I’ve recently been spending gobs of time in the newly dubbed “Technical Imaging Lab” at Arizona State University where I attend grad school, work in the photo studio, and work for the university under two separate grant projects. I really can’t complain about being there too much, I get to do things like what you see in the video above and call it work/school. In the fall a new class will be available at ASU called Technical Imaging. It will give students a chance to get their grubby little hands on some fairly awesome equipment and learn how to make sweet videos of themselves getting slapped in the face or hit with water balloons, fruit, dodgeballs, etc. They can also learn how to take still pictures of high speed events like liquids dripping and splashing, stuff getting chopped up in a blender or exploding.
Actually, I don’t know what kinds of things they’ll taking pictures and videos of, those things are just what I do with the gear while I’m in the lab learning how to use it myself. hee hee
A little background on this video…
The first two clips, wherein the illustrious Chris Paxman shoots himself in the face, were shot at 1245 frames per second. The latter clip of the soft (and very tender, ouch) tissue of my arm getting pelted with a pellet was shot at about 5700 frames per second.
The camera used to shoot such high framerates in this instance was a Phantom Miro eX2.
Oh, one more thing… While it may look cool to shoot projectiles at one’s face, this is not recommended.
A Welt-Inducing Good Time
I’ve recently been spending gobs of time in the newly dubbed “Technical Imaging Lab” at Arizona State University where I attend grad school, work in the photo studio, and work for the university under two separate grant projects. I really can’t complain about being there too much, I get to do things like what you see in the video above and call it work/school. In the fall a new class will be available at ASU called Technical Imaging. It will give students a chance to get their grubby little hands on some fairly awesome equipment and learn how to make sweet videos of themselves getting slapped in the face or hit with water balloons, fruit, dodgeballs, etc. They can also learn how to take still pictures of high speed events like liquids dripping and splashing, stuff getting chopped up in a blender or exploding.
Actually, I don’t know what kinds of things they’ll taking pictures and videos of, those things are just what I do with the gear while I’m in the lab learning how to use it myself. hee hee
A little background on this video…
The first two clips, wherein the illustrious Chris Paxman shoots himself in the face, were shot at 1245 frames per second. The latter clip of the soft (and very tender, ouch) tissue of my arm getting pelted with a pellet was shot at about 5700 frames per second.
The camera used to shoot such high framerates in this instance was a Phantom Miro eX2.
Oh, one more thing… While it may look cool to shoot projectiles at one’s face, this is not recommended.