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    Build Your Own DIY Floating Balloon LED Light Using a Few Shower Curtains
    Jun 19, 2019 John Aldred

    Balloon lights are an uncommon light source for most of us. But such lights are often used in TV and movie production. They’re essentially huge light…

    How to make a DIY smartphone gimbal with just a mop, paint roller and tin cans
    May 27, 2019 John Aldred

    Motorised smartphone gimbals have gotten pretty inexpensive over the last couple of years. Something like the Zhiyun Smooth 4 only costs $120, and you can…

    This guy built a high speed DIY LED flash and put the plans online so you can make your own
    May 17, 2019 John Aldred

    LED flash still hasn’t really hit the mainstream yet. There are a couple of products out there, of course, like the Rotolite Neo, but for…

    How to make a cheap DIY bullet time rig with a lazy susan and some drawer slides
    May 14, 2019 John Aldred

    It’s 20 years since The Matrix was released (don’t you feel old?), but the bullet time effect is still incredibly popular. I don’t know what the…

    How to to make your own DIY LED panel for only $13
    May 13, 2019 John Aldred

    You know what it’s like, you’re walking through the local dollar store (or pound shop, for those in the UK) and you see some interesting…

    Here are two budget DIY ways to get the black light look without using actual black lights
    May 9, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    If you want to achieve the black light look in your photos or videos, buying a bunch of black light bulbs can be quite pricey….

    This guy gave the Blackmagic Pocket 4K a flippy up LCD and he’s planning to sell DIY kits
    May 8, 2019 John Aldred

    The only thing that really stopped the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K from becoming the vlogging camera of choice is the lack of flippy up…

    Lithophanes – How to 3D print your photographs
    May 7, 2019 John Aldred

    When I was first told “Hey, you should 3D print some of your photos” a couple of years, I thought they were mad. 3D print…

    How to make a quality DIY video light using LED strips and a cake pan for only $40
    May 7, 2019 John Aldred

    There are many continuous light options out there these days for video that produce a fantastic quality of light. One such light that’s become very…

    Pine cones are the perfect, free, natural DIY SD card holder
    May 6, 2019 Dmitri Popov

    Every year, a pine tree close to our house produces the most perfect cones, and I often pick up a handful of them on my…