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.
Before: After: I haven’t tried this, so I hope I’m not being hoodwinked. This article on DIYPhotography shows how to cut out a sort of lens gobo to shape high contrast parts of an out-of-focus photograph. Bonus points for the first person to build a “MAKE:” bokeh one letter at a time and post the […]
A russian site recently released a program that allows Canon Liveview owners to record video with their digital camera. Not too long after, Nikon hacker Olivier Giroux posted a few tests of his own that do the same with a Nikon D700. The next day I noticed a wave of news about updated remote-control software […]
Like many Makers, I got my start taking apart everything I could lay my hands on. Sometimes, however, it takes a good old fashioned cutaway to truly appreciate the complexity of a well engineered device. How the heck do they do this? Can I borrow the tool they used? More photos at Tokyobling. via notcot
Ever been in need of a photo tripod, but only had a mic stand? – yup, been there too. Consider this instructable for building your own simple adapter to secure the shot. Perhaps somewhere on Earth an obscure adapter exists for this express purpose, but just grab some PVC caps, hose and nut/bolts and you’re […]
I really like the effect that’s used in Invisibilia, a series of photographs that have had the subject replaced with an illustration: Maybe the pictures illustrate the idea that we all want to remove ourselves from life, and replace ourselves with fictional, self-created versions of ourself. We want to fictionalise our own existence, and impose […]
Over at Audio Cookbook, John Keston has been running a few experiments with using image filters in Photoshop to process sound. Running the audio data through a Gaussian blur or Spherize filter, he was able to create some incredibly diverse effects from a simple electric piano input. To test this concept I created a simple […]
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Super simple automated lighting MP3 Grenade! [above, bottom-left] Minty laser [above, bottom-right] Lockwasher’s robo bug [above, top-right] Voice record/playback shield for Arduino Error prompt etching [above, top-left] PICAXE software for Mac/Linux
