More High-Speed Photography

It's been awhile since I posted something on my blog. Here is some more high-speed photography. People really seem to enjoy these types of shots.

Here are a couple of exploding balloons. This never gets old. The 1^st one is a chalk-filled balloon and the 2^nd is a water balloon being sliced by a knife.

Next up is the exploding cork from bottle. We filled the base of the wine bottle with baking soda, poured a whack load of vinegar and quickly corked the bottle. It took a lot of shaking and patience to finally get this working, but it was definitely worth it in the end.

There is so much more happening in this next picture than just a popping water balloon:
     The appreciation and admiration of one friend to another.
     The dedication of an aspiring photographer to get that perfect shot from the perfect angle.
     The complexity and beauty of the water and rubber immediately after the explosion.
And to think that all this happened in just a fraction of a second....

And now for the best part... the Star Trek quote of this blog!! I've been pretty busy lately and haven’t been able to watch very much Star Trek lately. Nonetheless... here it is:

"I think when one has been angry for a very long time, one gets used to it. And it becomes comfortable like old leather. And finally, it becomes so familiar that one can't ever remember feeling any other way..."

        JLP The Wounded – S4E12

Light Painting

Hey everybody! This week at Photography Club I learned about light painting. Light painting is a style of photography where you use a long exposure and move a light source like an LED or glow-stick within the frame of the picture. By doing this you can “draw” and create amazing light patterns.

Here are some colourful stars and a heart drawn out by some members of the club using an ipod. Right before we close the shutter we fire a flash to capture the person who is drawing. This is called “Rear Curtain Sync/Flash”. This way we don't only get the pattern they drew but also drawer in the same image :)

 

This next picture is a bit eerie... two glow-sticks were used here.

Right as people seemed to be packing up and getting ready to head out a guy came named Dhruva walked in the room saying he heard that photo club was meeting and that he could do some glow poi for us!! I was totally stoked! I've known about poi but never seen it live... just on youtube :P

These next shots are awesome...

Thanks for taking a look. Please feel free to leave comments or remarks.

I almost forgot to do a Star Trek TNG quote for this blog... Here it is:

Gosheven: I really was willing to stay here and die for this.
Lt. Cmdr. Data: I know that. This is just a thing. And things can be replaced. Lives cannot.

                               S3E2