Penny postcards
USGenWeb, a genealogy site, has a really cool collection of penny postcards, organized by state. I love looking at the old structures – can you imagine driving on this bridge?
Photography
Make: television — pole camera rig
Another in my continuing series of behind the scenes photos from the Make: television set. This is the tilt and shoot rig we built for the pole camera. We mounted it on top of a very long pole and used a remote control and two servos to take photos. You can see next to the […]
Controlling Sony camcorders with the Arduino
The Local Application Control Bus System (LANC) is the protocol used by Sony camcorders (and some other brands as well) that allows external accessories to control the camera remotely. On most cameras, you’ll find a LANC port next to your camera’s other IO jacks—it’s usually a 2.5mm headphone-style jack, or a 5 pin mini-DIN. If […]
Not so lazy Sunday… Weekend Project – Pole’s Eye View
There’s still time to start making or just watch this week’s Weekend Project: Pole’s Eye View. You can view the video here, grab the PDF here and subscribe in iTunes to get all our Weekend Projects and PDFs delivered each week.
Random image combiner program
These lovely images were created with PSCombine, a random image combiner program. From the site: I’ve written a program that randomly selects photos from my collection and then combines them with a random opacity and blending mode. Generally, I generate 5,000 random combinations then manually sort though them and select my favorites. About 1 in […]
Weekend Project: Pole’s Eye View
Get a bird’s-eye-view of the world with this Pole Mounted Aerial Rig for photography and video. Thanks go to William Gurstelle for the original article in Make: Volume 16 To download The Pole’s Eye View MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Pole’s Eye View article in MAKE: Volume 16 “Pole’s […]
Weekend Project: Pole’s Eye View (PDF)
Get a bird’s-eye-view of the world with this Pole Mounted Aerial Rig for photography and video. Thanks go to William Gurstelle for the original article in Make: Volume 16 View the PDF
