Mint-tin intervalometer
Marco Jetti’s intervalometer triggers a still camera’s shutter at regular intervals (hence the name) using a 555 timer. The movie is made up of 985 photos shot 10 seconds apart. Schematics on Marco’s Flickr page.
Photography
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Workin on Mumm Ra by loveandasandwich, Rain II, Messenger Bird, Secret Belgian Binding Balsa Wood Notebook by askida, fresh cherry mascarpone waffles by rachel is coconut&lime, and Cotton boll earrings by jewelera.etsy.com.
Cris Benton’s pole aerial photography rig
It was definitely hard to overlook Cris Benton at this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire (he was the guy walking around with 29-foot fishing pole). Cris’ carbon fiber fishing-pole-turned-monopod netted some amazing photos of the event and attending crowds – be sure to check them out in his Flickr photoset. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast […]
DSLR pinhole lens
Do you like the way a pinhole photo looks, but don’t have the time to develop the photo? That’s where the DSLR pinhole lens comes in. Maker Matt Devlin has put together a tutorial on how to make your own using household materials.
An iris by any other name?
Right, so, here’s a question for the nomenclaturally aware mechanical engineers in the audience. Last weekend, I was exposed to two equally awesome objects that include radially-opening apertures that I call “irises.” The first, to left, is Alan Rorie’s Aperture Lamp, which includes an adjustable opening to control the amount of light it emits. The […]
“Ball of Light” light graffiti
While it’s true enough that light graffiti has been here, and there, and back again, the work of Australian photographer Denis Smith still manages to amaze. How do you suppose he does it? [via Dude Craft]
Anna Ventura, (iN)VISIBLE
Remember when you were a kid looking at clouds, and suddenly the one cloud turned into a turtle, and then a whale? Wait. What am I saying. Remember yesterday when you found that rock that looked like a face, or the popcorn you swore was a dead ringer for The Old Man in the Mountain? […]
