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.
This is a really nice DIY softbox that anyone can build. Using a softbox can really improve the overall quality of your photographs. The website has a lot more information and photographs of the entire build. The purpose of this project is twofold. First it allows for the testing of a new idea for mounting […]
I shoot with this type of battery grip. It’s great to be able to shoot all day and not worry about the batteries dying. However, when it’s dead, it’s dead. This hack is useful for people who don’t pay attention to how much ‘juice’ they have left. When the battery dies, you can just switch […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool DIY pong clock [above, top-left] Pipe lamp exudes hardware class [above top-right] HOW TO – IC Cufflinks Robot knitting circle [above, bottom-right] TMT, is the new SMT [above, bottom-left] Vanity mudflaps?
You’ve most likely seen a few “daily self portrait collections, but how many of them spanned 17 years? Dan Hanna describes his project – 17 years worth of taking 2 photos a day as my head rotates in sync with the Earth around the Sun. This is a non-dejittered, lo-res, highly compressed, preliminary version of […]
This is an interesting solution to controlling your DSLR without having to use a traditional computer. It occurred to me that if I could somehow tether a DSLR to an instant-on device like an Arduino microcontroller I would have less weight to carry around and could get more work done. After mentally spec’ing out what […]
Sean Ragan converted his old digital camera to sense infrared light better by changing out a filter in front of the CCD. He has some nice insights into the problems that could arise when doing this type of modification such as filter thickness and cutting one down to size.
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Have you seen this plug? GARG! Shin guard armor – sturdy! MAKE Flickr pool MIDI party PIC invaders – animated! IC golden legs Trumpet marine on Governor’s Island Ballistic chicken.
