Handheld mini explosions at 20,000fps are absolutely beautiful

The humble spud gun, which may or may not be illegal to actually use, own or even make where you live, is a wonderful thing.  Packed into this potato launching barrel of fun, however is a lot of very cool looking science. A month or so ago, Destin Sandlin of YouTube’s Smarter Every Day, built […]

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Handheld mini explosions at 20,000fps are absolutely beautiful

The humble spud gun, which may or may not be illegal to actually use, own or even make where you live, is a wonderful thing.  Packed into this potato launching barrel of fun, however is a lot of very cool looking science. A month or so ago, Destin Sandlin of YouTube’s Smarter Every Day, built […]

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No budget? No problem! This music video was shot with a coat hanger, some wire and a GoPro

Adding some motion to the camera is one of the simplest ways to give your footage a bit of interest.  Today, we have more options than ever when it comes to how we can get that motion. For Matt and Kim’s latest music video for their song, Let’s Run Away, they decided to try something a […]

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No budget? No problem! This music video was shot with a coat hanger, some wire and a GoPro

Adding some motion to the camera is one of the simplest ways to give your footage a bit of interest.  Today, we have more options than ever when it comes to how we can get that motion. For Matt and Kim’s latest music video for their song, Let’s Run Away, they decided to try something a […]

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A surreal look at lightning captured at 7,000 frames per second

Lightning is one of those that subjects many of us have tried to photograph at some point or another if we live in an area where it happens.  It’s one of those topics that seems almost too well documented.  There’s a million different methods and techniques to try and figuring out which one works the best […]

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4K video shows steel wool spitting out embers as it’s spun around in extreme slow motion

Lighting steel wool on fire and spinning it around on a string is a common technique to get incredible looking spirals and orbs in long-exposure photographs. What isn’t so common is to film in extremely slow motion what this technique looks like. But, thanks to the The Slow Mo Guys, we now get to see […]

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Professional skier shows how physics, string and an iPhone can make for incredible video footage

Nicolas Vuignier is a professional skier from Switzerland. He also happens to be quite fond of creating and uploading impressive YouTube videos. In his latest video, appropriately titled ‘Centriphone’, he shows how a piece of string and an iPhone can be used to create incredible video footage through the clever use of centripital force. ‘After […]

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Professional skier shows how physics, string and an iPhone can make for incredible video footage

Nicolas Vuignier is a professional skier from Switzerland. He also happens to be quite fond of creating and uploading impressive YouTube videos. In his latest video, appropriately titled ‘Centriphone’, he shows how a piece of string and an iPhone can be used to create incredible video footage through the clever use of centripital force. ‘After […]

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This 4K video shows rainbow paint spinning off a drill at 2,500 frames per second

What do you do when you have Phantom cameras capable of capturing 4K video at upwards of 1,000 and 2,500 frames per second? Why, you use them to film even the most unusual and mundane things to show how life slowed down can make for beautiful imagery. That’s exactly what The Slow Mo Guys Dan […]

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