After spending some time capturing those amazing shots of soap bubble planets, I wanted to try something very different.

I’ve always been interested in things that are fleeting and instantaneous. Catching water drops seemed like something that I could never do. After spending some time with youtube and First Man Photography’s great tutorials, I was able to get ahold of some kit to tackle this idea.

I’ve experimented with it over a couple of weekends and have come away with some pretty cool images. Check out the gallery below. Scroll down to the end of the post for a video walkthrough and information about the kit I used.

For a really in-depth tutorial on how to do Water Drop Photography, check out First Man Photography on Youtube:

I ended up picking up the Pluto Trigger and Pluto Valve as opposed to the SplashArt system used in the video. I won’t speak to one versus the other, but the Pluto trigger system has app integration with more precision. There is probably a lot of information on comparing the two out there on the internet. I captured these images using my two Canon 430EXIII RT speedlights, Neewer 32” softbox, and Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro lens on the EOS R.