Shutter(-) Negative A Photographers Journey, With Complimentary Sarcasm

Key Word: Fail

I find more often then not my big ideas wind up looking and working like something destined for the likes of FailBlog. Today, sadly was one of those days. I would like to show photos from this shoot, or at least of the setup, but the fail was of such a large caliber that... yea were going to leave it at just fail.

I am once again in that phase of wanting to capture water drops. Now that I have a flash (albeit old and crappy) I wanted to try with my new camera again. Last weeks setup worked fairly well, and produced a decent shot. I was still looking for a tray that was black to try it with, so that the drop stands out. I found an old CD spinddle lid. I was doping i could get in close enough not to see the edges.

Well like last time, I set up a Zip-loc bag using (ready to laugh?) scotch tape hanging from the light in the dining room. I then setup my camera on its tripod, with the flash on it, pointed back, with a reflector (white cardboard) to bounce the light back onto the drop. Last time it had went fairly well, but this time... The tape holding the bag failed and dropped the bag into the lid (which i had painted black) which splashed the water on the camera. Needless to say i freaked.

Maybe this is Gods way of saying "You have done enough water drop shots, move on!" Oh well, camera is fine, and i tried my old method a bit just to make me feel a bit better. Let this be a lesson to everyone, be careful working with water and cameras!

About Corey

My name is Corey Eacret, I have been loving photography since I first picked up a camera 5 years ago, and I continue to love it daily as I find a new reason to pick up my camera all the time. I love to share what I know, and to teach others the love I have for this art.