Slow-Motion Wedding Ring Shots Captured with Fire, Water, and Gravity
Archie and Sansan of the Manila, Philippines-based wedding videography service Alt X Videos …
Archie and Sansan of the Manila, Philippines-based wedding videography service Alt X Videos …
If you want to see the mechanics of how a modern DSLR shutter works, one way to do so is through slow-motion captured with a high-speed camera. That's what Gavin Free of The Slow Mo Guys recently did by pointing a Phantom Flex at his Canon 7D and capturing what goes on inside the mirror box during exposures of various shutter speeds.
By slowing down the movements after shooting at up to 10,000 frames per second, we get to see exactly what goes on in the camera in the blink of an eye.
Custom-built 20-GoPro array and Red Epic camera in tow, Marc Donahue of PermaGrin Films recently spent some time at San Diego UNITED Training Center to capture breakdancers, parkour athletes and gymnasts performing complex acrobatics in slow motion and bullet time.
Thanks to The Slow Mo Guys, we get to start off the weekend …
When we shared photographer Adam Magyar's talk in which he describes the techniques he used to capture the mesmerizing photos and footage in his portfolio, he said 'everything looks cool in slow-motion.' And even though he's probably right, we would add an Orwellian addendum to that statement: 'but some things look cooler than others.'
That's the case with this macro footage of a match head lighting on fire, which was captured at 4,000fps by Emmy Award-winning cinematographer and founder of UltraSlo, Alan Teitel.
Sometimes, the right shot requires a beautifully minimalistic approach that subtly tugs on the heart strings... other times, you throw the freaking kitchen sink at it and come out with something that defies adjectives. The video above falls into the latter category.
A couple of weeks ago, Seattle-based production group Super Frog Saves Tokyo took the Internet by storm with their slow-motion photo booth footage from a recent wedding they shot. Now they're back by popular demand to share some of the specifics about how they set up their slow-motion experience.
Here's something that could very well be the "next big thing" in wedding photography: slow motion photo booths. Check out the hilarious video above for an example of what one such booth recently produced.
It seems like developers are always finding goodies hidden in Apple's iOS 7 beta software. Late last month it was discovered that iOS 7 may eventually be capable of detecting blinking and smiling in photos, and now? Well, let's just say Apple may be developing a slow-motion camera for the next iteration of the iPhone, which is expected to be announced later this year.
After reading the great reviews of the Fuji X100S, I decided to take the leap and buy one. I’ve been getting more interested in street photography lately, and this camera seemed like a good fit. Plus, it's supposed to sync at all shutter speeds, which is great for flash photography outside in bright sun. David Hobby and Zack Arias both have nice in-depth reviews.
But, things are rarely perfect. It turns out that the X100S can’t sync at f/2 unless you’re at around 1/1000 or slower on the shutter. Nice, but still, I was curious why that is. So I decided to run some tests to figure it out.
One of the interesting ideas involving slow motion cameras (i.e. high speed cameras) is to move the camera very quickly during shots, resulting in footage that looks like the camera is moving in real time while everything in the shot moves in slow motion. Last year we shared an incredible demo reel by German studio The Marmalade, which uses this technique.
Caleb Kraft over at Hack A Day was inspired by this concept and by the bullet-time rigs that have gotten quite a bit of press lately, and decided to try his hand at moving slow-mo footage using a single GoPro.
Photographer Florian Knorn recently took a Fastcam SA4 high speed camera -- ordinarily used for observing things like ballistics and fluid dynamics -- and pointed it at a Sony HVL-F58AM flash unit, capturing what a camera flash firing looks like when captured at 500,000 frames per second and then slowed down to to 25fps.
It's not uncommon for digital cameras to have burst modes as fast as 10 frames per second these days -- especially in mirrorless and pellicle mirror cameras -- but do you think you have a good understanding of just how fast 10FPS is? If not, check out this video by YouTube user krnabrnydziobak, who pointed a Phantom Miro eX2 at a Nikon D4 to see what 10FPS looks like when captured at a staggering 1920FPS.
Remember that slow-motion wildlife footage that consisted entirely of still photos animated with parallax? French photographer Sebastien Laban does the same thing, except with his wedding photographs.
In the video above, all the apparently 3D scenes you see are actually the result of using some After Effects magic on ordinary 2D photographs.
What do popping soap bubbles look like up close and slowed down? That’s what Gav and Dan of …
What would you capture if you had a day off on a hot summer day with $300,000 worth of …
It seems like everything is cooler in super slow motion, and fire-breathing is certainly no exception. Vancouver-based still photographer …
Photographer Tom Warner shot this slow motion incredible video of lightning at 7,207 …
You know those amazing high speed photos and videos of bullets being shot through various objects? BMW Canada decided …
Last month a series of humorous photographs by Tadao Cern showing …
Starting off Sunday on a slow motion note, this is just a downright cool 1000fps video of skateboarders doing …
If there was an official list of things that are too epic, this video would probably be somewhere on …
Cinematographer Jim Geduldick was lucky enough to be the first to test out …
There’s a Danish TV show called “Dumt & Farligt” in which two guys are given a house and the …
New York-based production company Variable traveled to India and pointed a Phantom Flex …
Here’s a camera shop promo that features the Nikon D4 filmed with a Phantom Gold high speed camera. It …
Here’s a stunning super slow motion video that shows Marina Kanno and Giacomo Bevilaqua of Staatsballett Berlin performing several …
17-year-old filmmaking student Sacha Powell shot this powerful slow motion film using a …
Destin of Smarter Every Day wanted to show how a DSLR shutter works, …
Gav of The Slow Mo Guys made this interesting video comparing different high-speed …
Here’s another beautiful example of why you don’t need to shell out $100,000 for a pro-grade high speed camera …
Cinematographer Chris Bryan used a Phantom HD Gold camera in a custom underwater …
So this is how some photographers always manage to capture awesome action shots… Now if only Neo or Max …
Wedding photographer Lee Morris recently had the idea of trying his hand at …
Here’s a slow motion video showing a closeup look at the human eye, our amazing biological lens (and sensor).
Melbourne-based design studio Betty Wants In is at it again. They’ve created this …
Earlier this year, daredevil BASE jumper Jeb Corliss leaped off a cliff in Switzerland in a wingsuit and wearing 5 separate GoPro cameras. One of the things Corliss did afterward was create this ethereal slow-motion video with the footage using Twixtor, the artificial slowmo program that has become quite popular as of late.
While we’re on the topic of high-speed cameras (and slow motion videos), here’s a beautiful slow-motion video of an …
When Eadweard Muybridge shot the first motion picture of a galloping …
Here's an interesting look at what the aperture blades on a Canon 18-55mm (the kit lens for many DSLRs) look like. The video above shows the blades moving into position at 120fps. This happens every time you shoot a photograph and in the blink of an eye.