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.
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 […]
Here’s an Instructable that shows you how to modify a disposable camera to turn it into a high-intensity strobe light warning flasher. Hack a flash camera into a emergency strobe light
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 […]
Shooting time-lapse photos would seem a simple task for today’s modern imaging equipment – but in most circumstances a pricey ‘intervalometer’ device is necessary. Have no fear, Arduino user LordYo is on the case. I’ve built an intervalometer for Canon SLR cameras (e.g. EOS 300-400, DigitalRebel) based on Arduino. I call it the Intervaluino. If […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Mmmm, homemade apple – ROM board!? [above, top-right] Wonder (bread) Woman [above, bottom-left] DIY kaleidoscope [above, top-right] DIY headphones [above, top-left]
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 […]
