Photo Journal

January 16, 2005 

 We came in, set everything up and worked out the kinks in the equipment.  The gun had a firing problem which we solved by removing an apparatus from around the trigger.  We figured out the initial delay time and the delay times for the flashes by using the speed of the pellet and the distance from the sound trigger.  We spent most of our time trying to make sure we could see four images.

Picture of Setup

January 17, 2005

We tried to get our timing precise by shooting test shots to make sure that there were four bullets in the area of were the balloon would be hanging.  Do to problems with the camera we did not get any photos.

January 19, 2005

 We started shooting air filled balloons and we switched cameras. 

 January 20 and 21, 2005

 Due to snow and ice we had shorten classes and did not have the time to setup for photos, so we worked on our understanding of FrontPage, the program we used for our website.

January 24, 2005

 We attempted to start water balloons but were met with the obstacle of the balloon not ripping.  Instead the pellet when directly through the center leaving two holes one on both sides allowing the water to squirt out. 

January 25, 2005

 We shot the balloon near the top and it still did not rip and finally we got it to rip by shooting it near the bottom.

January 26, 2005

 We finally got pictures of the pellet going through an air filled balloon to make sure that the settings on the camera were correct.

January 27, 2005

 We added colored filters to the flashes so the balloon would not show up so bright.

January 28 and 31, 2005

 We started getting pictures of the water balloons, but we had problems getting our delays correct.  Due to time restrictions, we we unable to get a picture with the correct timing.