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.

How-To: Low-Cost Gyroscopic Camera Stabilizer

DIY physics guru David Prutchi coveted one of the expensive professional-grade gyroscopic camera stabilizers made by Kenyon Laboratories. “These devices,” he observes, “don’t seem to have changed much since Kenyon’s founder filed the following two patents in the 50′s: US2811042, US2570130.” Referencing those patents, David reverse-engineered the basic geometry of the Kenyon stabilizer using a pair of inexpensive precision gyroscopes from Glenn Turner of gyroscopes.com.

Continue Reading March 12th, 2012 Sean Michael Ragan31

MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw: “POW!” from lookseeseen, “Creeper” from adopt-a-bot, “The Whisker – firefighters gasmask project” from KoeneoK, “corner joint” from davidrockdan, “2nd-order Voltage-Controlled Filter” from johngineer, “Friday Night Drawbot at the Art Jamboree” from Pete Prodoehl, and “Uber Tripedo Rides Again!” from whymcycles.

Continue Reading March 11th, 2012 Sean Michael Ragan

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: Tiny Titans Girls, by michelleness SS Moda Pincushion, by Twee ✁cut to pieces Little Bear – Quilted Plush Bear, by SquidHead Fantasy belt bag 4, by Nomadum happy birthday cat, by you can count on me

Continue Reading March 11th, 2012 Haley Pierson-Cox4

How-To: Picture Party Hats

Eden, of Sugar and Charm, gives us step-by-step instructions on how to create a personalized photo birthday hat. I love the added fringe to complete each hat. More How-To: Sock Monkey Birthday Hat How-To: Newspaper Party Hat

Continue Reading March 8th, 2012 Bridesmaidlish

How-To: Photograph Embroidery Projects

Need a little help making your stitches pop on screen? Check out these tips for taking beautiful embroidery photos from Niamh at StitchPunk. Even if you don’t have a top-notch camera or a ton of editing know-how, she’ll show you what you need to know to start capturing and sharing the beauty of your projects! […]

Continue Reading March 8th, 2012 Haley Pierson-Cox

How-To: Wooden Spool Picture Holder

I often find bags of wooden thread spools at thrift stores or garage sales, and feel a crazy urge to rescue them. If you have a similar affliction and need a way to repurpose the spools, check out this tutorial from jessica of Miniature Rhino for turning them in to beautiful photo holders. Planning a […]

Continue Reading March 5th, 2012 Rachelhobson

MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

Thanks to everyone for the helpful and constructive feedback on last week’s Flickr pool roundup. We asked, you answered, we listened: We’re sticking with the old format. Enjoy!

Continue Reading March 4th, 2012 Sean Michael Ragan

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