How the Water Balloon Pictures Were Made
The pictures were taken in the garage. The water balloon is
on the cutting board, with some guy apparently me 30 years
ago holding a knife ready to swing down and slice the
balloon. On the right side is an old fashion movie
projector, the light shining through a cardboard hole,
creating a beam of light going across to the light sensor on
the other side. Some electronics connects the light sensor
to the camera flash seen in the lower right of the
photograph.
When the knife is swing down slicing the balloon, the light
beam is broken and the camera flash is triggered. The brief
flash of light from the camera flash captures the moment.
To take the picture, the picture is taken at night with the
garage door closed making it pitch dark. My brother pushes
the button on the chord attached to the camera which opens
the camera shutter. He yells, "Shutter open!" I swing the
knife down, the camera flash activates capturing the moment
and exposing the film. My brother releases the camera's
shutter button closing the shutter and says, "Shutter's
closed." We grope for the light switch and look at all the
water on the table and garage floor.
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