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.
Make: Projects – Ball-in-cage alarm switch
I’ve been looking for an excuse to build one of these clever tamper-detecting switches for a long time. When a mystery critter recently started raiding the fresh catnip I grow outside as a treat for my indoors-only cat, I saw my opportunity. Sure, I could’ve bought or borrowed a commercial trail camera, or hacked a PIR motion detector circuit, or set up an IR webcam with software-level motion detection, but I’ve long been charmed by the simple low-tech design of the ball-in-cage switch.
Coilgun projectile photography
Lex Augusteijn‘s high speed photographs are taken at the (relatively) glacially slow shutter speed of 1/10th of a second. By rights the bullet shouldn’t even be in the frame. He controls the camera, flash, and gun with a laptop, giving him great results with a relatively slow speed setup. Lex described the process on Digital […]
How-To: Chalkboard Speech Bubbles
Kami at Make and Takes shows how to whip up some of these fun chalkboard speech bubbles that can be used as props for all kinds of photographs. Related: How-To: Mini Chalkboards
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: triple dill pickles by rachel is coconut&lime, Embroidered loom part drawing by Cross-stitch ninja, Funnel Cake by ChrisCreatures, and 4-color print by k.mackay.
iPhone TelePrompTer
From the MAKE Flickr pool: This isn’t the first iPhone TelePrompTer we’ve featured on Make: Online but it’s definitely the slickest. Martin Taylor of San Francisco, CA, built this beauty. More: DIY Full-screen scrolling teleprompter DIY iPhone Teleprompter Weekend Project: DIY Teleprompter
Canon 7D vs. Barbie Video Girl video comparison
Great video comparing the Canon 7D with the new Barbie Video Girl by Brandon Block and Fernando Ortega: A comparison between my two new cameras: The $1,800 Canon 7D versus the brand new $50 Barbie Video Girl… available in the girlie aisle of your local Toys R Us. It’s the sassiest camera money can buy. […]
