We can see something in front of our eyes and not truly see it all. When things happen so fast, or too fast for the eye to capture there is always a series of events we have completely missed. In 1877 Eadweard Muybridge was enlisted by the Governor of California Leland Stanford to prove his claim that all four hooves of a horse left the floor while galloping. Eadweard was well known for his for work with multiple cameras to capture motion and his work in the late 1800's is still being used in cinema projection today. He set out to answer Stanford's claim and set up a series of 24 cameras, 21 inches apart over a distance of 20 feet. The camera's where arranged parallel to the track and had trip wires which were triggered by the horses hooves. The final result is a series of moments which flow together to give you the over all visual of what a horse looks like as it gallops, successfully proving that all four hooves do leave the floor.This might seem commonplace for us now with all our modern technology, something which we see quite often while watching sport to see if a ball was in or out of play. We slow down historic footage such as JFK's assignation to try and work out what happened, we also like to artistically slow down footage of events to extend the time the image can been seen.
However sometimes there are events that simply happen within our home and that our eye cannot capture, but to slow it down you see a surreal beauty of motion in action. Something so much faster than the eye is the speed of a bullet and the impact moment which is also very dramatic when slowed down to a moment. Above and below are a few examples and to search online you'll find there is a world you have never seen before and it's captivating and addictive.
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