DIY

Here’s how to make your own paper developer from scratch

Dec 22, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

The George Eastman Museum has already shared some darkroom magic with us. For example, they taught us how to make a 35mm daguerreotype and guided…



This DIY slider pans, slides and tilts in the most peculiar way

Dec 20, 2020 Udi Tirosh

We’ve featured our share of DIY sliders. Heck, I met Stefan through his DIY slider about 10 years ago. Some are more complex than others,…



I built a fully manual Polaroid studio camera

Dec 18, 2020 Haje Jan Kamps

It turns out that shooting Polaroids in the studio isn’t impossible — it just takes a little bit of engineering and ingenuity. Here’s how I…



Use this DIY trick to shoot a commercial video on $0 budget

Dec 11, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Whether you’re on a tight budget or just want to experiment with new techniques, it’s always good to have some DIY tricks up your sleeve….



This is the world’s brightest DIY LED flashlight at over 1.4 million lumens

Dec 7, 2020 John Aldred

Last week, we showed you the most powerful commercially available LED flashlight that’s around today projecting the bat signal onto clouds. It’s the Imalent MS18,…



How to make your own 35mm daguerreotype safely and cheaply

Dec 4, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Did you know that you can make your own 35mm daguerreotypes without using dangerous substances (such as mercury)? Also, you can do it without expensive…



Make your own DIY diffusion filter for $15 or less

Dec 3, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

If you like the soft, dreamy look of a diffusion filter, Josh Zaring has come up with a great idea of how to make your…



How to project the bat signal onto clouds with a 100,000 Lumen light and a DIY projector

Dec 3, 2020 John Aldred

We like bright continuous lights here at DIYP. We’ve featured a bunch of them over the years – including this 1,000W 90,00 Lumens DIY monster….



These 22 “street photography” pictures are just what you need if you are in lockdown

Dec 2, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

In this gloomy time, I think we all need a bit of laughter, but also a bit of inspiration to start observing the world around…



This guy liquid-cooled his Canon EOS R5 and beat the 8K overheating issues

Nov 26, 2020 John Aldred

The Canon EOS R5, despite receiving firmware update to help reduce the chances of it happening, has a thing for overheating when shooting video. Every…