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  1. Luca

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    Hi, I am a photography student and for my final portfolio I have chose to shoot makeup products. I was hoping some of you can share some neat photography ideas and techniques/methods that create cool effects. Like a quick and dirty run down of setups.

    Recently I was researching product photographer Norimichi and he uses some sort of colored powder to make neat images. I found that this powder could be made using cornstarch and food dye but I don't know how he makes it explode as seen here. any ideas or techniques you are willing to share would be awesome. thanks in advanced.
     
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    hi Luca. Don't use cornstarch and food dye as it'll clump into a mess. Try using powdered pigments instead, but be aware that it's quite fine so it'll end up going everywhere. Keep all surroundings and equipment well covered and wear a mask.

    Have a look at some of Karl Taylor's tutorials in this forum. He has some examples of what you're after.
     
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    Thank you very much for your answer. Are there any powdered pigments you would recommend?
     
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    i've just used the cheapest stuff off amazon. it worked just fine.
     
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    do you know any methods of making it "explode" like in the link i shared?
     
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    i put the powder in a large plastic bottle and turned it upside down on a flat surface to get it to billow out. the rest was photoshop and a lot of compositing.
     
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