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Highspeed photography 101 – Lesson 8

Pascal Bovet — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:54:36 +0000

In the last lesson I wrote about light barrier. Sometimes there are sensors which are more adequate than a light barrier f.ex. if you want to photography a bursting balloon. In this lesson I'll show how to use a sound trigger. Continue reading →

Highspeed photography 101 – Lesson 7

Pascal Bovet — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:13:26 +0000

In the last lesson we saw how one can trigger a flash with an Arduino. In this lesson we'll add a light barrier to trigger the flash in the right moment. Continue reading →

World first Android/iPhone highspeed photo

Pascal Bovet — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:06:17 +0000

One of my images was featured in the U.S. Yahoo! Editorial High-Speed Captures gallery. The most asked question was: "What camera did they use?". In this post I'm going to show, that its not about the camera, its about the technique. To proof my point I tried to capture some highspeed photos with my Android smartphone (HTC Hero) and an iPhone. Continue reading →

Highspeed photography 101 – Lesson 6

Pascal Bovet — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:42:52 +0000

In the last lesson I showed how to trigger your camera with a flash. In highspeed photography you often want to trigger your flash (see Lesson 3: Freeze the motion with your flash), therefore I show you how to trigger your flash with an arduino. Continue reading →

Arduino time lapse video

Pascal Bovet — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:57:13 +0000

In this post I'll explain how to create a time lapse video with an arduino. Continue reading →

Highspeed photography 101 – Lesson 5

Pascal Bovet — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:40:40 +0000

In the last lesson I showed what an Arduino is. In this lesson I'll show you how to use an Arduino to trigger your camera. Continue reading →

Highspeed photography 101 – Lesson 4

Pascal Bovet — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:41:23 +0000

As I began with highspeed photography, I bought a cheap sound trigger. Soon I realized, that this trigger wasn't very flexible - f.ex. I couldn't set the delay very accurate. I did some research and found out that I need a programmable microcontroller. As I had no electronic knowledge, it had to be something really simple. Some friends have already spoken about that "Arduino", so I had a look at it and recognized, that an Arduio perfectly fits my needs. Continue reading →

Highspeed photography 101 – Lesson 3

Pascal Bovet — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:07:04 +0000

I'll show you a very easy technique for taking highspeed photos. For this tutorial you don't need any special equipment, just the cam and your flash. Continue reading →

Highspeed photography 101 – Lesson 2

Pascal Bovet — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:11:52 +0000

In Lesson 1 we saw that the main problem with short shutter speeds is that you haven't enough light. Lets have a look what happens if we use a flash. Continue reading →

Highspeed photography 101 – Lesson 1

Pascal Bovet — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:56:34 +0000

I'll show you the easiest variant of highspeed photography. In this tutorial you really need no additional equipment. Continue reading →

Highspeed photography 101 – Introduction

Pascal Bovet — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:00:48 +0000

I'm going to write a highspeed photography 101 tutorial. These tutorials are for two kind of beginners, either you're new to highspeed photography or you're new to microcontrollers and/or triggered approaches. Continue reading →

Champagne splash (Highspeed photography)

Pascal Bovet — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:01:34 +0000

In this post I'll show you the story behind this image: Since I started with highspeed photography I wanted to take an image of an bottle of champagne just in the moment after uncorking. Continue reading →

Smoke photography

Pascal Bovet — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:33:26 +0000

Those images are 'usual' smoke colorized on computer. The smoke was made with incense sticks. As I was asked multiple time how I did this images, I'll describe how I made them. Continue reading →

Splash in a glass (Highspeed – Arduino & Hiviz)

Pascal Bovet — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:01:19 +0000

I'll explain how I build a sliding table and how I took the following shot: Continue reading →

Colorful bursting water balloon (Highspeed – Arduino & Hiviz)

Pascal Bovet — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:39:29 +0000

I'll describe how I took the following shot: I saw a lot of bursting water balloons on flickr (it seems as balloons are a popular highspeed subject), all looked very similar and I wanted to create something different. I haven't seen gel colored balloons before.. Continue reading →

Light bulb burn out

Pascal Bovet — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:34:59 +0000

If you wanna try this yourself.. Be careful!! The glass is really sharp and you're dealing with power.. First you have to break the glass of the bulb.. It is recommended to break / manipulate the light bulb in a freeze bag or another plastic bag, because there are a lot of sharp little shards.. Continue reading →