How to do High-Speed Photography Tricks

Photography Tips

If you’ve ever thought about it, high-speed photography is actually a really interesting photography genre. Everyday mundane activities can appear mind-blowing when you freeze the frame at the right moment. In fact, with high-speed photography, it’s almost like you’re slowing down time and having a peek at it. Sounds staggering, right?

In today’s exciting video, we have the awesome team over at COOPH sharing some great tips and photography inspiration on how you can do some awesome high-speed photography:

Many people associate high-speed photography with sports and wildlife photography. While that’s not a matter of great concern, it is important to realize that those genres offer limited scope for creativity.

But when you get your hands dirty in a controlled environment using elements like powders, fluids, glass and different filters like you see in the video, the opportunities are endless. Whether you decide to use colored powder or something as simple as some flour, with the right concept and execution, anything can come out breathtaking.

And if you’re someone who’s not afraid of going that extra mile then breaking glass can be another great subject for hi-speed photography. Be sure to be careful though.

Further, in the video, you can also see how you can take interesting hi-speed shots of objects in motion. Along with that, the COOPH team also shows you how you can add creativity to the process by using gels. Colorful gels work especially well if there are sprinkles of water or smoke involved in the shot.

Working with liquid is another avenue you can explore for some creative high-speed photography. Pour them around, create splashes, and go crazy with them – thanks to their behavior, they make for an excellent choice for high-speed creative photography.

In all cases, there are some key basic things you should be wary about when shooting high-speed photography.

• Set the focus to manual and pre-focus
• Use higher f-number like f/8 (or higher) to have a greater depth of field
• Set the camera to shoot continuous frames
• Use a fast shutter speed, but if you’re using flash you might be limited by your camera’s flash-sync speed
• Using  flash helps a lot; be sure to keep the flash power to the lower side to avoid motion blur

We sure do hope that the ideas shared in this video inspire you to try out some high-speed photography. If you have some more ideas be sure to share them in the comments. We’d love to hear from you as well.