freeze frame of lightning

i noticed this a couple of days ago in usa today. it was only a matter of time before someone pointed the lens of the new high shutter speed cameras at lightning. the results are pretty fantastic, literally capturing the speed of light.

so while searching for the what types of cameras were used, i came across a couple of sites that were really cool. ztresearch has some pretty cool videos of actual lightning, while vision research has a great video gallery with work they have done with the Phantom HD camera. enjoy and i’ll see if i can dig up some more.

just a few shots from our latest shoot for cult360…

dave directs the talent

helping us out, behind the camera in the following shot, was our friend tal from flike productions. also shown is joe jelic from cult 360 - looking at the preview monitor -  and our favorite make up artist susan donahue. this time around we used bravo studios in nyc. it’s a pretty nice facility with a good group of folks working there. they were very helpful throughout the day with anything we needed. we’ll post the clip soon.

visual mercenary group shoot at bravo studios

tiltshift_test

just to show how easy it is, i did this in about 1.5 minutes with a shot i took of gina and sophia in glacier national park. next, tilt video…