How to make water blue in the studio

[Duncan.F]

I was going to try an attempt some of Hindrich's work, saw this video but couldn't quite figure whether it was a super fast light he was using on the blue filter light.
He appears just to have a light pointed at the white background which I assume reflects backwards?
I have two Einsteins so speed is not a problem but would like to get that blue effect, could I use say a Bowens light for the blue effect or would its slower speed effect the freezing action of the faster Einsteins in front? I don't have any modifiers for the Einsteins, other than a softbox converter ring. I wondered whether I could use a softbox without the front white cover maybe and tape a blue filter over and just use one front light.
Some ideas and suggestions would be great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFoUQAzmpsc

 

[Garry Edwards]

Well, you'll have to use what you have. It would make sense to put the blue gel over the Einstein. The power of this light will have to be high, relative to the other lights, but it can't actually be high because you will need to turn the power down pretty low to get short flash durations, so in effect the power will be low but the power of your other lighting will need to be even lower.

If the power of your Bowens light isn't low enough, not only will you lose the drama of the gelled light, the slower flash duration of the Bowens will also create movement blur.

Hope that makes sense.

 

[cargo]

Couldnt help you at all with the techie stuff but just watched the video they look cool images for sure.

Good luck with that, hope you manage it and post some pic's up.

Gaz