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.
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Den-kuri Master – electrical MIDI stimulator [above, top-left] Old multimeter case reborn for synthing [above, bottom-right] Styrobots for school [above, top-right] Growduino in development [above bottom-left] Macro microchip
Udi at DIY Photography made a tutorial for transforming a paint roller extension pole into a monopod for “aerial” photography. Just use your camera’s self timer or remote to take pictures from really high up.
According to the video, you can get these motion bases fairly cheap. Then again, a lot of our readers could whip one up with an Arduino and some servos. I really like the added dimension the panning head gives to the final video.
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool DIY timelapse photo setup [above, top-left] Blinkybugs go out exploring [above, top-right] Sand egg sculpting [above, bottom-left] Homemade sun jar [above, bottom-right] TGIMBOEJ withdrawal & deposit DIY ‘tube’ amp
This website doesn’t have any text, but it does have some excellent pictures on how to make your own roof camera mount. Other than the actual camera mounting, the project seems fairly simple. Make a Roof mount for you camera Related: DIY Jib Arm, Boom or Crane
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ken built a timelapse photography setup with a rooftop view – I’m embarking on a very long timelapse movie project, and trying to do it on the cheap, so I put this rig together. I’m using a modified outdoor electrical box as an enclosure and a cheap old compact […]
Want to print out a pinhole camera that uses regular film? Corbis has free patterns and instructions on their site featuring several different designs.
