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.
Third up in this month’s Design Studio series is San Francisco’s very own Chronicle Books, which boasts an abundance of bestselling titles over a broad range of topics, including art and design, food, fiction, travel, and children’s books, in addition to some fabulously playful stationary and journals. Designer Suzanne LaGasa was our gracious hostess, taking […]
If you’re planning on heading to the water this weekend with your waterproof camera, consider making a buoy to take along, lest your photos be lost in the drink!
In response to this morning’s post about self-captioning POV ping pong paddles, a helpful commenter pointed me at this “action POV” gimmick from Flickr user zeni666. There’s not much detail, other than that it involves an Arduino and 7 white LEDs. But POV displays are old hat, around here. Check the “More” block for all kinds of how-to. [Thanks, 23N!]
As a compliment to this morning’s post about making “light orbs,” here’s a second Flickr tutorial, from user tdub303, about making and using “light stencils” in your long-exposure light photography. Basically, the stencil is cut out of a light-tight box holding a camera flash, which is fired off to illuminate the design and record it on the exposure.
Flickr user evilKitchen brings us this nicely-photographed tutorial on building a switchable, spinnable multicolor LED bundle for making “light orb” style light graffiti. It’s based on an earlier, private tutorial by user Digicord.
By Diane Gilleland Crafters are a very visually oriented audience. So, if you have a blog or website, fill it with the best photographs you can take – they’ll capture people’s attention far more effectively than blocks of text. You don’t need a fancy camera or expensive equipment to produce better photography. Here are some […]
More beautiful CC-licensed element photography from Wikipedia user alchemist-hp. Since I last wrote about his work, alchemist-hp has updated his (German) Wikipedia page with a clickable periodic table chronicling his ongoing quest to photograph each of the 94 naturally-occurring chemical elements. Right now he’s at 36.
