DIY
How to make a 3D printed panoramic head that lets you shoot 12K 360° images with a GoPro
Apr 28, 2020
John Aldred
There are a lot of choices out there these when it comes to 360° cameras, and while many of them are very good, the really…
Here’s how to turn your boring garden shed into a working camera obscura with a darkroom
Apr 28, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
UK-based photographer Brendan Barry has turned quite a lot of places into giant cameras obscurae. He’s now in isolation like most of us, so even…
How bored are you from 1 to this: Making a working lens out of Lego
Apr 21, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
It can get a bit monotonous in isolation, especially if you’re out of work right now. But hey, there’s always something to do, and Mathieu…
Here is the world’s most powerful video LED blowing up a power supply
Apr 20, 2020
John Aldred
LEDs are getting more capable and more powerful every year. And this one claims to have the crown at the moment as the world’s most…
A COVID-19 DIY Project: Quick access to many seamless backdrops
Apr 20, 2020
Jon Meadows
I have been looking to increase my image sales from my headshot sessions. I decided before the COVID-19 crisis that I wanted to develop a…
The Scura is an open-source curved panoramic 3D printed pinhole camera
Apr 17, 2020
John Aldred
3D printed cameras are a lot of fun, and something I was planning to make a bunch of this year before we were told we…
Photographer makes a working lens from toilet paper
Apr 15, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Mathieu Stern has found or even made some pretty weird lenses. And it looks like he hasn’t been bored in isolation. He made a lens…
These guys converted an old ambulance into an amazing grip truck
Apr 13, 2020
John Aldred
Sometimes you just have a ton of gear to lug around, especially if you do commercial photography or filmmaking for a living. Grip trucks are…
I stayed so much at home, it got boring. I turned it into a studio
Apr 11, 2020
Jason Vaughan
I’m still shooting portraits and doing creative work on a very regular basis. I have experience in various genre, I ran a studio, I have…
How to make your own developer and fixer from the stuff you have in the kitchen
Mar 30, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Last week, photographer Brendan Barry showed you how to turn your room into a camera obscura using only the stuff you can find at home….