Soap Films Photo Gallery by Richard Ellis at pbase.com

Soap Films

This is my first gallery on PBase and it's a collection of my soap film photographs, I hope you find them interesting. I wasn't sure what to put in my first gallery but settled on this subject as results from the search engine suggest it's not well represented on PBase.
I would love to receive comments/feedback (good and bad) and I thank you for taking the time to look at my photographs.
Richard.

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Joe Bonello		18-Dec-2014 10:21
Excellent gallery !

Richard Ellis		20-Jan-2010 12:35
Hi Available Light Images, thanks for the comments. Regarding the solution I normally use, read some of the replies I have made below. I have tried other mixes but still find water (distilled), washing-up soap and glycerin in equal proportions the best mixture. Let the prepared solution stand for at least a day. I also try to coax the soap films into looking more interesting, this may involve tapping the wire support, blowing gently on the soap film or even adding additional drops of solution onto the wire support. Lastly, be patient, some days the soap films behave and other days they just sulk. Best Regards, Richard.

Available Light Images		15-Jan-2010 10:16
I am jealous, your shots are amazing. I have just started to try this technique myself and am not really getting anywhere.. Your light seems really even and the colors are fantastic. Also, your solution seems very pure, with no bits in it... I am struggling here in China to find a good solution, so any tips massively appreciated... best wishes and a super soapy gallery...

nomada		06-May-2008 07:45
amazing images!!V

Bill Taylor		25-Jan-2008 05:06
Beautiful Stuff! How do you do this?

Guest		06-Dec-2007 15:03
Beautiful!! The colors are so vibrant, Soap Film, Who would have thought!

Tim		10-Nov-2007 21:11
dude never watch these high seriously

Karine Lopez		15-Sep-2007 09:42
I don't know waht it is but i love this gallery. Very creative. It seem to be abstract painting :) Beautiful Gallery. V

Guest		25-Nov-2006 11:02
Amazing images Richard - such a variety of different patterns and such wonderful colours.

Joe Pinto		02-Oct-2006 01:25
Stunning! For some reason it immediately remided me of the Hubble deep field space photographs. Very nice work.

Guest		19-Sep-2006 19:31
Really good stuff! I enjoyed all your galleries.

Henri		16-Sep-2006 12:59
Very artistic. Would benefit of full-size samples. Thanks for sharing Richard.

Chris Smaller		10-Sep-2006 21:17
Beautiful images with excellent definition. Quite soothing to lok at, reminds me of art-deco. Keep up the good work.

Guest		10-Sep-2006 04:04
Absolutely beautiful! What a theme!! I do something similar, but I use glass instead. You could never do too many of these. Tim Capone (Syracuse Camera Club)

Richard Calmes		05-Sep-2006 15:36
Beautiful artwork! Very creative! V

Richard Ellis		04-Sep-2006 18:52
Hi Julie and Thomas, thanks for your comments they are much appreciated. Julie regarding technique I basically use a wire loop(old coat hanger) dipped in what seems to be a standard soap solution for this type of photography i.e. equal parts water, washing-up liquid and glycerin. However, despite what the EXIF data shows I do use an off-camera flash, in manual mode, to illuminate the film. Hope this helps, I'll gladly provide more detail if you think it would be useful. Richard.

tomr-photos		03-Sep-2006 21:31
Well, this looks like a great choice for a first gallery. I love this! GMV

Julie Bird		03-Sep-2006 05:43
Richard, I enjoyed this gallery very much. The images would look wonderful blown up to poster size. I have never seen this techbniqu before and wonder how you achieved it. Thanks.

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