Being creative is what still life photography is all about. The world of special effects photography, paint, powder, liquids, and so on, can be a difficult thing to enter. Not many of us have a room in which we can freely throw paint around. That’s why aqueous photography, or Cloud Tank as I call it in the video, is so great. All you need is a fish tank and a few other bits, and you’re able to produce unique imagery without too much disruption.
Here’s a list of all you need, I’ve linked to what I can:
Fish tank – see video for size guidance
Syringe –
Evaporated milk –
Food colouring –
Hot glue gun –
Isopropanol –
Have fun!
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LINKS TO MOST OF THE STUFF I USE…THERE’S A LOT!
CAMERAS AND LENSES
Nikon D810 –
Nikon D750 –
Sigma 150mm Macro –
Nikon 50mm –
Nikon 85mm –
Tamron 15-30mm Macro –
TRIPOD AND HEAD
Manfrotto 410 Junior –
Tripod – Need a better one for the home studio
LIGHTING
Profoto D2 –
Profoto Air Remote –
Godox Speedlight –
Shutter Release Trigger –
MODIFIERS
Profoto 3×3 –
Profoto 1×1.3 –
Profoto Reflector –
Impact strip small 9 x 36 –
Profoto Gird kit –
Acrylic Mirror –
Opal Acrylic –
Lee 129 –
Savage Translum –
Cinefoil –
Polarizing Gel –
GRIP
20-inch C-stand –
40-inch C-stand –
Matthews Knuckle –
Matthews 48×48 Trace Frame –
Baby Wall Plate –
Overhead Boom –
Extension Arm –
Manfrotto Super Clamp –
Manfrotto Magic Arm –
MISC
Acrylic surface –
Acrylic blocks –
Acrylic Ice Cubes –
Matt Paint Primer –
Vegetable Glycerin –
Label remover –
X-rite Colour Checker –
Wacom Tablet –
SOFTWARE
Adobe Creative Cloud –
Capture One –
Helicon Focus –
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
RGG EDU –
SLR Lounge –
Fstoppers –
Phlearn –
Comments
36 responses to “Create Amazing Photos Using Milk | Aqueous Photography Tutorial”
Love your work! Can you do a tutorial on how you get rid of all the little air bubbles in post?
wow..thanks for making this video
A tip for you… to avoid bubbles, use boiled, cooled water. I use it in drinks shots as real alcohol can destroy the surface of acrylic ice.
That is brilliant. Even more brilliant is that I have everything I need apart from the tank.
Amazing!
Nice video love it !
insta subbed. thank you for your time and effort!
@ 8:25 when you said it is not your favorite shot, I think it's awesome man, wonderful job there, one day I will give a try 🙂
Great video! Where did you get your tank, and what sort of triggers do you use?
Hi! How would this savage translum compare to a Full white diffusion?
Can you show your light set up for this? Thanks a lot
Great image! Tip: you won't get bubbles if you use distilled water.
What’s the light setup here? One light from above then bounces either side
So cool and inspiring🙏👌
Your Channel is so underrated! Great job man and Thank you.
Hey, awesome tutorial, thanks for the pieces of advise. I would like to ask you something that is holding me back, when trying this kind of shoots. Do you need a flash that has a short flash duration in order to accomplish, this type of shoots?. Thank you so much in advance, for any help.
EDIT: Or any regular flash is enough and works well?.
Excellent tutorial, thank you very much for sharing it!
I'd love to give this a try so, when it comes to emptying and filling up the tank, how do you do it? Do you use a pump? If so which one please?
Please tell your lighting setup
Terrific tutorial, thanks!
Wow!!your works are amazing!i would definitely love to try this out!was hoping ud show the editing part though…putting the clouds together
This is so cool. Been binge-watching your tutorials and learning a ton, thank you for sharing all this knowledge!
Great! Thanks for sharing this technique. Vapo milk is easy to buy and at cheaper cost to achieve such effect. Gonna try it!🙌🙆😃
Cool tutorial but where did you place all your lights?
Great video. The cloud technique was developed in the 30s. Lots of 50s sci-fi used it.
I have several questions if you don't mind.
1) Will the milk solution + food colouring stain the product? I'm thinking of using this for figures and stuff, would be kind of annoying if I wreck the paint job.
2) what sort of lighting setup youre using?
Thanks for the tutorials, I'm excited in trying it!
Great work, thanks for sharing
How do you set up the lighting to avoid reflections
Great work. keep the videos coming!
Thanks Max for sharing a glimpse into your amazing work. I've seen your Baileys image in various publications and love the execution. One question, have you experimented with temperature? Both of the water and of the milk? Thanks and keep up the great work!
Love this tutorial and thanks for the tips esp condensed milk & food color genius. I am quaffing your content.
Nicely presented. I would have thought that full product containers would be dense enough to be stable in the water — without need to glue them down. Would Velcro be a practical alternative to glue?
love this, great channel
A drop of detergent, possibly glycerol, would deal with the bubbles.
nice technique. thanks for sharing.
I've wanted to know how to do this ever since I saw your shot at fstoppers. Great work man!
Thanks for sharing great video keep up the good work