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              April 23, 2012
              Kenn Tam

              [Pics] Lighting your Shots with Explosions

              Joschi Herczeg and Daniele Kaehr are the two artist behind this small series entitled, “Explosion”. They synced a camera with custom built detonators in order to capture explosions occurring in mundane surrounding, which seems to further the sense of stillness and peace in what is otherwise a chaotic process. I’m not sure if it’s the aesthetics of these shots that gets me jazzed or the idea that I could use it as an excuse to blow things up while photographing. Either way, it got my attention.
              As stated in their bios:
              “Their fascination lay in making order out of chaos and freezing an ephemeral creation; each image is like a chance sculpture—the artists themselves were uncertai colour n of the shape, and size they would form.”


               [Pics] Lighting your Shots with Explosions
               [Pics] Lighting your Shots with Explosions
               [Pics] Lighting your Shots with Explosions
               [Pics] Lighting your Shots with Explosions
               [Pics] Lighting your Shots with Explosions

              via [MyModernMet]

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              • http://www.facebook.com/tracy.nanthavongsa Tracy Nanthavongsa

                That’s pretty cool!

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeffrey-Ringer/661489535 Jeffrey Ringer

                I love this

              • apercep

                Wow… I would love to see a BTS of this.. Would like to see the shutter speed, and the triggering device..

              • MarkFore

                beautiful! @apercep:disqus I can’t be positive on how it was done, but they could have used a peanut slave and wired it to the camera instead of the flash. The explosion would have to be really bright though.

              • Alain Tougas

                Seen the face in the first picture?

              • apercep

                they look to be electronically fired charges.. i wonder if the shutter was on the same trigger?
                 

              • apercep

                 It amazes me how well the human brain is adapted to recognize facial features..

              • http://twitter.com/sam_billingham Sam Billingham

                Wow thats crazy, i love it. I didn’t notice until you said but now can’t not see it.

              • http://www.flexiblevision.com Roman

                 I thought it is done in PS :D

              • http://twitter.com/Yael_P Yael Paris

                wonderful images

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002867993629 Emjay Khan

                wtf the face is spooky looool

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