Macro bubble photography tutorial: Creative ideas to do at home

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Who wants to try this?

[@mungojerry990]

I watched this and your other video on macro photography and you are brilliant, easy to understand and incredibly informative. I shall be working my way through your other videos. You gained a sub. Thanks for doing the videos.

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thanks so much, that's really nice of you to say! A pleasure to have you on board!

[@GrollerG]

I will definitely try it.

[@ericvanhorn7986]

To help with your focus, use a smaller dish. I turn a teacup upside down and fill the recess with liquid. If you’re careful, you can get a fairly consistent bubble size and your focus stays good throughout a shoot.

[@robinc-k7162]

Where did you position your flash? I didn't see it in the video and didn't see it fire off. Great video, thank you!

[@touchedbynature5445]

Great Channel, Helpful And Informative. Very Well Presented. Many Thanks For Sharing Andrew.

[@sherifmahmoud6523]

The music and the intro video is really soothing, I love it

[@KatieCollins1]

I love this! It’s so clever and the effects are mesmerising

[@timanderson2378]

I was so inspired by this video I went straight to Amazon to buy a set of extension tubes to be able to focus close enough to do this. Best £33 I have ever spent! A little ingenuity on the dining room table, including making my own soft light and voila some amazing photos. Thankyou!

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thanks so much for watching, Tim and really pleased to hear you've been getting good results!

[@esterkeel8739]

Thank you for first of all making this with little equipment as possible, other videos use more than just 3 things(light, camera, tripod) but I like how you had the set up. I have been trying this already for 2 days and getting better results than when I first started. I would have liked to know your settings though during your shots and was glad to get some while editing the pictures. Thank you for posting your video.

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thanks Ester! You can see some settings in the edit process but you're right, it'd be better to make it clearer when I take the shot. I'll keep that in mind!

[@romina141086]

Catching up with some videos I missed... Lovely photos Andrew!

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Glad you like them!

[@ashstubbings2603]

Hi Andrew, I tried this a few years ago, and found that Glycerine in the bubble mixture works quite well too, but I'm going to try your idea too.

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Glycerine works great and in my most recent version of this (a video I posted a few weeks ago) I relied more heavily on glycerine, although I did still use a touch of cooking oil as I found it adds to the swirl effect. Good luck!

[@tonyelvidge1322]

Looks great fun!

[@gavincaventer3272]

Hello love your videos can I ask what speed light and soft box are you using

[@ChristianL93]

I really want to try this but I will not go out and invest in light equipment like you have. Can i do it in front of a window on a sonny say perhaps, and that way use natural light as the light source?

[@methodical100]

I found the perfect mixture and it doesnt look horrible like that one lol.. double if you want more. 50 mls of glycerin 6 tea spoons of dish soap 2 tea spoons of corn syrup.

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Nice! Mine not only looks horrible but tastes horrible too...

[@prsearls]

Interesting effect. I like your comments on LR processing; most videos on this type of macro skip over this part.

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thanks for watching, Paul!

[@prsearls]

I shot this over the past couple days. It was very easy; I used a medium sized soft box. Last night, my granddaughter shot some for her phone. It’s a lot of fun and fascinating to see how the colors and swirls develop and change. My mixture was a pint of water, 2 tablespoons of Dawn dishwashing liquid and 2 tablespoons of glycerin. The bubbles “lived” 3 to 4 minutes.

[@raysanders332]

How do you get the colors in your bubbles, mine are all clear?

[@halshaater]

awesome work dude

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thanks buddy!

[@Oamaruastro]

So how do you prevent the bubbles from reflecting you, your lights, the room, etc?

[@sherifmahmoud6523]

2:08 the soapy mixture

[@gaberkosir]

How do you get those colors. I can not get any colors in the bubble...Thx