Photography

DIY Micro Dolly

DIY Micro Dolly

This is an easy dolly to make for you next video project. The final results are really good, especially for just using some model railroad tracks. Make sure to check out the sample videos on the website. I made my first attempt at a micro dolly today. I want to use it to shoot miniatures […]

DIY Camera kaleidoscope

DIY Camera kaleidoscope

Steve sent in his DIY Camera kaleidoscope he made form some scrap aluminum tubing. It works, but there are still some issues with alignment and focusing. I wonder what would happen if the tubing was polished on the inside, or how about cutting some mirror in strips, or metallic paper? Camera kaleidoscope Related: HOW TO […]

Arduino flash trigger

Arduino flash trigger

A user on the Arduino forums built this high-speed photo flash trigger – I used Arduino to build a trigger for my camera’s flash. It turned out to work really well! The write up includes an explanation of how camera triggers work and the benefits of using Arduino. One benefit of using a microcontroller like […]