So yesterday I kinda went off on a random tangent instead of staying on course with my high-speed photography posts. So today I thought I’d make it up to you and share a bit more on the high speed topic.

I’ve done a bit more browsing on the topic, and it was quite discouraging here for a little while. So many blogs and tutorials make high speed photography out to be so complex. I did find a decent explanation that is not so complex, and I actually recommend this site because I’ve gotten quite a bit out of reading their photography tips and tutorials (I even follow them on Twitter).

It’s a really short tutorial, so it doesn’t take up a lot of your time (unless you click on a few links and go try to figure out more info on the topic as I typically do).

The tutorial states that what you’ll need for taking high speed photography is an External Flash and a Flash Trigger. Of course you’ll need a camera as well, but that’s a given. Only 2 extra pieces of equipment though? I was pretty stoked, especially after reading a few other tutorials that had 6+ things you “HAD” to have.

Anyway, check it out for yourselves – Here! At the Digital Photography School website.

Also, since I got off of topic yesterday. Here is a do-it-yourself high speed photography resource: http://www.hiviz.com/
They have products, activities, tools, etc. Lots of things that will be helpful in getting you started with high speed photography.

That’s all for now. I’m sure I’ll find more high speed photography info to blog soon, so stay tuned.

Be sure to leave a comment and feedback to let me know what you think and if these resources were helpful to you.

Blessings,
Britt <><

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The video is less than 2 minutes long, and it is a time lapse of what the photographer did. So you are able to see all of the equipment he uses, in addition to the photos he took. Definitely check it out.

High Speed Photography Shoot

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The first one actually has multiple photography styles that it shares detailed information on, but if you’re interested in the high speed style – it is the first section:
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Most of the sites I came across talk about a “flash controller” or a sound trigger, to syncronize the flash and shutter with the action.  This ensures that you don’t miss your opportunity to capture your desired effect in the photograph.  This is something I did not even factor.  I realized you have to have the shutter and flash go off at precisely the same time, but I was not sure how to accomplish this.  The website above was quite helpful.  If you click on the DIY – High Speed Photography at Home it gives you some great information.

In my research so far, I’m finding that high speed photography is a lot more complex than I had anticipated. But don’t let this stop you! I’m not finished with researching, and I believe there has got to be a way to take high speed photos without the sound trigger… but to manually take pictures with only the flash and very little equipment. I’ll keep you updated, and in the future I’ll be doing some high speed tests of my own.

The second website I found to be quite informative as well, and a bit less complex in its explanation and set-up.
Click here for the second website

I hope you found these helpful. I will have a few more posts on high speed photography, and then move on to a different area of study.

Thanks for reading, and leave comments! Blessings to you all!

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I wanted to take a few minutes today to share a bit about High-speed Photography. I have recently become extremely fascinated with this style of photography. Although I have yet to take these incredible high-speed photos, I intend to attempt at some point in the future.

Your shutter speed has to be extremely quick to capture any decent high-speed photographs. Once I test out this style, I will share more on my experience and what shutter speeds work for me. Until that time, I’ll be doing some more research on the style. This will take me a few days or maybe weeks, since I have another job and little time to devote to my favorite pass time. However, I’ll share with you what I find out, so that if I am unable to test out the high-speed technique – you can attempt it even before I do.

But! You have to take an interest and have a passion for this style of photography before we go any further… because if you don’t, then you’ll simply want to give up. Although I haven’t had experience in this area of photography, I can already tell you it is a very difficult to capture some of these incredible images. So it may not be for everyone. But if you have a passion for learning high-speed photography and want to master this style, by all means – go for it!

Take a look at this website, and see if high-speed photography captures your fancy.

Click here! to see some incredible high-speed photos!

They are definitely worth your time to view… even if you have no interest in this style. It’s amazing!

Have a wonderful day!

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I use digital photography because it allows me to use my imagination more if I ever wanted to transform a certain picture into something from a fantasy book. Although I rarely do that because I like to keep my photos as authentic as possible. It’s still fun to tinker with my photos, even if I don’t save them that way.

Another reason why I use digital photography is because I want to share my work with the world. I’m a beginner photographer, so I’m not quite established in knowing everything there is to know about photography. Nowadays though, it’s pretty easy to share things with the world if you have a computer and internet access. So that’s what I do, I share my photographs and ideas on the World Wide Web, as you can see. However, if I used a film camera, I would have to scan my photograph to allow me to put it up on a website. Scanning also doesn’t turn out too well because the photo will usually turn out fuzzy or the colors may be different. Now I’m not arguing that digital photography is better than regular film photography, by all means I love them both and they each have different advantages depending on what you use them for. I personally need to use digital photography. I still use film cameras every once in a while, and someday soon I would love to buy a film SLR (film SLR’s are cheaper than digital SLR’s). For now, though, I like using digital.