As a commercial photographer I invest a huge amount of time and resources into exploring and developing new techniques. Liquid is what I am best known for. It is a very exciting medium, endless creative opportunities. I find it fascinating as well as challenging. The biggest challenge is always in controlling the flow and shape of the liquid.

The ‘Colour In Motion’ project took a number of weeks to discover the perfect formula for creating the liquid that could be coloured and still maintain the properties to create these smooth velvety tumbling forms of colour. You need a huge amount of patience. My assistant must have cleaned the tank more than 70 to 80 times. Every 10 times using glass polish to really ensure a crystal sharp clarity.

Each time you set up the tank, water that has been left overnight in our large water purification set up is then poured into the glass tank. Allowing time for the bubbles to all surface. We have 5 glass tanks, all at different sizes, some considerably larger, and ideally a larger one should be used for this type of shoot. But the cleaning and emptying of water each time is a consideration. Our tanks are bespokely hand made with a special glass called Otiwhite, it has a much lower level of lead than normal glass which increases the clarity. This along with the purified water gives us extreme clarity of images captured on the Hasselblad. The water is there to hold the form, you do not want to see it.

Pouring the colour into the water is a art, different types of funnels create different shapes, all sorts are used, even the top of a drinks bottle. Using a syringe to speedily inject a second colour into the mix works very well.

The broncolor Scoro power packs are essential tools for all my liquid work, the clean light of the broncolor is stunning and the high speed option is essential for this type of work to ensure pin sharp images on the stills.

To see more of David Lund’s Liquids go to www.davidlund.co.uk