DIY

8 DIY photo filters you can easily make at home

Feb 5, 2018 John Aldred

The fascination with degrading the performance of our gear is interesting. On the one hand, why does a person spend thousands of dollars on equipment…



This photographer built her own DIY ultra large format camera from scratch

Jan 30, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

Animation filmmaker and self-taught photographer Ursula Ferrara has made her own 16″ x 20″ camera entirely from scratch. She shares some images of the creating…



Flood your scene with smoke using these DIY smoke bombs

Jan 29, 2018 John Aldred

Fog and smoke can be a wonderfully creative tool for giving your photos and video footage some atmosphere. Both figuratively and literally. While it’s quite…



DIY Beauty Dish Video Light for Less Than $50

Jan 28, 2018 JP Danko

Do you have to film the occasional interview or webcam session? Do you need a quick, inexpensive, good looking video light for those sessions? Well,…



A simple DIY way to turn your digital camera into a pinhole camera

Jan 20, 2018 John Aldred

World Pinhole Day is coming up on April 29th. So, if you’ve been thinking about taking part, and want to do it digitally, but aren’t…



How I “scanned” old negatives with $0 budget, a DSLR and stuff I had at home

Jan 18, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

A few days ago, my boyfriend found some old 35mm negatives. I really wanted to see baby photos of him, so I was wondering: can…



Build yourself a charging station to save time and get organised with your batteries

Jan 15, 2018 John Aldred

Charging batteries is a pain in the backside. I remember when I used to shoot events with four Nikon SB-900 speedlights with SD-9 packs attached…



Baby plate bounce card gear hack

Jan 14, 2018 Udi Tirosh

Foamcore are an incredible asset for work inside and outside the studio, but there is always the question of mounting them. One way is using…



Super Easy and Cheap DIY Product Photography Setup

Jan 13, 2018 JP Danko

Everyone needs to photograph products once in a while. Whether it’s for an etsy shop, ecommerce retail, eBay, a Shopify store or just for the…



This is the most versatile DIY camera rig you can make for less than $100

Jan 13, 2018 John Aldred

This is one of the coolest DIY camera rigs I’ve seen in quite a while. Created by Chad Bredahl at Krotoflik, the oRIGami camera system is…