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.
I’m sure I owe my fascination with glass eyes to my grandfather, who lost an eye when he worked on the railroads and had a glass replacement. His visits meant nervously brushing my teeth while keeping my eye on his, staring out at me from its glass of water on the bathroom counter. I found […]
Rick writes – A camera flash attachment with two mirrors to direct the light in different directions. A very simple idea that should be easy to replicate! Hmmm, never thought of this one before – could be an interesting mechanism for photo tinkerers to experiement with. Might be fun to try with a couple ~25mm […]
This website goes into great detail about the process of photographing coins. Yes I know, coin photography is a very small field, but these techniques can be used to photograph any small object. Learn more about Macro photography of coins
Stewart Woodruff has put together a great site on pinhole photography, he includes everything from making the camera to developing pictures in a bathroom darkroom.
Here’s a relatively simple approach to lightning photography using a trusty blueboard – […] the most useful piece of data in the wikipedia article is the time lapse shot of a lightning strike. From the time lapse photo I was able to determine the duration of a lightning strike is about 100 ms. Then from […]
Here’s an instructable on an alternate method for Pika Pika style light trace stop motion animation. Related: Made in Japan – Volume 5 featuring Pika Pika Light Graffiti Animation HOW TO – Enter the ghetto Matrix (DIY bullet time)
Flickr user Rob Cruickshank shares these photos of a bur-marigold in both visible and ultra-violet light. The dark marking seen in the UV picture (bottom photo) is believed to attract bees, which are able to see in that spectrum. – Bidens ferulifolia reflected UV
