Just Add Water

Mario Jr Nicorelli explains the passion and precision behind his vibrant macro water droplet photography

- Mario Jr Nicorelli

I am passionate about shooting macro photography that focuses on water droplets. I love this genre because everything has to be managed in such fine levels of detail – light, depth of field, focus and emotionality of the subject are the key points for success. The photographs here show the experimentation I like to include when capturing the reflections inside a water drop and on the surface of water.

The single water drops were both natural and added artificially with a spray bottle. One of the main challenges here was capturing and managing the light, so the reflection hit the drop in the right way. Too much or too little light created a bad result.