Camera traps aren't just for capturing imagery of animals! In fact, most camera trapping is actually performed in studios and laboratories - it enables us to trigger either stills or video cameras with precision (down to microsecond, or millionths of a second) timing. Try doing that with your finger on the shutter button! This small selection of fun images I have taken over the years hopefully gives you some insight into how camera trapping for precision remote camera applications opens a whole new world of scientific and artistic possibilities.
![Air pistol pellet leaving the muzzle at about 450 fps.](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf1.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/c26b1f2d-4182-4d61-89f3-f4b747f39a08_rw_1920.jpg?h=22441d78b3914d857b8e0f96414a23ca)
Air pistol pellet leaving the muzzle at about 450 fps.
![Balloon frozen mid-pop using open flash technique. 30 people in the workshop captured the same moment on their cameras.](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf5.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/60b06a3e-d8d5-4084-8c92-0645dea6f968_rw_1920.jpg?h=e4e26b83d0eef25c7dc2c83f7f5edc2c)
Balloon frozen mid-pop using open flash technique. 30 people in the workshop captured the same moment on their cameras.
![Champagne!](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf2.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/d128b77f-a874-47e6-bcad-89827cbd7e59_rw_1920.jpg?h=c18a44503baff8ee0ebde6c308141325)
Champagne!
![Above: 4 colored water droplets. Below: Air pistol pellet plowing through droplets](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/7534460a-85a0-43dc-9269-7127feb25ef5_rw_1920.jpg?h=466934405d1355101844bfad77fb0920)
Above: 4 colored water droplets. Below: Air pistol pellet plowing through droplets
![Air pellet rebounding from steel ball on golf tee. The arc in front of the ball is the trajectory of the specular highlight](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf5.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/630d8eba-df68-49ef-98b2-accb163ee120_rw_1920.jpg?h=e2a5e8da2706ede04fe83c9dbe3b191b)
Air pellet rebounding from steel ball on golf tee. The arc in front of the ball is the trajectory of the specular highlight
![Droplet collision](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf5.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/6cea0577-6eeb-4730-a25c-5ff9fd593ba5_rw_1920.jpg?h=17bea26952fa98b7309af0643ec8733c)
Droplet collision
![Golf club hitting ball at approx 105 mph. Notice the forward blur...](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf2.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/3d35f0a0-b107-456e-a280-7a98a7e8dcdb_rw_1920.jpg?h=2c6a4961d56ee62fbead25ac4d61e92f)
Golf club hitting ball at approx 105 mph. Notice the forward blur...
![Dart dropped vertically onto a balloon](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf3.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/4b071a60-c0d5-4a0a-a605-64835cb93cfc_rw_1920.jpg?h=0f8554ff7d539d5b93565727b4f815a1)
Dart dropped vertically onto a balloon
![Air pistol pellet approaching steel ball on tee at about 450 fps](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/0531cdbc-dac6-44be-9323-132a5406ba02_rw_1920.jpg?h=f62f1da4ea5284a9d36bb3bfcca7b15e)
Air pistol pellet approaching steel ball on tee at about 450 fps
![Spinning card with colored strobes - Cognisys StopShot Studio](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf4.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/58ebaa73-b9b4-4e53-8255-573fa6fcf9da_rw_1920.jpg?h=d25bccca6f8ab3d2e59b27ea97a519dc)
Spinning card with colored strobes - Cognisys StopShot Studio
![Droplet collision](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf5.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/69d567c1-db5e-4028-ba37-9a50156ec513_rw_1920.jpg?h=b465a3279c3dceda29cf0615c6c37834)
Droplet collision
![Half microsecond exposure of pellet having entered a well of blue water (Pellet traveling verticall downward)](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf2.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/3491c520-4869-4c4f-8cc8-94fb0e45fc53_rw_1920.jpg?h=1b790ee6f759c95adbf01cce76ba38c7)
Half microsecond exposure of pellet having entered a well of blue water (Pellet traveling verticall downward)
![Colored water droplet demonstrating a Worthington Jet](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf2.myportfolio.com/24faae16-7c92-41e3-bb4a-9471cc36961a/3476d941-18c3-4f66-842c-cbdd03afdb88_rw_1920.jpg?h=4651e4d30bdf2ca583b2786f62dfa870)