Headshots

Here is a set of Headshots I have done in the past, I am planning on doing more sessions over the summer as its the best time of year for light and also in the build up for the men's spotlight deadline.

I would have far more examples but I do not have my hard drive with me but here is small selection.
If you would like a session the please do not hesitate contacting me, my number is 07506144155.

Thanks for looking

Kevin

High Speed - Studio

Today I spent the day with Sam Fogg in the studio, we were focussing on shooting fast moving subjects with a high shutter speed to freeze its movement.

This is a water balloon being popped and photographed at 1/250th of a second, as you can see the balloon itself is moving so fast it has made a pink blur and the water is just about separating.

This  milk droplet was shot using a pipet into petri dish, this is also shot at 1/250th

Hope you enjoyed looking at these shots as much as I did taking them, would love to hear your thoughts.

Kevin

Macro Flash - Crested Gecko

Hi there, it has been a while since I have even thought about posting a new blog. Been a busy few months!

Two days ago I went into the studio with some friends and played about with some high speed photography of some eggs breaking, bursting water balloons and the like. I also took in my Crested Gecko to use a Macro Flash kit.

Crested Geckos are indigenous to New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean, they were thought to be extinct until 1994 when they were rediscovered. Crested Geckos are now one of the most popular exotic pets in the world. Tempz - is a Harlequin Dalmation Crested Gecko due to its colouring.

Unfortunately I do not have the photographs of the high speed work we did, but i'll add them when I can get the files from a friend.

Both shot with Nikon d200 w/ 105mm Micro lens and Macro flash kit.

Thanks for looking

Kevin

First Post!

Hello, as you may be able to tell I am new to this blogging thing...but here it goes!

I have just handed in my work for university which was my first negotiated project. It was a self written brief and to my knowledge I was the only person to make a film. It has taken roughly three months of shooting/editing.

The film itself is a collection of high speed video and timelapse photography. Unfortunately the high speed camera I used was a compact camera with very low quality when shooting at high speed.

Upon first making this film, I wanted to have a narrator reading the following dialogue to accompany the film, but during the editing process I felt that the song I had playing under the images was too perfect to lose. Therefore I stuck to the song but for your consideration her is the dialogue I wrote to accompany the film.

Narrative

“The world that surrounds us moves in amazing ways. Its our perception of time and movement that hinders us. Its only until we have the capacity to speed it up, or slow it down that we can truly understand the worlds nature in all of its beauty.

Humans are not biologically capable of viewing some of the spectacles that can be found within the natural world. On average the human viewing rate is roughly 60 frames per second. This is where science exceeds human capabilities ten fold. Luckily cameras have been created that can shoot over 1000 frames per second.

On the other hand time-lapse photography is a recording technique where the frequency at which frame rates are captured is far lower than which it would be when played back. Our brains cannot slow time, or speed it up. This is why science has used these technological advancements to its advantage.   

The uses for these cameras are endless. High speed photos were initially used for a clearer perspective on the anatomical structure and movements of animals. It was an animation sequences by Eadweard Muybridge of animal locomotion. This stands as as one of the earliest froms of videography.

Now we have such technological advancements, there is access to cameras that shoot up to 1000 frames available in an amateur compact camera. When slowing down time, it makes the world clearer. Upon first inspection Bees seem like perfect, organised but when filmed at high speed…it is fairly obvious they are not.

At the beginning of 2011, research began into reaction movements and speed of geckos. Like cats, it has recently been discovered that Geckos can adjust their body to land in whichever way they want, with using their tail as a “rudder”. It uses its tail to counter balance and distribute its weight evenly to land safely when falling from a high point.

Another species that has been thoroughly researched with shooting in high speed are owls. Most owls have relatively large, rounded wings. The wings are broad, with a large surface area relative to the weight of the bird. This allows them to fly buoyantly and effortlessly, without too much flapping and loss of energy. They can glide easily and fly slowly for long periods of time. Many species use this slow flight to hunt ground-dwelling prey from the air.

When in flight their wings and feathers are designed so their fly silently. With a normal bird in flight, air rushes over the surface of the wing, creating turbulence, which makes a gushing noise. With an Owl's wing, the comb-like feather edge breaks down the turbulence into little groups. This effectively muffles the sound of the air rushing over the wing surface and allows the Owl to fly silently.

Silent flight gives Owls the ability to capture prey by stealth, and also allows the Owl to use its hearing to locate potential prey. From one of the most perfect nocturnal hunters that use minimal light from the night sky, to the night sky itself. Stars are seemingly static until we have the capabilities to change time. Speeding up the process of the earths rotation shows stars slowly moving across the sky. The centre of the rotation is the North Star, which remains static in the sky with the other stars rotating around the epicenter.

Viewing the constellations moving across the sky can benefit research into astronomy. It is unfortunate that many of the stars we can see do not exist anymore, they have burnt out and it is only because they are so far away and the speed at which light travels that we can see them. We are in fact looking at a constantly evolving universe with new and old stars together. “