Alan Sailer

Alan Sailer is a microwave engineer who got into photography by a cool photo he accidentally took.  He doesn't class himself as a professional photographer and does not do it for a living.  To achieve his high speed photography he has designed and constructed a lot of his own equipment including a speed flash which can go as fast as one microsecond allowing him to take a photo of a projectile traveling at 700 feet per second with almost no blur.  He then gets random objects and shoots them with bullets, pellets and marbles or occasionally blows them up.

 I find this photo interesting as it, well it's something exploding, also it clearly shows colour and movement.

This photo is really interesting as Sailer has taken a really annoying and difficult 3D puzzle and blow it to bits while a taking photo of it, displaying both colour and shape.

This one seem a bit of a waste of good smarties to me but it has created a stunning photo with a range of colours and tones, as well as some contrast between the smarties and the background.

This photo shows colour and movement quite well even though it does not have any motion blur, it also displays strong contrast between the different colour crayons and the blue background.

Alan Sailer is inspirational as he demonstrates that you don't need to be a professional photographer or go out and buy loads of ridiculously expensive stuff to be able to take great photos although a working understanding of how things work can help.

In summary Sailer takes everyday ordinary things and adds some fun to them by blowing up or shooting them while using some of his home made equipment to help take photos of it without any motion blur or at least as little as possible.  He manages to take some fantastic photographs without being a professional or even a full time amateur he just does this for fun.