A video crew from the German Science Magazine "Galileo" visited Woodland Valley on Monday to film a segment on WCA member Dennis Havel. "Galileo" is a daily prime time TV show with an average market share of 18%. It is seen in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Dennis has recently done a series of stop action photos of pellets shooting through water drops. He synchronizes the trigger of the gun, the falling water, the lights and his camera shutter. He captures the photo as the pellet pierces the water which is rebounding off a small dish placed underneath the falling droplet.
His images were picked up by a London photo agency. They wrote a story about him and circulated it with his images around the world. His work has appeared in places far and wide including Europe, the Mideast and Asia.
In addition to shooting a story about Dennis and filming the set-up, the videographers brought a high speed video camera capable of 4,000 frames per second and used it to shoot the action themselves. There are only 35 of these cameras in the world and it produces stunning results. Unfortunately, we here in the US won't be able to see the finished program.
The crew used the old ski lodge at Romer Mt Park to do the set-up and filming. It was a long day of work but everyone was happy with the results it produced.
You never know what is going to happen in Woodland Valley!!!
You never know what is going to happen in Woodland Valley!!!
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| The crew entering Romer Mt Park ski lodge |
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| Beginning the set-up |
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| Dennis explaining the set-up to Gesa |
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| Dennis firing the pellet gun and startling the producer |
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| Getting the camera in place |
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| Checking alignment |
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| Shooting the high speed video |
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| The crew with the set-up used to film the droplets. They are from left Ludwig the high speed videographer, Frank the sound man George, the segment videographer, Gesa, the producer and on-camera interviewer and Dennis Havel, STAR |
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| One of Dennis's original photos |
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| Another of Dennis' original still photos |
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| A screen grab from the high speed video Crew photos above taken by Carol Seitz - Stop action photography by Dennis Havel |
