CAMERA:
4X5 field camera
150mm lens
High speed photographic example
SETUP:
This stop action product shot of a milk splash in a spoon required a laser trigger beam tripper. A silver spoon was mounted to a magic arm and filled with milk. The blue backdrop is only 10 inches under the spoon. Two medium sized soft-lights were placed to the left and right sides of the spoon forming almost a tent lighting effect. Most of my backgrounds are placed in very close to the set so that additional high-speed flash units are not required to light the backdrops. A laser trigger was aligned over the top of the spoon and a delay module was used to delay the trigger signal long enough for the splash to reach its peak before an electronic cable release tripped the shutter. Selective focus played a major factor with putting the background out of focus.
