Sunday, March 25, 2012

Movement


In researching movement, I discovered the work of Harold Eugene Edgerton. Edgerton, an electrical engineering professor at MIT, created and patented a series of high-speed electric flash mechanisms. This enabled his cameras to capture movement by documenting the tiniest slices of time. His work became known as "strobe photography." This technique allows for the capturing of motion (balloons during their bursting, a bullet during its impact with an apple, or tracking of a devil stick motion). Check out his website here to learn more.

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