Strobist Strawberry Splash

Rather than a setup shot, I decided to try a setup video to show how I took this shot of a strawberry falling into water while three strobes light it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/forrest-tanaka/4364634061/

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• camera
• photography
• strobe
• strobist
• strawberry
• water
• splash

[Mexico911]

Neat, can I ask how you wired your flash guns to the radio poppers? I have both the 430ex and the 580ex (not ex II) and neither one of them have PC sync cord outlets? did you modify your flash guns or something?

[ForrestTanaka]

@Mexico911 No modification. I use PC sync cord adapters from Paramount. One end has a hot shoe that the strobes fit into, and the other has a male mini jack that plugs into the Radio Poppers. Go to paramountcords and look for PW-MHSF1 in the Pocket Wizard section.

[julikust]

your camera is very good about your camcorder is awful xD good pictures

[ForrestTanaka]

@julikust Yeah, I know. The only camcorder I had at the time was my iPhone. My more recent videos use my new camcorder, so they're a lot better.

[MajorXV]

Hey Forrest, I really liked your video. I just wanted to give you a quick suggestion if you ever do this photoshoot again. If you put a drop or two of food coloring in the water beforehand, the splashes can come out differently, or if you put a gel or colored saran wrap over one of your flashes, you could get some funky colors :-).

[ForrestTanaka]

@MajorXV Thanks! I never tried food coloring; that would look cool on a white background. I do use gels for different effects. Gels for small strobes are surprisingly cheap too. I get the sample pack from MPEX.

[CardboardStories]

Stroberry..get it? ;) Nice video!

[landosharkie]

this video is very helping me to learn photography... thx

[salsero206]

nice video man!!

[liahglask]

Really an inspiring video for me who is also dreaming of taking such a shot. Thanx a lot. Post more setup videos.

[bobsizzz]

Wow, thanks for the video, it looked like it was lots of fun to do :) at the end of the video I was almost thinking you wernt going to get the shot you wanted but you did :) thanks again

[droppingcoconuts]

why not use a shorter lens?

nice shots tho!

[digitalportugal]

Thanks Tanaka, you rock.... But... I would ike to see your post production Techniques... You obviously know a lot about that. Thanks again. Keep up the good work.

[ozakiyuyu]

Thank you so much for sharing your settings with us!!

[global001]

Very well done. Just to let you know instead of having the delay of triggering from LR you could have used a infra red remote for the Canon. They're only about £15. Of course it cool to be able too see it in LR though.

[dieselrich81]

Dan Durocher, lives in montreal.

[520menace]

Nice vid. Forrest.