Alex kolsokov

Alex kolsokov

As i was researching Alex kolsokov studio product work i decided to try and copy one of her photos the

one of the bottle in the water

orignal images

These shots where recreated with him and hes wife helping with the water

I tyre somthing similar useing the same methord and experiment with differnet teqnices

This it here video on how the shots above where taken

         This is the final image orignal image from alex kolsokov

The idea is to use water as a ultimate background is to emphasize the product: water can be transparent or 100% reflective, when you see the water surface at relatively sharp angle, it become almost 100% reflective, acting as a mirror.

Now, if we'll disturb the water surface so it will form a waves, some part of the wave will be a mirror-like, and some will be transparent, allowing light to be transmitted. Lighting setup for water splash photography:

                                                                         The set up

He has used a gray backdrop behind the tank because gray can be easily darkened or highlighted. The floor under the tank is white, aslo used as a additional reflector.

There are two lights from the top: one, more intense (1600WS full power) 10 degrees spot to be reflected from the surface (follow the dot line), 20 degrees spot to highlight a background visible through the tank.

Two spot lights were used to highlight the object, one from the front-top, shown on the schema drawing. the second was from the right behind....

I had a similer set up with 4 light

I used two 336v AC Studio flashes one was above to light up the bubbles

The seconed one was from be hide the bottle

I also used two 208W AC Slave Flash Wide Angle AC Slave Flash

One i used a yellow filter to help to bring out the yellow in the bottle

This was postioned in front of the bottle

I also used the other slave flash above to help with lighting the bottle

The first two shots are early attempts to capture the method

Canon 450d

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/20

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

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Comparison

Original image and one of my images using the same method apart from i used a blue backdrop

and alex used a filter to light up hes backgrounds for hes two tone look

original image

My image

Conclusion

I was quite happy i captured some quite good effects in the water

With some work in photoshop i think i could improve the image also