Waterballoon Photography

I recently purchased a TriggerTrap Flash Adapter. I was intrigued after reading about a few articles that mentioned using a long camera exposure and then a flash to create the image. That and I also just like gadgets especially when they can connect to my camera.

I have a Book project in mind for a larger body of work that has to do with creating an image from a Flash. But the first 10 or so water-balloons came out as the following, minus the failed attempts. These Photographs are all around a 10 second exposure, and taken outside at night. 100 iso, f/11, and the flash units turned down to the lowest setting.

I’m not sure on the Textured background, but I wanted to try it. I’ll have to view the images for a while longer before I can decide. As well as try some other backgrounds. I’m trying to avoid using a solid color because that is how you almost always see these images. The trade off is most textures are going to take away from the small water drops that you can see. I also want to try a few different tools to pop the balloon. Some visible and others hopefully not.

The Breakthrough Image after a few failed attempts
The Breakthrough Image after a few failed attempts
The Innovation of a popping stick
The Innovation of a popping stick

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An Interesting mistake, where the flash unit Flashed twice.
An Interesting mistake, where the flash unit Flashed twice.

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