Mark...you are my online mentor since i bought my dslr last 2008. everything you shared in the web are very useful to us as a beginner. 90% of my knowledge in photography comes from you. Thank you very much for your unselfish knowledge and most of the tips are factual and easy to follow and understand. Cheers.

Mark, you are the best photography tutor! I enjoy watching your videos. They are detailed and explained very well.

Another approach... 1) Use a dropper to have control over drop size and placement and 2) Use an iPad or laptop screen under the glass with several colorful, full screen images and take your photos without a flash this way.

Thank you Mark and Adorama. Very inspirational.

@slovakianchic 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.

Awseome Mark! Always with Great Ideas!

Great video Mark, simple, yet stunning! Great ideas here!

@slovakianchic 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

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 1024x1024 pixels for the iPad 1 and 2, or 2048x2048 for the 3rd generation iPad. That way the wallpaper works in both portrait and landscape mode of the iPad.

Thank you Mark. For sharing your photograph skills with us Keep it up.

Some zoom lenses will creep focal length when placed on a tripod with the lenses pointing down. Gravity causes the lens to change focal length. Also a macro focus distance is needed.

@90jeepgirl before i moved up to pocket wizard remotes for my off-camera strobes, i was pretty happy using flash cables. they come in loads of different lengths and can be had for a reasonable price. you'll want to know the sync-speed on your camera (look online or in the manual) and be sure not to go over it if you're manually setting your aperture/shutter speed and flash settings. feel free to ask any more questions you may have - we all started somewhere :)

Thanks for sharing....I think my kids will like this one.

@90jeepgirl :) creative experimentation is the soul of photography. try using any bright light you have- try using something to direct the light towards what you're shooting - a sheet white paper or posterboard folded into a cone works. just remember the angle of incidence he mentioned to keep the light from reflecting directly into your lens. didn't mean to imply you had to buy anything - i shot from 1999 through 2008 using only available light. was great - more lights just add options.

Very good tips👍👍

@90jeepgirl i was also assuming you had an off camera light source. you could use any bright fixed light, technically, and play with your camera settings in aperture priority or full manual mode to get a similar effect. if you're looking for your first off camera strobe, i can't say enough good things about the LumoPro LP160 quad sync manual flash. was my first, and now i have three in my camera bag :)

Wooo hooo 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Mark you are my actual god. Thank you for so many tips on photography :) you rock

@slovakianchic 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.

This is great, just the tutorial i was looking for...now to experiement

@pef23 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".

@90jeepgirl feel free to message me anytime if you've got a question. i don't consider myself to be a pro, but i have been shooting for some years with anything from toy cameras to remote fired strobe setups and everything in between. i only wish the internet had been what it is now when i was starting out :)

Fantastic....

cool pics

Very nice!

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

Cool

Cool!

You could even use them for your Android tablet or Android phone.

Hi Mark, You are brilliant!!! Thanks for sharing :)

Hi Mark!

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.

Awesome video good job Mark :)

Great ideas, thank

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

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

Awesome vid, you never fail to inspire :)

could u do this without a flash and a macro lens? and WOWWW that was impressive! great job :)

Super video. Thanks

Nice shirt!

@Blober112 Thanks, Im only a newbie ti lighting and still have a lot to learn :-)

nice classes boss....I love ur classes...

brilliant love it

@bertomartin Thanks for the information! I'm just trying to create some different images on a tight budget without having to buy anything additional. I'm in school right now and images like this that I can create will go a long way with my assignments for my classes. I appreciate your taking the time to answer my question and above all not make me feel stupid. Any other ideas that don't involve buying additional equipment would be greatly appreciated.

Another fun way to photograph water droplets is through your car's sunroof on a rainy day. Works well even with an iPhone camera.

The thing with macro lenses is that they are super expensive for beginners... for now I'm using a retro-adapter, way less freedom , but only 25 bucks =) the rest will come later

This may sound like a stupid question to most on this site, but I'm just an amateur photographer and don't have all the great equipment that Mark does, so my question is, can I recreate the same type of images without having the remote flash and macro lens?

@90jeepgirl i dont have a macro lens or a remote flash but dude he is useing very simple stuff in these videos its just a cartoon and a glass and water and u need to be kinda creative to have a really nice picture without useing expensive stuff .. =)

Can this type of photography be done without a flash? Really strong light that is providing continuous light? All I have is a flash that goes on my camera and a pop up flash.

thank u sir

Un saludo amigo que le pones solo agua o alguna mezcla de algo gracias

@TheOats 100 is overkilled.

mark wallace i love ur phootoghraphy Techniques

I want to try a similar idea but with something much bigger than water droplets. How do you avoid reflecting the camera in the glass when shooting from above?

@yzm666 that's what i thought too :) I guess it's not a great idea, since 2 people have already thought of it.

Awesome! Thank you = )

@upiluften Of course you can, but by the third layer things will seem really confusing ;-p

Cool video bro :D

Just on the time of lockdown ehh

thanks ......its osm,

Great, thank!

I live in Montreal you could get it at canadian tire

Why are you not using a cable release ?

thank's to the tutorial ..I will try

hey, new look on this video... cool. ;)

WOW! Adam Levine is doing digital photography now?

Hi , I’d like to know Instead of the flash, can use a softbox? Thanks !

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

Go tho Canadian Tire to buy RainX

Flash...... much too complicated to understand. How can I shoot at a fast shutter speed since the flash sync speed is only 250 sec ?

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

Any tips and how to do this with extention tubes? Great video! Thanks in advance!

That looks like a lot of fun Mark.Thanks for the ideas. Can you tell me what macro lens were you using? Thanks Mark. Cheers

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

Great video tutorial. One thing though, is a macro really necessary? I am good to go but don't have a macro lens, just primes, zooms and a fisheye.

What does One on One mean?

At 5:30 is this how Pepsi made their logo ??

@FHMS97 use a desk lamp :)

mind telling us what type of rainX you use?

@DavidLTG I would be using a similar light set up to what he used. Any suggestions?

I have macro filters 2x to 10x wich one you recommend use?

Thanks for the great tutorial. You mentioned that you had the aperture set at F22. What shutter speed did you use?

Hi, Is a zoom lens okay to take the photo with?

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

what macro lens is that?

how did you get such a large dof?

what shutter speed are you using? are at 1:1 or less?

Hi, can it be done with 18-55 lens?

Anything that repels water from windshields.

Wet the bottom of the glass. it can help ;)

any sub for Rainx??

rainx?

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

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

5.42 ''pepsi'' the origins

@bertomartin Thanks for the info. I know you didn't imply I had to buy anything. I'm just trying to gather some info so I know where to go from here. You've been an invaluable help. It does help to have someone who has been where I am and knows what I'm going through. Any other help is greatly appreciated.

@805flyks yay.......

what lens did you use?

Good morning! Have you had any luck with photo sfxart tricks (google it)? My buddy Lidsay made some great pictures with their photography tutorials.

@TangoJulietPhoto 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.