Photographing Water Droplets

Mark Wallace shows you how to create some interesting images using a sheet of glass, some RainX and a little water. These images can be used as computer wallpaper, backgrounds for you iPad, iPhone or even used in a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation. Mark also shows how he edited the images in Lightroom to saturate the color and make the photos pop.

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TheNormanvsNorman says:

Great ep! As always! Btw: What is Rain-X? So i can look for the equivalent… Thanks!

Snakekilla12 says:

how did you capture your desktop like that with the zoom feature on your mouse pointer?

acguevara says:

can you make a vid on How To properly clean a lens ,sensor, and other parts

KellilMort says:

WD-40 also works

TangoJulietPhoto says:

Thanks Mark. I was so inspired by this video, I rushed right out and got some Rain-X and started shooting. It took a few tries to get the composition I wanted, but eventually I think I got a few great shots. I posted four of them in a set on my Flickr.com page.  Search Tango Juliet Photography.

pef23 says:

If you go to your local auto-supplies shop and ask for something to help the water run off the windscreen of your car they will suggest something like the above. When I used to work washing cars we would also occasionally use high shine polish (meant for paintwork) on the windows to make the water run off better. When the water has nowhere to run you will get this kind of effect. The polish must be completely removed, preferably with soft mutton-cloth or something similar.

pef23 says:

Just to let you know, I tried a general search for your name and couldn’t find anything. I had to go to “Contacts,” “People search” to find your pics. I like the one of the woman’s face. Kinda freaky.

salsero206 says:

thank you!!!!

Hmm. Not sure why you had such trouble, but to be honest, I don’t post much there. The face is from the cover of a book called “Hollywood Portraits – Classic Shots and How to Take Them”.

Rattata says:

Same thing which makes droplets on your car rather than fields of water. This makes it easier to keep your car clean. So I guess RainX works in the same way. It coats the window/glass to make it easier to keep them clean.

bruyndonckxmaurice says:

Rainx is a product that leaves a kind of film on your glas or carwindscreen, a film on which the raindrops don’t stick, when you drive your car in the rain with a rainx on you windscreen you’ll notice the raindrops will flow away wihtout using the wipers.
Greets
Maurice Belgium

Thanks for the excellent idea… something to play with this winter!

MrMHLewis says:

Awesome vid, you never fail to inspire 🙂

joeyjoinerphoto says:

Such a good episode! Love it! Thx Mark!

desultoryy says:

@slovakianchic
Rain-x is available at Amazon :)

gtpreaper says:

rain-x is for your car. go to any car shop and you should find it.

teddybrawl says:

very nice! This deserves way more views!

ladev1988 says:

I like your show, I hate your intro

fleacz says:

can i just use a flash light instead of a giant flash?

mmdbidstrup says:

Anything else than rain-x you can use? We dont have that brand here.

sandeepsalariya says:

Hey! I love the way you’ve used the MacBook Pro to frame the onscreen part of the clip. Great stuff as always!

29nightshift says:

who sayd oil? dont use oil. straight isopropal alchohol man. its pretty much exactly what rain-x is

maxdreamland says:

When you export the image as a wallpaper for the iPad you should actually use an aspect ratio of 1-to-1 (square image), so for example 1024×1024 pixels for the iPad 1 and 2, or 2048×2048 for the 3rd generation iPad. That way the wallpaper works in both portrait and landscape mode of the iPad.

bouch77 says:

Go tho Canadian Tire to buy RainX

rantmenow says:

Use car wax, the water should do the same thing.

Please check out some of my photos 🙂
at kellyann248.deviantart . com
there is land/waterscapes and also self/emotive portraits
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truck85055 says:

what kind of tripod is that , and what accessory to get straight down shots ??

heydalilah says:

You do not have water in Montreal?…what do you drink O_o…

R4zvy16n says:

I have a question. what digital compact camera is better : Canon PowerShot A3300 IS or Sony Cyber-Shot W630 🙂

TheRazzledazzle22 says:

Cool video! I would be thrilled you guys would check out my channel ( I have slideshows of some of my work) ! I am young ( only 14 lol) but I love photography and some of my work is pretty good. Great job on this video so awesome!

Johirul Alam says:

Hi, are you familiar with “MagicSFXphoto” (do a Google search for it)? There you will find a nice free video featuring the way to take outstanding photos. This made it possible for Daniel to take photos that leave you with a wow-effect when you look at them. I hope it will help you as well.

Hi Mark,
You are brilliant!!! Thanks for sharing 🙂


Just try glue … works so perfect :)(not a prit pen )

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