In Part 1, I showed my setup for taking water droplet photos by using an eyedropper and an IR emitter/receiver pair. After learning from that setup, I created a fully-automated droplet setup which opens the camera shutters, dispenses droplets, and fires the flashes at the appropriate moment. Once its

Droplet photography is interesting to me because it combines two interests of mine: photography and electronics. I've done multiple photo sessions over the years with different technical methods of synchronizing the shots. In the beginning, the setup was simple. I used a set of harbor freight "helping hands" to hold