Skate-wheel smartphone dolly
Found in the MAKE Flickr pool: This clever dolly by Flickr user eok.gnah is made out of skate wheels, but also packs a GorillaPod tripod, giving all sorts of options for shooting video, as evidenced by the sample video.
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.
Say hello to Matt Richardson!
Everyone please give a warm welcome to Matt Richardson! He’ll be making videos and posting here at Make: Online. Matt is a long-time sci-tech lover and maker. In his childhood, he wrote computer games in BASIC and then as a teenager he worked as a science demonstrator at The Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia. […]
Best of CRAFT 2010: Photography and Design
We love covering design and photography projects so here’s a roundup of our best Design and Photography projects from this year. Pictured above is Andrew Lewis’ tutorial for printing on fabric with an inkjet printer. How-To: Create Great Kids Photos and How-To: Create Beautiful Baby Photos by Susannah Bothe How-To: Build an Amateur Photography Rig […]
Lifehacker’s photo hacks round-up
Lifehacker has a nice 2010 round-up of photo hacks, tips, and tricks. The one for the above image: If you like the analog look that people are getting with fun apps like Instagram, you can get that through-the-viewfinder border effect with as little as a cardboard tube. Most Popular Photography Tips, Tricks, and Hacks of […]
Kinect 3D holographic video chat
Kinect hacker Oliver Kreylos and pals are using a couple of Microsoft Kinect 3D game controllers and custom software to enable 3D holographic video chat. Their setup differs from traditional 3D video in that the participant is captured and mapped in real-time allowing others to view them from any angle in 3D. One fortuitous outcome of this experiment is the ability to clearly identify the line of sight of the other participant.
Holiday Gift Guide: For The Crafty Photographer
Capturing and sharing your love of crafting can be a job in itself. Here are some necessary tools and other things that make photographing your projects as much fun as making them! Photographer mittens – free pattern Bea Aarebrot wrote a pattern for these peek-a-boo mittens that let your shutter finger poke out as needed […]
Recycled camera lens jewelry
Rachel @ CRAFT writes: Photography buffs, prepare to swoon at this collection of gorgeous cuffs that are fashioned from recycled camera lenses by Australian designer, Craig Arnold. Sterling silver replica pieces are also available for a more subtle look. Stunning! More: Camera Lens Coffee Mug Cell phone wide angle and fish eye lenses
