Motion Control Photography has always been an art that intrigued me as an engineer. It’s a powerful tool, pioneered (large scale) in Star Wars, that allows you to shoot precisely and repeatably any shot you can conceive of. And as someone who would never be a great camera operator in person, I thought there would […]
Alright, so this is really a follow-up to my previous post, but here’s the code I used to verify the functionality of my 2-input/motor stepper controller. Note: pins 2&3 were for one stepper motor, pins 4&5 were for another. This code rotates two motors in the same direction. The program has 2 global variables, one […]
After a grueling semester, and before a month-long stint helping the SES research group, I’ve managed to complete the first phase of my motion-controlled photography rig: setting up a pair of bipolar stepper motor controllers. This is the most important non-mechanical part of the project, as without control of motors there can be no awesome-tastic […]
One of the issues I’m trying to solve in my motion controlled photography project is how to trigger the camera. I have already shown a proof of concept with an Arduino, but I found out that what I was doing was “the redneck way” of doing it in the camera world. What I was doing […]
For months now, I’ve been inspired by works from people like Tom Lowe and the crew of the ISS who’ve created unbelievable timelapses out of nothing but spare time and neat gadgetry. It’s a cool blend of optical kung-fu and careful shot-planning to create something pretty incredible and changes your perception of the world. For […]