DIY

    Creating dappled light with a DIY reflector
    Jul 13, 2021 Nick Fancher

      What if I told you that i only used one light to create this image. It’s true. I used one of my favorite lighting…

    This DIY setup gives you trippy lighting effects on a budget
    Jul 13, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    If you like trippy and unusual lighting for your shoots, TheBuffNerds have a perfect suggestion for you. In the shortest video tutorial ever, they will…

    Resurrecting a broken 50-year-old Linhof tripod with a little DIY repair
    Jul 6, 2021 John Aldred

    There is a lot of old camera gear out there and I regularly see people showing off their “finds” on social media. Usually, though, it’s cameras…

    How I made my own 4 x 5 slide projector on a budget
    Jul 6, 2021 Cheng Qwee Low

    I have been shooting 4 x 5 color transparencies or commonly known as color slide film for many years but the best that I could…

    You can make a high-res microscope with an iPhone camera and Lego
    Jul 5, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    There’s an unlimited number of things you can make from Lego. So far, we’ve seen working cameras, lenses, and camera sliders, and you can even…

    This Arduino-powered DIY camera slider has a joystick remote control
    Jun 30, 2021 John Aldred

    DIY camera sliders come in all shapes and sizes… Well, sizes, anyway. They’re usually all a pretty similar shape. Long poles along which a platform…

    This guy made a wrist cam from a broken 35mm film camera
    Jun 29, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Iranian photographer Alireza Rostami has a limited budget, but unlimited imagination. We’ve featured some of his awesome DIY projects, and he just shared another one…

    Follow these tips to nail handheld shots with telephoto lenses
    Jun 18, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Using telephoto lenses handheld can be quite challenging and it may not be easy to get a sharp photo without a tripod. They’re also bulky…

    Run all your gear on location with this 1200 Watt DIY portable power station
    Jun 17, 2021 John Aldred

    Portable power for use on location is always a fascinating topic. Over the last few years we’ve seen more battery-powered portable strobes from companies like…

    The homemade DIY filmmaking gear Van Neistat can’t live without
    Jun 16, 2021 John Aldred

    You might be forgiven for not knowing who Van Neistat is, but as the name might suggest, he’s the brother of filmmaker and YouTuber Casey…