting more light into your photo and providing a bit of back lighting which as you’ll see later is a good thing. When shooting oil and water macros first choose a nice bright location, take your container and fill it about 3/4 full with water then raise it off the ground. Food dye & a pipette or something to drop the dye into the water (optional). ![]() A piece of coloured paper or fabric to act as the background to your photo (optional).A pile of book or something that will let you raise you container up off the ground.And the best thing of all is its really easy to do! There is also the fun element of not knowing exactly what images you will capture and the ever changing nature of your subject means each photo is truly unique. There is just something about taking macro photos of oil bubbles floating in water that I find so therapeutic, I think it is because you have to slow right down and concentrate on what you are doing whilst letting the cares of the world drift by. Congrats Rebecca! What an exciting accomplishment! She is pretty modest so before we get to her tutorial, her friends here at The Photographer Within are gonna brag a bit and show you her awesome image in use at UNESCO. Rebecca recently had one of her images which use this technique chosen by UNESCO as the backdrop for their award ceremony for the International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Today on our blog Rebecca Spencer of Rebecca Spencer Photography is sharing a tutorial with tips and tricks on how to shoot oil and water macro photos. ![]()
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