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Light-painting photographer Denis Smith is perhaps best known for creating giant spheres of light in photos. For his latest series, titled “Liquid Light,” Smith brought his light tools into waist-deep water for beautiful photos of light bursting forth from the surface. petapixel.com »
Underwater photographers and cameras have to deal with less than ideal conditions. Light levels are low, water can be murky and add color casts to your images. Underwater modes on rugged cameras and (waterproof) smartphones are not new but now a patent application filed by Apple suggests mobile users could soon benefit from a more sophisticated version and achieve better underwater imaging results in the future if the system is ever implemented. dpreview.com »
Cinematographer Matthew Rosen has revealed three new tricks for shooting table top effects in a recent commercial that makes use of only practical effects. Shooting with a high speed camera, Rosen comments that he was able to bypass annoying camera flicker woes by using a D/C battery to light the shot instead and avoid common cycling issues presented by an A/C battery. digitalrev.com »
Conceptual photographer Alexandre Watanabe uses the science of refraction in his colourful water refraction series to portray the bending of light through a wine glass. While images seen through water droplets create upside down refractions, a wine glass filled with water will horizontally flip whatever is in the background as light rays bend their way through the shape glass. digitalrev.com »