Sam writes – In this video instructable, I will show you how to make an infrared filter for your digital camera out of bits and pieces such as cardboard rolls, electrical tape, and some black processed photographic film (old negatives). The vid also shows you how to test your camera for IR capability, suggests some […]
This photo blog has an amazing view in to what it was like 100 years ago, a lot of the backgrounds have the machinery and what people (in these photos, children) made back then… Shorpy.com is a photo blog about what life a hundred years ago was like: How people looked and what they did […]
Eagleapex writes – I’m trying to get into HDR photography, which usually requires some very long exposure shots. The best way to do this is with a tripod and a shutter release. I got the tripod off Craigslist, but the shuuter release was too expensive for me, so I set off to make my own. […]
Light boxes are an effective way to take gorgeous photos of small objects. Using a cardboard box and some tissue paper, you can assemble a decent one with only a few minutes of effort. There’s really no reason not to make one! The beauty of this thing is the lighting control you get. You have […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Markfftang shared an amazing photo of the lunar eclipse from the UK… Link.
Steve sent in what I thought would completely bizarre and perhaps gross, but it turns out it’s quite beautiful, he writes – Last night I opened and poured a red and green lightstick in the toilet and photographed it. I find the images to be surprisingly like deep space nebula photos. Lightsticks In The Toilet […]
BG writes – A multiple-exposure photo that I took of last night’s eclipse, using a webcam, a timelapse program (bTV), and the free ImageJ program from the National Institutes of Health. Lunar Eclipse over Shelton Street – Link & video.
