Rick Graves has become known for creating huge single frame photographic images of very fast moving objects. Some of his better known images are of Lance Armstrong’s winning day at the Tour de France (above) and a line of cars racing by at a Nascar event. Rick accomplishes this by installing a special motor that is able to move the film through camera at a speed relative to the speed of the subject. Rick’s work was recently written up in Wired Magazine with a further explanation of the hacks he performs on his camera to get these results. From the article:
[Rick] modified his Hasselblad into what he calls a DistaCam — adding a high-velocity motor, locking the shutter open, and inserting a metal plate with a laser-cut slit. Whenever Graves triggers the motor, film zips past the slit at up to 1,400 rpm, capturing stills of the speeding cars.
You can also read more about his work on his blog.
Does anyone else have any camera hacks that they have experimented to get unique shots? Share them in the comments or on the forum.