Photographer Alan Sailer fills your standard Christmas ornaments with all sorts of things like glitter, gelatin, food dye, and many other strange things that would never find their way into your standard ornament. He then shoots them with a pellet rifle against brilliantly colored backdrops and documents the entire process in detail capturing the millisecond explosions in all their glory. The result is a festive explosion of color and texture celebrating the season of giving in an a very unusual and imaginative way.

(via oriental)