Slow-motion photos of people getting shocked with stun guns

Nobody wants to be shocked by a stun gun, but if you’re going to get shocked with one, it may as well be one that doesn’t hurt too much and you may as well get a photographer to capture the images of your pain-stricken face and turn it into art.

Photographer Patrick Hall wanted to capture raw human emotion in his photos and what better way than getting a friend or significant other to shock you with a taser giving off 300,000 volts of electricity.

Here are some additional photos from the shoot.

What is 300,000 volts of electricity? For a comparison, check out what 15,000 volts of electricity looks like while making its way through wood.

For a better idea of what a 300,000-volt stun gun is capable of, keep in mind that the product is illegal in a handful of states in the U.S. 

Were the participants safe during this photo shoot?

According to Hall, the taser was strong enough to get great facial expressions but couldn't hurt them in any way.
Although 300,000 volts is an impressive number, the real stopping power comes from the amperes of an electronic control device.  A single amp is enough to kill someone but stun guns use about three to four milliamps to stop an attacker.  So it's way below the threshold needed to cause the heart to beat irregularly or kill anyone.

Hall used a variety of camera equipment in his epic photo shoot including the new Nikon D810 DSLR, two Sony FS700 cameras for slow motion videos, and three Profoto D1 1,000-watt heads to craft the light.
 
According to Hall,

“What I found most interesting about the reactions people showed while getting tazed was you never knew how they would react.  Some people screamed while others were quiet.  A few people looked like they were experiencing pleasure while others had the most painful faces I've ever seen.  I saw jumpers and fallers.  People laughed and people cursed.  I even had about four guys and girls who did not react at all and seemed to be completely un-phased by the 300,000 volts of electricity.”

Watch this compilation of photos from the shoot in this funny video Hall put together.