Harold Edgerton and Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge Research
Edward Muybridge was born 9th April 1830 and died 8th May 1904 both in Kingston upon Thames. He was importantly known for his work in creating motion. He mainly focussed on humans and animals, creating sequences involving different positions from animals. Although, some looked very similar.
Time can be shown through many ways using photography such as photos that work well as a series. Eadweard Muybridge used this technique of motion to solve the problem of whether a horses legs leave the ground during a gallop. He proved this by setting up a series of cameras and wiring them up so the horses legs release the shutters to capture the images. Muybridge also captured series' of other animals in different positions. He went on to capture a series of photo of a lady showering, which in them days the nudity wasn't seen as a good thing, in his photography.
This experiment to prove if a horses legs leave the ground where galloping earnt Muybridge a prize sum of money as he was able to be the first to prove and show that there is a point where the legs leave the floor.
He uses sequence photos and puts them together such as, this photo to the right, which shows the ostrich in different positions. He's done a lot of these kind of sequence series'.
Harold Edgerton
Harold Edgerton thought of himself as a engineer and not an artist. Although, his work was featured in art exhibitions. He rigged his camera, a trigger and a pipette to drop the milk up to capture shots like this. Hundreds of high speed photos were taken to capture this photo, he then went through them and chose the best timed image. It was not produce by a single one off image.
He also created this photo of a bullet going through a apple. To create these or similar photos I would use a fast shutter speed and either use a remote or continuous shutter to capture hundreds of photos. I experimented with a simplified version of this using a plum and dropping it into a bowl of water to create a similar effect of the milk drop. He would have chose a single image from these series'. This is something I would be interested in experimenting with, I think this is more interesting compared to some of the other techniques like after effects, which I wasn't as interested in.
Edward Muybridge was born 9th April 1830 and died 8th May 1904 both in Kingston upon Thames. He was importantly known for his work in creating motion. He mainly focussed on humans and animals, creating sequences involving different positions from animals. Although, some looked very similar.Time can be shown through many ways using photography such as photos that work well as a series. Eadweard Muybridge used this technique of motion to solve the problem of whether a horses legs leave the ground during a gallop. He proved this by setting up a series of cameras and wiring them up so the horses legs release the shutters to capture the images. Muybridge also captured series' of other animals in different positions. He went on to capture a series of photo of a lady showering, which in them days the nudity wasn't seen as a good thing, in his photography.
This experiment to prove if a horses legs leave the ground where galloping earnt Muybridge a prize sum of money as he was able to be the first to prove and show that there is a point where the legs leave the floor.He uses sequence photos and puts them together such as, this photo to the right, which shows the ostrich in different positions. He's done a lot of these kind of sequence series'.
Harold Edgerton
Harold Edgerton thought of himself as a engineer and not an artist. Although, his work was featured in art exhibitions. He rigged his camera, a trigger and a pipette to drop the milk up to capture shots like this. Hundreds of high speed photos were taken to capture this photo, he then went through them and chose the best timed image. It was not produce by a single one off image.
He also created this photo of a bullet going through a apple. To create these or similar photos I would use a fast shutter speed and either use a remote or continuous shutter to capture hundreds of photos. I experimented with a simplified version of this using a plum and dropping it into a bowl of water to create a similar effect of the milk drop. He would have chose a single image from these series'. This is something I would be interested in experimenting with, I think this is more interesting compared to some of the other techniques like after effects, which I wasn't as interested in.
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