MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flight in multiple exposures[above top-left] Wind generator challenge @ MAKE:NYC [above top-right] Meatloaf man[above bottom-left] Catching up with TGIMBOEJ [above bottom-right]
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.
Scavenging photography of Miroslav Tichý
Czech photographer Miroslav Tichý captures images using handmade cameras built from salvaged material – discarded wooden spools, elastics, eyeglass lenses, and cardboard tubing find new life as part of his imaging gear. The resulting work is a testament to the poetic value error, imprecision, and circumstance can add to art. When asked about the theory […]
Photographically enhanced video
Researchers from the University of Washington’s Graphics and Imaging Laboratory are developing video enhancement software which utilizes data from related still images. Currently only for use with ‘still-life’ scenes, the process incorporates information from higher resolution photos and automatically maps it to the corresponding areas of the video in need of improvement – increasing resolution, […]
Kaleidoscope your photos
Here’s a fun online toy I found through Deep Fun– you paste in the url from an online image you like, and the software converts it into a kaleidoscope image – you can change the kaleidoscope image by clicking and dragging with your mouse. (that’s my cat, Jamie)
High-speed photo gallery
Flickr user Nebarnix posted an awesome gallery of high-speed photo eye-candy – High speed photography. If anyone has any requests I’d be happy to blow it up for you! Most of these photos are taken with a special flash unit that uses a high voltage arc in air as the light source. The flash of […]
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Building Benito [above, bottom-right] Software CV sequencer [above, bottom-left] DIY Channel cutting blade [above, top-right] Speaker cube [above, top-left]
DIY: Stand clamp for portable recorder
I really like this project for its simplicity. The design can be adapted for a bunch of other things too. Maybe it could be adapted for a camera, or studio lights? Just don’t forget to paint the clamp, since it looks so much better in black! When I shoot concerts, I often record audio off […]