I should have taken a picture of the rig I set up to do these shots. I used an aluminum lasagna pan with a pool of water in it to catch the water droplets. Then I hung a plastic bag filled with water above it by clamping the bag to a piece of spare wood that was secured to a wooden stool.

I had the camera on a tripod and set to Manual mode. After pricking the bag of water, I focused the camera on the spot the water was landing by placing a knife in the spot and auto-focusing. Then I switched the lens to manual focus mode and also disabled image-stabilization. I would have liked to have a speed-light to do this, but I had to settle for my camera’s built in flash.

Once I was done, I fiddled with the white-balance to add the blue tint.

Photo taken near Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Photo taken in Banyan Tree Park, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

Photo taken off the coast of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

Taken at Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii.

Taken at Oneloa Beach, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

After a one-week break, we took on the task of doing a panning shot at the A&J Project. I had another extremely busy week, so I had to get creative. For my shot I took one of our dog’s toys and tied it to my iPhone with some twine. Then I spun around taking pictures of it until I was dizzy.

This week’s A&J Project assignment was Stairs. In my search for photogenic stairs I ended up at George Brown College near Casa Loma.

Taken at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

Taken at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.