Water
Water Photography is a very interesting and not easy to do genre. It can be anything which contains water- from glass filled with coloured drink to the massive lake. One of the main things is very often a close up and focus on a particular part to take a good quality picture. In water photography you have to focus on reflection, refraction, diffusion of the different substances and water movement. Lighting and perspective are the very important aspects to bear in mind.
Susan Derges
Born in 1955, Susan Derges is an English photographer. She is specialising in cameraless photographic process.
However, when she was younger, she trained as a painter, later on she turned to photography. Much of Derkes work is being made in the open air, very often at night, her passion is natural world- that's why a lot of her pictures are natural landscapes. She is also taking pictures of water at fast shutter speed trying to catch every detail. Her works are popular in several important museum collections.
Martin Waugh
Martin Waugh (Lives in Portland) is a professional water drop photographer. Martin received his B.S. degree in Physics from Lewis and Clark College in Oregon. He is using a high speed photography to "capture the smooth and effortless curves of liquid, eliciting a childlike sense of fun and whimsy". Waugh in his pictures is focusing at details of water, every water drop is like a high quality gold for him, it's also good to say that his place of residence offers to him a lot of ''white water'' beautiful rivers. His work is very popular in a lot of different art museums. Moreover, his works are published at his website where he is sharing his wonderful pictures with the rest of the world.
My photoshoot
Final Image
In this experiment I tried to edit photographed glass, I developed my own idea because my researched photographers weren't specialising in photographing glasses with drinks. However, I used some of my still life photography experience and mixed it with Martin Waugh style. I tried to focus my work on the details but add the mystery to it. Firstly, I used Gradient Tool to make everything apart from glass black, then I also used Brush and Gradient Tool to make a 'shadow' on a left side. I also tried to change the brightness of the red substance to make its colour look like wine or blood. Finally, I tried to experiment with the curves of darkness. The only thing which I'm not sure about this picture is the sign on the wall in the background, however I left it because it adds the great mood to the picture.
