My second visual assignment was “Stop Frame Photography” originally created by Elizabeth Castillo. The purpose of the assignment is to take still photos of an object in motion and put them side-by-side to show its movement. The reason behind choosing a water balloon is that I had seen a slow motion video of it once before. The first time I saw it I probably hit replay at least a dozen times. So if you were ever wondering what it looks like to get hit with a water balloon, here it is:

I created this mostly using Microsoft Office Picture Manager to edit screen captures of this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90VyvOhPmA0

Credits: Still Frames – DiscoverNetworks (Discover Channel)

Assignment Page: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/stop-frame-photography/