  Click to visit Platypod by Skip Cohen Don Komarechka is no stranger to SCU. We've shared so many of his images in the past, along with podcasts and great "how-to" content. Last week the industry's favorite mad scientist astonished us again with "Liquid Flow" photography and the video below. I know this is very different from the kind of images most of you capture. However, besides the beauty of each photograph as art, pay attention to the way he tells the story in the video. As one of photography's leading most creative educators, he's also ALWAYS willing to share the process he's used for the images themselves. Platypod and the LUMIX GX9 and S1R played key roles in the short film below. And, if this was Hollywood, Don would be walking away with the Oscar for best director, producer, and writer! Don needs to be on your radar! You'll find him regularly sharing outstanding content on his Instagram page, and his website is jam-packed with more images, podcasts and information about his workshops! Just click the thumbnail below.   As I mentioned above - Don's always willing to share the backstory on his images and each piece of gear used along the way!
by Don Komarechka: Here's how you do "liquid flow" photography (and video, obviously) using ultraviolet lights and fluorescing inks! Gear involved all listed below! First, the lights. I'm using a bunch of stuff here, basically everything I had that I could fit in. That includes: - 3 Convoy S2+ flashlights: https://www.fluorescents.com/products... - 1 Convoy C8 'Fyrfly': https://www.engeniousdesigns.com/prod... - 1 'Jaxman' UV flashlight: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07... - 2 "Master Ultra365 units from MinerShop (AC-powered): http://www.minershop.com/051718/html/... The lights are all held together with Platypod Max and Ultra units, with gooseneck arms: https://platypod.com/our-tripods - added "crab clamps" to hold the lights, readily available from generic vendors on Amazon. The tank is an 8" cube aquarium from a local supplier, but any glass aquarium would work. The inks! These are all from a company called "Noodler's". The three used in this video include: "Blue Ghost": https://www.gouletpens.com/products/n... "Firefly": https://www.gouletpens.com/products/n... "Dragon Catfish Orange": https://www.jetpens.com/Noodler-s-Dra... Cameras used: Lumix GX9 for wider shot: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc... Lumix S1R for main video/stills shooting: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc... Kit lenses used for both. The shooting of the stills was simple: maintain a 1/200sec shutter speed, shoot wider than you need to crop in to the areas of interest (and get a greater depth of field from shooting further back), F/13, and whatever ISO is required to make those other two settings work. With the amount of lights I had, that was ISO 1000. These images survive noise reduction VERY well, so don't be afraid to push to ISO 6400 and beyond if needed!
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