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Presents a simplified stroboscopic system for motion pattern photography. Basic parameters at work in a typical stroboscopic set-up; Features of a mechanical stroboscope; Multiple flash-based stroboscope; Stroboscopic photography with digital cameras; Moving film technique.

The article provides a description of a lesson plan for high school and/or college physics wherein students explore the accuracy of physicist Sir Isaac Newton's calculation of the acceleration constant for gravity by using digital cameras to photograph falling objects, known as the blur method.

The article offers instructions for producing polarizer-based photographs.

The article discusses how the author took photographs of vibrating strings or rubber bands to be included in the article about string theory. The concept of producing and studying vibrations is part of standard courses in physics. The availability of digital cameras makes photographing wave motions a practical way to extend the scope of these experiments. He built a setup in which he attached one end of a string to a fastener located on the edge of a rotating disc driven by a small electric motor whose speed could be varied by changing, with a rheostat, the voltage driving the motor. He lined up the string against a black background and flooded it with light. He lined his camera, so that the image plane was parallel to the string.

The article describes a classroom activity for technology students regarding aerial mapping and photography. The activity simulates how someone would go about making estimates of the height of a subject above level ground from a single aerial photograph. Teachers can conduct it over two class periods, one for set-up and picture making and the second for data reduction, or measurement, and write-up. The activity conveys that photography can be used not only for purposes of art and communication but also as a technology and a means for illustrating concepts in trigonometry and mathematics. An overview of the activity procedure and a list of materials needed for this project are provided.