High Speed Portrait

[AshtonPhoto]

I don't know why you went to all that trouble. All you have to do is have someone fire the flash at the same time as the ballon bursts. Easy!

[smokinblu1]

@AshtonPhoto yeah, in theory it is, trust me its easier this way :) Or else people wouldnt be using this system

[Schroeder9999]

@AshtonPhoto Try it for yourself and you'll know why they went through "all that trouble"

[AshtonPhoto]

@Schroeder9999

Ahem, I was kidding...

[afedorov2012]

Ingenious !!!

[vadimggg]

Genious!! :)

[bitvictim]

Nice idea... love It :)

[FloatingOnAZephyr]

Great to see people experimenting with this stuff. Liked the concept, could have other applications :)

[mwelzy]

pretty interesting

[sainathbp5]

GUd JoB....

[noahsoskha118]

orr...

you can remote trigger the flashes(and the shutter)

same time when your shooting the gun :P

JK...

[casperandrachelle]

genius!

[PeNkNiFeLoVeLiVe]

i cant thank you enough

seriously (L)X

[LEXPIX]

Very cool. 

[The48thRonin]

Cool thanks!

[chuda99]

Really cool video!

[Profete339]

I hope my cambag is big enough to carry such a weapon, ahah.

Such a nice trick.

[renzshigeno13]

wait.. what do you mean by non dedicated flash?

[handadam]

A non dedicated flash is a flash that doesn't adjust it's power automatically based on the camera's settings. It's basically a cheap flash with only manual controls (the one I use you can't even control to power output...it's full power or nothing). Dedicated flashes (Canon, Nikon, etc.) have a more complicate triggering system that can't simply be triggered with aluminum foil and wires.

[SteezyyDeezyy]

@handadam they can be triggerd... i completed the circuit with a money clip. this is with the Nikon SB-900 one of the most advanced and new flashes..

[1stab]

@handadam Please forgive me if I'm missing part of the above explanation but, there are Auto Non-dedicated flashes. These have an "Eye" in the front of the flash that automatically adjusts flash output in relation to a specific F-stop depending on ASA. And yes, there are the older, cheaper versions that simply have one power output. Cheers.

[koj1]

@renzshigeno13 non dedicated flash is an external flash that arent made for specific camera brand. an example would be a vivitar 285hv or any flash that has a single pin under the hot shoe mount.

[jethou1]

@koj1 One thing to be aware of is that on some flashes (like mine) there is a spring loaded pin on both sides of the hot shoe mount and only one of them connects to the flash trigger. I wasted a lot of time before I found this out! Also some flashes with multiple pins can still be triggered by shorting the centre pin to one of the side pins.

[jethou1]

@koj1 One thing to be aware of is that on some flashes (like mine) there is a spring loaded pin on both sides of the hot shoe mount and only one of them connects to the flash trigger. I wasted a lot of time before I found this out!

[kaen888]

i just wanted to ask if the set up will still work with out a highspeed sync cam?

[handadam]

The camera is anything but high speed. I just left the shutter open for a second. I set the timer, listened for the shutter to open, shot the balloon and my brother triggered the lights. By shooting at night in a dark area, there wasn't enough ambient light to expose anything with a one second shutter speed..the lights were the only thing exposing the image.

[Jangott92]

@handadam that will be the reason why they take the image in the darkness

[push911forme]

Awesome! Great idea and video!

[zwe2]

Now that is some awesome stuff! Very inventive thinking!

[JackobKurdshman]

grate vid

[AlmostCommon]

Great idea, but I've seen professionals simply use a camera that takes multiple photographs within a certain time frame. They use these because of the timing problem you folks solved.

[jorgetakeshita]

Could you tell us which software did you use to make this animation?

[handadam]

I, much to my embarrassment, used Apple's Final cut studio's "Motion". It's what I use at work and all I had access to when making this video. I just took Photoshop files with layers and placed them into a 3-d scene. The same results can be gained with "After Effects" (better app. IMO), and I believe Flash CS4 too. I would recommend the Adobe CS collection over Final Cut Studio. It's much cheaper, works on PC's (also cheaper), it has Photoshop, and it just does more and works better.

[jorgetakeshita]

Nothing to be embarrassed! It was very instructional, and wanted to have the ability to make so good job and don't know where to start. After seing your animation, I was wondering if Google's Sketchup can help me. I don't have any experience with 3D.

[handadam]

Google's sketch up is a program I wish was around when I was in high school (10+ years ago) and trying to find 3-d software to learn on. Sketch Up is free, easy to use, fairly robust, and a great place to get started in 3-d. I have lots of experience with Maya, and I'm still surprised Sketch up is as nice as it is. I don't think Sketch up does animation though, but I 'm not sure of that. Give sketch up a try, you have nothing to lose but time.

[BlackRebelWilliams]

THANK YOUU THIS VIDEO IS Amazing

[MichelleJonesPhotog]

Wow, that aluminium foil trick rocks and is so much simpler than a sound trigger!