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Do-It-Yourself: High Speed Photography Tips & Tricks

Mar 21, 2010 07:00 PM

Water flowing from a faucet against a red background. High speed photography is awesome. Who doesn't love looking at bullets smash through glass or annihilate a tomato? Or see a babe in a swimsuit do a strikingly slo-mo wet hair flip?

Hongkiat's collection of high speed photographs completely inspire the HowTo behind the process. Luckily, DIY Photography has posted a very helpful HowTo on setting up your own high speed photography studio at home.

You will need:

Balloon
Digicam Tripod
Sigma Flash
Homemade Sound Trigger
Needle (or BB-gun)
Backdrop (e.g. balck Bristol Sheet)

Click through for the entire tutorial.

Cigarette with ash and burnt tip on a gray background.

Woman reacting as beverage splashes her face against a dark background.

Exploding crayons in vibrant colors against a gray background.

Light bulb with a burst of light and smoke.

Woman in a bikini playing with her wet hair at sunset by the ocean.

Camera partially submerged in water, creating splash effects.

A hand holding a water balloon just before it bursts, creating a splash of water.

Santa Claus in a snow globe with a sleigh and winter scene.

Hammer breaking a glass bottle.

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