13,500th of a Second - High Speed Still Photography

I have always been fascinated by capturing slices of time. It's a huge reason I became a photographer. There are many methods to stop motion in photography and one of them that holds special interest for me in the studio is flash duration of strobes.

Flash duration is the motion-stopping power of strobes. From being able to stop the movement of flowing hair, to capturing a droplet of splashing water, the shorter the flash duration, the crisper the final image will be when shooting in the studio. With this in mind, I decided to create a series of splash images using water and glasses and strobe heads with a flash duration of 13,500 of a second.