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.

MAKE Flickr Pool weekly roundup

MAKE Flickr Pool weekly roundup

From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Bent voice morpher [above, top-left] DIY guitar picks [above, top-right] Bucket-borne hydroelectric generator [above, bottom-left] Solar Bench [above, bottom-right] Orientation aware camera The Time Harp Basic I/O for Arduino As Becky so astutely pointed out, MAKE pool hit 4,000 members this week – Woohoo! and growing … and growing […]

Phytochemical microscopy

Phytochemical microscopy

If you decide to hang out indoors this week, take a look at this Florida State University gallery of phytochemical micrographs– micrographs are photographs taken through microscopes; phytochemicals are chemicals produced by plants. Capsaicin – This chili pepper-derived spice packs the wallop in your hot tamale, but it is also a digestive aid, a topical […]

HOW TO – Canon Hacker’s Development Kit

HOW TO – Canon Hacker’s Development Kit

CHDK, or Canon Hacker’s Development Kit is an awesome thing. It allows Canon digital point-and-shoot owners access to a bunch of great ‘high-end’ features like raw capture, exposure bracketing, and even enabling you to run custom scripts. The software doesn’t make any permanent changes to your camera so there’s no risk of hardware ‘brickification’. Hack […]

Poke an eye out?

Poke an eye out?

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 […]