You can see the tiny holes on the top, which further prove that the bubble is, in fact, frozen! My camera had a really hard time focusing on the fine detail on the bubble itself, but I still liked how this image came out. I loved how the light reflected off the bubble in this image. Once the sun fell onto the snow in my backyard, I went back there to grab some images with sunlight on them. The bubbles froze quickly here because the glass was already frosted and very cold. This first image I took on the windshield of my car. I took a video that I am going to attempt to embed in this blog, if not I’ll link to the Facebook post that I shared it in. With the bubble solution finished, back outside I went.Īt 20 degrees, it took about 50 seconds for the bubbles to freeze solid.
Any bubble blowing wand will work…good thing I had plenty handy thanks to my 3 year old. It makes the walls of the bubbles a bit thicker and they tend to not pop as quickly. I ended up adding just a little bit more corn syrup in the end. You may have to adjust the ratios as needed. You want about 2 cups of water, a tablespoon of dish soap, and a tablespoon of corn syrup. I don’t have glycerin hanging around in my house, so I went for the next best thing I could think of, corn syrup. It’s recommended that you use Dawn dish soap, water, and glycerin. So, back inside I went, to make a new solution. I tested this with regular bubble solution and the bubbles had a tendency to pop before they’d land, pop as they hit something, or pop mid-freeze. A hint of sunshine can be just what you need to make the photo pop.įirst off, while regular bubble solution will work, it’s ideal to create a mixture at home that is a little bit stronger. For us, a cold snap usually means blue sky and sun, which can also be nice when you’re trying to do something like photograph frozen bubbles. Add some cold winds, and that cold air gets pushed down into Western Washington, and boom, cold snap.
We usually need an arctic front, or cold air from the Fraser River Valley up in British Columbia. In Western Washington, temps in the 20’s and teens can be hard to come by. If it was REALLY cold, like, below 0 cold, the bubbles might even freeze in the air before they land. Obviously, you need sub-freezing temperatures to cause a bubble to freeze when it hits a cold surface. The sun was just peeking through the trees so it was the perfect time to try some frozen bubble photography. This morning at 8:30am, it was a balmy 20 degrees Farenheit in my backyard. I’ve really wanted to start blogging but I’ve been lacking ideas for subjects….so I thought, why not use some of my photography and tie it into the weather? In this case, we are currently in our coldest weather pattern in at least a few years! Lows have dipped down into the 20’s and teens for many areas in Western Washington.
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