August 2013 – Martyn Currey

Photographing Water Drops Using An Arduino Controller

August 14, 2013 by Martyn

I started creating a controller using a single Arduino Nano on a breadboard. Although it was very basic it worked fairly well. It allowed me to control a solenoid valve and trigger the camera shutter. I also added basic camera control and a timelapse function (intervalometer). This part worked well. I could set the frequency … Read more

Photographing Water Drops: Second Go

August 14, 2013August 12, 2013 by Martyn

I had another session photographing water drops. The idea is to create two drops slightly apart. The first drop hits the water, rebounds and creates a column and then the second drop collides with the column. Sounds a lot easier than it really is. Here are some of the results. These are from plain water. … Read more

First Proper Try At Water Drop Photography

October 5, 2013August 4, 2013 by Martyn

I wanted to try taking water drop photos and see what worked and what didn’t. Overall the results were better than I expected but not as good has I had hoped. Lighting is not good but I knew this from the beginning and concentrated on the drops and the timings. Working on the lighting can … Read more

Photographing Water Drops: First Prototype

August 14, 2013August 4, 2013 by Martyn

Here is the camera and stand setup. The stand is a 80cm lab stand. I bought 2 of these with various clamps and supports. Another Taobao special.