Photography & Video

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for creating and editing digital photos and videos, as well as how to make your own still and video cameras.

Johngineer’s “The Maker Movement”

Johngineer’s “The Maker Movement”

Besides being a gifted engineer and writer, John de Cristofaro is a talented photographer. Of this beautiful black-and-white “smoking iron” print, he writes: “All of us started the same way — as curious kids (maybe big kids). At first, most of us were following in the path of someone else — along what feels like a straight, well-defined line. But there’s a point where things start to diverge, and we go off and do our own thing. That’s what making is all about, and that’s what I tried to capture here.”

Paper Animation of Prometheus Trailer

Paper Animation of Prometheus Trailer

This obsessively faceted little gem made me smile so wide, I thought an alien lifeform was going to burst forth from my face! This shot-by-shot homage to the Prometheus trailer is done with 100% paper (and flashlights). It was directed, edited and paper-construction by Travis Betz (aka “The Receptionist” on YouTube). I guess people are […]