If you are looking for a themed shoot idea, shooting the elements is quite a nice theme. One way would be to take it to the extremes and shoot elaborate setups like this one or this one.

The other way could be to take it on the light side and make it a fun family project. COOPH chose option two and they are letting us in on several of the techniques they used. Some ideas are pretty clever, some are as simple as “use an under water camera” and some are just the right mix of photography, mess and fun. (And some use the term Elements pretty loosely)

Check out the ideas they came up with after the jump.

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