Category: high speed photography

A Slow Mo Guy talks about the challenges of shooting high speed slow motion video

John Aldred

High speed photography for stills presents a whole lot of challenges, just for a single image. When you’re trying to capture a thousand, ten thousand or a hundred thousand of them every second, those challenges quickly compound. Whether stills or video, the key ingredient is light, and lots of it. This is why The Slow […]

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The first ever recording of light’s “sonic boom” was made with the fastest high-speed camera in the world

Dunja Djudjic

  According to theoretical physics, nothing is faster than the speed of light. However, now you can see with your own eyes the first ever recording of a “sonic boom” – created by light. Or scientifically called a photonic Mach cone. It was recorded by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, and they used […]

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This Camera Ensures a Photo Finish at the Olympics

Allen Murabayashi

Since 1932, vaunted Swiss watchmaker Omega has served as Official Timekeeper at the Olympic Games 26 times. This year at the Rio Olympics, Omega is once again providing finish line cameras to provide officials and the public with the most precise view of the athletes. The current generation of cameras, dubbed the Scan ‘O’ Vision […]

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NASA’s new high dynamic camera can correctly expose for rocket combustion

Udi Tirosh

If you’ve ever seen a rocket engine in action, you probably noticed the bright flame that emerges from the back of it. In fact, that bright fire was probably just an overexposed blob. Nasa’s new High Dynamic Camera system – the HiDyRS-X uses HDR techniques to show that wonderful flame in all its glory. It does […]

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These photos of nuclear explosions were taken one ten-millionth of a second after detonation

Udi Tirosh

If taking photos of speeding bullets is hard, imagine how hard it is to take photos of a nuclear bomb going off. (I mean aside the obvious issue of having yourself and the camera being completely decimated if you were at any reasonable distance). I mean, if you developed a nuclear bomb, you wanna see how […]

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Tons of Milk and Naked Models Transformed Into Stunning Fallen Angels (NSFW)

Liron Samuels

I’m sure most of you are familiar with Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz’s work by now. His signature splashed-milk photography has been featured twice before on the blog as well as on numerous media outlets across the world. But, as much as I liked his 1940’s Milky Pin-ups and loved his Splash Heroes, they both suddenly seem like […]

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Tutorial: Neat Trick for Creating Cool Splash Photos In-Studio

Dina Belenko

In this article, Dina Belenko (previously) shares the secrets behind three of her most popular recent images. See how she creates creative splashes and waves IN-STUDIO, then go home and try it yourself!   I know that proper way to photograph splashes is to use special fancy machinery that allows you to control the shape of […]

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DIY High Speed Photography: Shooting Light Bulbs Video Tutorial

Tiffany Mueller

Jay P. Morgan and the Slanted Lens team whipped up this fun little tutorial on how to use a BB gun to (literally) shoot the bulbs, and shoot them with your camera as they explode. Morgan uses Miops brand triggers to help capture the bulb explode at just the right time, which he’ll talk more […]

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Watch How This Photographer Creates High-Action Images with Stroboscopic Flash

Allen Mowery

Stroboscopic flash photography is basically putting your camera on a slow shutter speed and firing bursts of strobe lighting to freeze moments in action for a “double exposure image” on acid, so to speak.  When David Einar was booked for a shoot with the Linköping Hockey Club in Sweden, he wanted to convey the full sense of action […]

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