Sometimes it’s fun to photograph something different, something playful, to take a break from landscapes and sunsets, as much as I love them. Fun to shoot something I could never do on my own. So I was happy to have the opportunity through the Plymouth Digital Photographer ’s club to do just that. Roy Marshall, a member of two local camera clubs, did the prep work, setting up a sophisticated system that relies on perfect timing, with strobes designed to flash in time to catch the split-second of action--in this case, a splash of colored water. Roy partially filled three brandy snifters with colored water and set them on a platform. About twenty of us stood behind our cameras, which were perched on tripods, and focused on the glasses. Then Roy pulled the platform up a short incline, and lights were turned out. In this pitch-blackness, we clicked open camera shutters, using "bulb mode," which allowed the shutter to stay open until release...
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