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Part of my second photo essay for my photo essay class. You know what's awesome about this one? All of these raspberries were rotten. Oh yeah. All of them. But you'd never know it if I didn't tell you! You can read my proposal below, but first:
Here are the others:

There are surprisingly few raspberry drop photos, but this one is a gem and I hope you'll enjoy it by

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My second photo essay will be a series of staged water drops. I have seen a great many photos of such water drops that I have wanted to try myself. These photos will not be emulations, however; they will be entirely my own.
I will shoot water drops on a CD, a leaf, a raspberry, and a jewel. These will be staged photos, so I will be using an eyedropper to place the drops. I am aware that water does not always hold together very well, so I am prepared to use glycerin if I cannot complete my shots with water. My last attempt at shooting a water drop, however, was indeed successful and I did not have to use glycerin, so I will try these with water drops first.
These will be light shots, both reflected and transmitted in the water drops. Colour will be a large part of these photos as well. Water drops may either blend the colours of whatever they sit on in a very painterly way, or they may act as small magnifying glasses to show the details of what they sit on so clearly and crisply it is as though the drop is a shot within a shot. Either way will serve for me.
While these will be staged, I intend to bring my objects outside, or at least to have them by a window with the sunlight shining through, preferably at sunrise or sunset in order for the drops to catch the soft rosy light or the deep golden light rather than the hot bright light of midday. Since wind may be a problem outside, either blowing the water drops or my objects away, I may very well have to shoot all of these by the light of the window.
Since water drops are very small, I will be turning my camera to its super close-up setting. And the light setting will either be minus two or minus one. I will have to take several shots under each of these two light settings to see what works best. I will also have my camera on its sunny setting, and, since the shots will be taken at sunrise or sunset, I will give my camera a scene setting of sunset.
Again, it may be cloudy every day in the next two weeks and, if this is the case, I will use a lamp instead. I will turn my camera to its incandescent setting and use a tripod in order to keep the camera steady and I will the give the camera a light setting of minus two. The problem with inside settings is that they often take away from colour and I cannot use flash when in the super close-up setting. In this event, I will try crosslight either with another lamp or with whatever light is available from the window.
These photos will be largely experimental since it is not something I have done before the master emulation assignment for this course. I intend to learn along the way about staging shots, appropriate light settings, how useful windows are, and whether or not I can successfully shoot inside super close-up photos. Most of all, however, I intend to have fun doing one of the things I love to do best: photography.

PS. I was able to do all the shots with water.

Description
Part of my second photo essay for my photo essay class. You know what's awesome about this one? All of these raspberries were rotten. Oh yeah. All of them. But you'd never know it if I didn't tell you! You can read my proposal below, but first:
Here are the others:

There are surprisingly few raspberry drop photos, but this one is a gem and I hope you'll enjoy it by

Check out the link system

My second photo essay will be a series of staged water drops. I have seen a great many photos of such water drops that I have wanted to try myself. These photos will not be emulations, however; they will be entirely my own.
I will shoot water drops on a CD, a leaf, a raspberry, and a jewel. These will be staged photos, so I will be using an eyedropper to place the drops. I am aware that water does not always hold together very well, so I am prepared to use glycerin if I cannot complete my shots with water. My last attempt at shooting a water drop, however, was indeed successful and I did not have to use glycerin, so I will try these with water drops first.
These will be light shots, both reflected and transmitted in the water drops. Colour will be a large part of these photos as well. Water drops may either blend the colours of whatever they sit on in a very painterly way, or they may act as small magnifying glasses to show the details of what they sit on so clearly and crisply it is as though the drop is a shot within a shot. Either way will serve for me.
While these will be staged, I intend to bring my objects outside, or at least to have them by a window with the sunlight shining through, preferably at sunrise or sunset in order for the drops to catch the soft rosy light or the deep golden light rather than the hot bright light of midday. Since wind may be a problem outside, either blowing the water drops or my objects away, I may very well have to shoot all of these by the light of the window.
Since water drops are very small, I will be turning my camera to its super close-up setting. And the light setting will either be minus two or minus one. I will have to take several shots under each of these two light settings to see what works best. I will also have my camera on its sunny setting, and, since the shots will be taken at sunrise or sunset, I will give my camera a scene setting of sunset.
Again, it may be cloudy every day in the next two weeks and, if this is the case, I will use a lamp instead. I will turn my camera to its incandescent setting and use a tripod in order to keep the camera steady and I will the give the camera a light setting of minus two. The problem with inside settings is that they often take away from colour and I cannot use flash when in the super close-up setting. In this event, I will try crosslight either with another lamp or with whatever light is available from the window.
These photos will be largely experimental since it is not something I have done before the master emulation assignment for this course. I intend to learn along the way about staging shots, appropriate light settings, how useful windows are, and whether or not I can successfully shoot inside super close-up photos. Most of all, however, I intend to have fun doing one of the things I love to do best: photography.

PS. I was able to do all the shots with water.