Experimental high speed photos
For this task, we all tried our hand at recreating and creating our own version of Howard Edgerton own famous high speed images.
For this we had to create our version of one of the set-up's that Edgerton possibly used, it had to be precise and we had to use certain equipment for us to be able to make this a success:
. A DSLR (of course)
. A tripod
. A wireless external flash (at least one)
. A black backdrop (for example this could be a sheet, a piece of cardboard, or anything else that you possibly know of, as long as it does not reflect light)
. A subject - this could be dropping a piece of fruit into some water, or a balloon full of paint
. Something to cause a reaction - such as, like i just said, a container full of water or like a needle to pop the balloon
An important fact we had to remember is that we had to shoot in a completely dark area as it was extremely important to make sure that you have no extra light leaking into our photography; otherwise it would be over exposed and we would have not been successful. So it was important to set the composition of our photo and set the exposure correctly.
When shooting the high speed images, depending on the desired shot, for ours it was dropping a piece of fruit into a container of water, as the object was moving fast past the camera and not towards it, w had to use a high shutter speed; this is also where less light is hitting the camera sensor; which is a good thing.
Why is it a good thing? because we also boosted our ISO which guarantees but yet also means that less light is required for a good exposure.
As you can see below via the images, this is the set up in which we used to create our high speed images. Albeit i did not take any of the photos myself, as i was controlling the lights, and also as it was a team effort, each of us having a different role, but i felt that that the process and the images themselves came out very well. For improvement of next time i think to try a different process such as the paint in the balloon and popping it or use different objects for the process we did for this one, even though we briefly used a different object, but i think also try using different objects in the sense of making the photos more interesting. You can also see below a couple of examples of our high speed photos in which we captured, where we dropped an object from the beam above, breaking the beam below, capturing the splash, impact the object created in the water.
For this we had to create our version of one of the set-up's that Edgerton possibly used, it had to be precise and we had to use certain equipment for us to be able to make this a success:
. A DSLR (of course)
. A tripod
. A wireless external flash (at least one)
. A black backdrop (for example this could be a sheet, a piece of cardboard, or anything else that you possibly know of, as long as it does not reflect light)
. A subject - this could be dropping a piece of fruit into some water, or a balloon full of paint
. Something to cause a reaction - such as, like i just said, a container full of water or like a needle to pop the balloon
An important fact we had to remember is that we had to shoot in a completely dark area as it was extremely important to make sure that you have no extra light leaking into our photography; otherwise it would be over exposed and we would have not been successful. So it was important to set the composition of our photo and set the exposure correctly.
When shooting the high speed images, depending on the desired shot, for ours it was dropping a piece of fruit into a container of water, as the object was moving fast past the camera and not towards it, w had to use a high shutter speed; this is also where less light is hitting the camera sensor; which is a good thing.
Why is it a good thing? because we also boosted our ISO which guarantees but yet also means that less light is required for a good exposure.
As you can see below via the images, this is the set up in which we used to create our high speed images. Albeit i did not take any of the photos myself, as i was controlling the lights, and also as it was a team effort, each of us having a different role, but i felt that that the process and the images themselves came out very well. For improvement of next time i think to try a different process such as the paint in the balloon and popping it or use different objects for the process we did for this one, even though we briefly used a different object, but i think also try using different objects in the sense of making the photos more interesting. You can also see below a couple of examples of our high speed photos in which we captured, where we dropped an object from the beam above, breaking the beam below, capturing the splash, impact the object created in the water.
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