Ashok Kandimalla has been in the photographic field for over three decades and has extensive experience in both film and digital photography. Being an electronics engineer by profession and a photographer, he possesses a unique and deep insight into the technical aspects of digital photography and equipment. He has published more than a 100 articles on photography and some of his writings have also been published in the well-known international magazine Popular Photography. An avid collector of photographic books and vintage cameras, Ashok has a keen interest in the history of photography and a passion for sharing his knowledge on photography through teaching and writing. He is the only Indian photographer to be featured on the Nikon Centenary website. He is presently working as a Management and Engineering consutant. He can be reached at kashokk@gmail.com.
You might have seen a TV program where an important part, like a player scoring a goal is replayed but slowed down to make the viewers better comprehend an act that could have been over in a fraction of a second. This as you may recall is called slow-motion or slo-mo in short. Slo-mo is also used extensively in event photography to make the viewers enjoy a critical moment like blowing out candles on a cake – for a longer time. Slo-mo stretches time, that is, it shows an event for a longer time than what had occurred really.
What about the opposite of this? That is, you can take an event that takes a long time but play it back in a very short duration. This will make all the events appear to the viewer as if they were happening very rapidly. A good example of
