When I first got a GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition, I got it primarily because it was a low-cost camera with a high-speed frame rate, which means it could film objects in slow motion.  It’s not super-slow motion like you’d want to use to capture bullets in flight, but it’s still quite slow.  When I use the GoPro in my videos, I use the WVGA mode at 240 frames per second; when edited into a 24-frame-per-second video, that means the footage plays back at 10x slow motion.

10x slow motion isn’t extreme (you’d ideally want more like 5,000 frames per second for extreme slow motion) but it’s certainly slow enough that it warrants playing with.  And, seeing as the GoPro included a waterproof housing, well… surely that meant I had to do something with it that would get it wet, right?

Enter the water jugs.  I don’t find shooting water jugs good for much, but for slow-mo footage they certainly serve a purpose.  I poured a little food coloring in the water to get it to be more photographical.  And then I shot the bejeepers out of them.

It was mildly entertaining, but didn’t really have the wow or fun factor I was hoping for, so then I pulled out some big bottles of soda.  If you shake that stuff up vigorously and then blast it with a Taurus Judge, it explodes in a very satisfying way.

Enjoy!