How-To: Light painting saber
Udi Tirosh writes in with this neat trick: use a tubular light like those found in car accessory shots as a sweeping swath light painting tool for long exposure photography. Looks way trippier than just using LEDs.
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MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool Self-immolating wood oven OSC library for Arduino [above, bottom-right] All-in-one mint tin watercolor kit [above, top-left] Gakken synth bending + theremin control [above, bottom-left] DIY capacitive touchpad [above, top-left]
Photographing LEDs
Today on EMS Labs, Lenore has a piece on how to successfully photograph Light-Emitting Diodes: Taking pictures of LEDs can be difficult. Digital camera sensors just don’t respond the same way that human eyes do, so it is nearly impossible to take a picture that reflects what you are seeing. But manipulating a few settings […]
How-To: Develop Film with Coffee and Vitamin C
Photojojo shows you how your morning cup of coffee and Vitamin C can help you develop film giving your photos a distinctive look while having fun experimenting with the process.
Spanish students beat NASA
A group of student makers took kite arial photography to a new level: weather balloon photography. They certainly are undercutting NASA’s budget, spending very little on their project, and fabricating most of the structure and electronics themselves. Check out Gareth’s previous entry on the project. Mail Online has a decent writeup. Nice of them to […]
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool Laser sundial [above, bottom-left] How-To: Sample sequencer w/ Meggy Jr. + Arduino WaveShield DIY photobooth looks classic LED badge hacking MIDI control panel based on Arduino with a personal touch [above, bottom-right] Trumpet Hero mod [above, top-right] Keeping time with ChronoDot [above, top-left]
How-To: Glass Photo Etching
Danielle at Etsy shows you the basics of glass photo etching in this fantastic tutorial. Danielle uses PNP Blue Transfer Paper, originally used to etch circuit boards and recently for etching jewelry to create this glass etching magic! [ via Gold School ]
