DIY

    This guy created an Open Source DIY digital camera – including a 1-kilopixel sensor
    Dec 31, 2019 John Aldred

    Digital cameras have become so high resolution these days that you might wonder why somebody would want to build one of their own from scratch…

    How we built Bertha – A large format camera that will shoot 1.1×1.1 metre slides
    Dec 30, 2019 Davide Rossi

    It’s called Bertha, it’s a gigantic camera built out of a desire to find out what photography can reveal beyond certain limits. From the first…

    How to make your own DIY ground glass focusing screens for large format cameras
    Dec 23, 2019 John Aldred

    These days, if you want to shoot large format, you might have difficulty finding replacement parts. Large format cameras aren’t exactly as common as they…

    How to make a cheap DIY double drop system for epic droplet photography
    Dec 2, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Photographer Steve Kazemir makes amazing droplet photos and has some unique ideas for taking them. He has come up with an automated double drop system to…

    How I built this low budget DIY set for my recent photography project
    Nov 21, 2019 Nicki Panou

    For my latest project, “we are the dead“, I decided to build a room in which to shoot my pictures. I had absolutely no idea…

    How to create a mechanical shutter release for your digital point & shoot camera
    Nov 19, 2019 John Aldred

    Most cameras these days offer some kind of built-in WiFI or Bluetooth control that allows you to fire your camera from an app on your…

    This photographer 3D printed his own “photo sniper” grip for his macro photography setup
    Nov 14, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    A few months ago, photographer Nick Sherlock shared with us his epic 3D printed 300mm long extension tube. Then he needed something to hold this…

    I built my own DIY timelapse slider that works a lot like the Slypod
    Nov 11, 2019 Tyler Gerritsen

    Note: As of August 26, 2019, the most incredible home-built camera rig award goes tomingul’s 8-Degree-Of-Freedom robot! It takes up an entire room and can be given…

    How to make your own DIY LED tube lights for video
    Oct 19, 2019 John Aldred

    We’ve all seen Eric Pare’s DIY light tubes for light painting, but these ones from Adam Rahn at DroiMedia are a little bit different. These…

    How to modify an Ikea clock to turn it into a red light darkroom timer
    Oct 1, 2019 John Aldred

    Although the darkroom isn’t quite as common as it once was, it seems to be gaining a resurgence of late. Every day I see people…