CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Plushie Lichen Brooches by ELINtm DIY Scratch Off Cards by Giant Eye, DIY Chain Sleeve Top by A Merry Mishap blog, and Embroidery on Tulle by even-star.
Photography & Video
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for creating and editing digital photos and videos, as well as how to make your own still and video cameras.
Lovely solargraphy photos
Polar and horizontal mounts of solargraph 35mm pinhole-can cameras. Images captured in Nuremberg, German. Camera: plastic 35mm film cans, paper: Agfa BS310 RC. [Spotted on the MAKE Flickr pool] More nifty solargraphy pics in the Solargraphy Flickr pool. Polar and Horizontal Can-Mount
Scratch-built SLR camera
This discussion board is in French, but it’s still fascinating and rewarding enough to scroll through the postings to see the progress pics of this scratch-built SLR camera. Really inspiring. [Thanks, Jacek Tomasiak!] SLR From Scratch
Ultra-slow-exposure pinhole photography
Finnish photographer Ollipekka Kangas tapes pinhole cameras to trees and sign poles for months at a time, accumulating some pretty crazy imagery. Basically solarigraphic camera is a pinhole camera, very slow one. These pinhole photographs taken with a lensless pinhole camera with a extra long exposure. I use black&white paper which is 5-10 ASA. Exposure […]
DSLR Camera Wrist Strap
Instructables user ~teknoarsonist~ created this DSLR wrist strap useful for “pulling one-handers” without fear of dropping your precious, but heavy, camera.
Curtain made from film slides
Becky spotted this “kodachrome curtain” from Flickr user yarnzombie in her weekly CRAFT Flickr pool round-up post. Besides the coolness of the idea itself, this is a great example of the power of a good photograph to sell your project. Gorgeous shot!
10 Ways to Photograph Food
We’ve had many a discussion in our CRAFT offices with our photographer Sam Murphy about how hard it is to photograph food. For you budding food bloggers, take a visit to Chow.com’s slideshow 10 ways to photograph food for more inspiration. I like the approach used by Jamie Olivier pictured above where it’s real food […]