High Speed Photography

By Vailancio Rodrigues
Below we present over 35 beautiful examples of high-speed photography, which are supposed to provide you with some inspiration of what can be done with high-speed photography. We also showcase some truly stunning slow-motion videos. All the examples are linked to their sources. You can also explore further works of the photographers we’ve featured below.

35 Beautiful Examples of High-Speed Photography

Heart Breaker
The photo is taken by Jeroen Rouwkema.

Marbles
The photo is taken by fotoopa.

A Splash

Sound-triggered high-speed flash photography
These experiments were performed as part of the 2008 Astro-Science Workshop of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, IL.

The Red And The Blue
The photo is taken by Paul Hocksenar.

Cherry Drop
Photo by Brian Davies.

KevLewis

Ghirlanda Colore
The photo is taken by Antonino Dattola.

Water Sphere

Popping Balloons
The photo is taken by Rob Hilken.

Allesblinkt

kalimistuk

Apple Water Splash
Photo by linden.g.

Speedy burst water balloon
“Awesome and interesting shot of a water balloon being popped. I’ve never seen a planet blow up, but this is how I imagine it would look.”

Water Sound Figures
Photo by linden.g.

Inapond

Smashed (and burning) bulb
The photo is taken by Peter Wienerroither from the University of Wien, Austria.

Rising Up
Photo by James Neeley.

Strange Brew
Photo by Ray Edgar.

Shattered Glass
“This photo perfectly freezes the moment between the breaking of the bulb and the tungsten filaments (thereby breaking the source of light), it’s a sort of limbo captured.”

Unknown (?)

High Speed Milk Drop

Shower Cap

H0S

3 Waterbaloons

Milk and Coffee
The photo is taken by Andreas Stridsberg.

Bullet Pictures

Red Light Bulb
Photo by spyzter.

Pabst + Hollow Point

Water Dart
Photo by Adam Connah.

Nebarnix High-speed photography set

Flame

Ain’t No Reason

Minutes of fun
Photo by cavern.

Film Photography Inspiration

"Being free is a lot like being lost – lostinagoodway
My name is Tim and I started photography only two years ago. I grew up in a lazy, boring small town near Frankfurt, Germany. There was absolutely nothing to do other than to be creative to get out. So, I started playing the guitar in a pop/rock-band; it never quite fulfilled me, but it led me on the incredible journey to photography.
In 2010, the band arranged a photo shoot with a lovely and talented American photographer, my dear friend Allister Ann from Nashville. From that day on, I was hooked! I joined her Euro-Trip, bought my first camera in Berlin, and soaked up everything I could possibly learn from her on the road.
There was never a question about analog vs. digital. I just fell in love with film – the grain, the leaks, the perfection of its imperfections. I soon got my hands on an old Canon AE1 and tried out Polaroids, Lomography – pretty much everything you could imagine. My artist name ‘lostinagoodway’ is truly my story: photography set me free and I got lost in it – but in a good way." ~  Tim Dechent
exhibitions:
urban outfitters Frankfurt/Germany 2012
puplished:
Cliche’ magazine April/May Issue 2013
Sir magazine April 2013
resource magazine fall issue 2012
zeum magazine 2012
Cliche’ magazine December issue 2012
theprintspace blog 2012

For more film photography inspiration by Tim Dechent, you can visit his flickr photostream here.