Decided it was time to take some pictures – it has been a while…..
So I figured I would try some water droplet shots, splash pics, call them what you will. These were taken in under an hour, including setup. All handheld, manually focussed, metered and flashed. All flashes set to very short duration. I was holding the droplet dispenser and firing the camera manually too – no automated timing or triggering at all………
I am undertaking a task to gather information on which flashes may be used for high speed flash applications. To this end, I am measuring all of my own arsenal of flashguns, as well as extracting the published data (what little there is of it) to compare. I will upload a table to my website, and publish the link to it on this forum, once it is in a reasonable state. As I do more and more research, the table will be updated accordingly. Read the rest of this entry »
I am considering running some afternoon workshops at my home in Westlake Village, Southern California to enable folks to take some HSF shots of hummers in flight. (Look at the banner on this page for some examples) Read the rest of this entry »
First, start with the fluids that you wish to mix together – in this example, we have 4 drops of different colors… Read the rest of this entry »
Hi Folks,
I have started this blog to become a forum for photographers who play with high speed flash. I say play, because it sure isn’t like work.
I have done quite a bit of HSF work, but am most noted for my hummingbird images. That doesn’t stop me from playing in the lab though – just today, I was firing air pistol pellets across the top of fluids, and capturing the action at less than a microsecond! Read the rest of this entry »
