Water Blasting Shots

If there's one thing that's nearly guarenteed to make a shot "cooler", it's catching it in mid-air.  Almost every mid-air shot I've seen for Nerf is pretty epic just because of that fact.  I've staged plenty of pictures before to get this effect but I've never tried it with a water blaster.  Well, today I messed around with some of my favorites from the new Super Soaker lineup and boy was it easy!  Just thought I'd share a few of them here to inspire the inner photographer in you.  Who knows, maybe you could get a Shot of the Week from Nerf Nation?

A quick pull of the trigger just before the timer goes off on my digital camera worked the first time for each blaster.  I use a Canon ELPH 300HS mounted on a tripod, pre-focus it where I want, set the timer for 10 seconds, and let 'er rip just before the shutter closes.  I use this technique for most of my "action shots" that I take, but it usually takes several tries to get it right with a dart blaster.  With these water blasters, it was MUCH easier!

I was kinda hoping for a little more of that "Spinning Cyclone of Soakage" from the Tornado Strike, but I think that was just the effect of the box artwork showcasing it's tightly knit spin for the two streams it puts out.  However, after 3 shots with my Tornado Strike, I'm convinced the spinning has NEVER been that tight.  No big loss, as it still turned out to be a neat shot.

I'm admittedly a bit of a photography nut, as I'm just an aesthetics whore in general.  If you haven't been following Rolley's photography blog and wanna see some neat pictures, go check it out.  He also runs the Street Tag Warfare blog but has this separate blog for his photography hobby.  Gotta say I've been a fan of both.