Incredible Soap Bubble Photos by Jason Tozer
An old coat hanger bent into a wire loop and a good recipe for bubble mixture - some of the hi-tech essentials for producing great images
�I looked online for bubble recipes and a bit of glucose is apparently the key,� says Tozer. �Ten parts water, one part washing-up liquid and a little bit of glucose. We also used distilled water as well because hard water isn�t so good.�
Tozer�s first experiments produced several close-ups of elongated bubble shapes. Poised in front of a black background, his assistant was charged with bringing the detergent-loaded hoop through the air in front of the camera. Only occasionally would the bubble pass by the correct position�
To achieve the more planet-like images, Tozer began by blowing through a straw into a plate of the solution and turning the camera on what formed on the near-side of the dish.
Interestingly, Tozer found that as further bubbles were made from a particular batch of solution, less colors appeared on the surface. �The first bubble you make has loads of colour in it, when you make another couple they seem to have less detergent in them, so less colour,� he says. �The detergent sinks to the bottom of the bubbles, leaving the water behind, so you gradually get paler images.�
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As for the settings on the camera itself � Tozer kept it all to manual. �I was trying to get the highest shutter speed we could, with the lowest ASA, so the shots were less grainy,� he says. �When we got some beefier lights we were able to go down to about 100 and then 200 ASA.�
What seems most remarkable about Tozer�s shoot is how a seemingly transparent film of liquid actually revealed a whole multitude of colors when caught in mid-air and photographed. Because of this Tozer was able to play around with scale and perspective and create a fantastic series of otherworldly pictures.
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