Love to take pictures? Ready to take your photography to the professional level? Photojojo’s School of Photographical Biznezz is offering a detailed four-part series on the ins and outs of starting your own photo business. The first part, titled “You Sure ‘Bout That?” lays out all the pros and cons, giving you a great window […]
By Christine Koh Coming from a family of seven kids (+ spouses and partners), it was a blissful day when my siblings and I decided to stop exchanging holiday gifts amongst our generation, instead focusing on time spent together and only gifting the wee generation and elders. And while it’s wonderful to be relieved of […]
RPM cameras sells handmade mat-board pinhole cameras, optionally cased in leather as shown above. They’ll sell you a kit for half the price of a finished camera, and they also host a free tutorial on how to build a simple version for yourself. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
Camera hacker Bhautik Joshi, who brought us the brilliant DIY tilt-shift lens hack, has produced another great optical device. Detailed instructions on his site walk you through the creation of the Phone-O-Scope, an optical coupler that allows an iPhone to accept a standard SLR lens.
The amazing “Big Daddy” costume build from Volpin Props that we covered back in September is up for auction on eBay. The listing closes just after 9:00 PM PST on December 3rd which, incidentally, is my birthday (hint hint hint). The image shown above is actually a photograph of the costume (admittedly one that’s been run through a PhotoShop filter or two) taken at the Georgia Aquarium. You can view the entire photo-set here. [Thanks, Phil!]
We blogged about one of Steve’s cameras back in 2007. Looks like he’s completed at least one more since then, and there’s a group of four presented on his website. Really beautiful work.
Qi Pan, a PhD candidate at the Engineering Department of Cambridge University, has developed a novel approach to capturing 3D objects with a standard webcam.
