Hotel Keys Don’t Work? Make An LCD Hood! A Pictorial

Have you ever got stuck out side of your hotel room with the plastic keys not working and decided to go on a photowalk, but it was too sunny to read the LCD? Have you? Really wanted an LCD hood, but could not find one.

Well, you’re in luck because master pictorial maker Maciej Pietuszynski has just what you need – a Hotel Room Key to LCD hood pictorial. It has little text and great step by step pictures for you to follow.

You’ll need

• some bad hotel keys (be nice at the reception and ask, they’ll probably give you as many bad keys as you need. In case you have none, this will work with credit cards too :)
• Gaffers tape 
• Scissors

Step 1 – Measure your LCD external frame and cut accordingly

Step 2 – Gaff-tape the cards to form a card-train

Step 3 -Gaff-tape the last two cards

Step 4 – Punch the sides of the box and insert the rubber band. Make a small tie so it won’t slip back

Step 5 – Gaff-tape all around for a nice black look (make sure to do the inside as well)

Step 6 – Open the hood and wrap the back around the camera

Step 7 – You can now view the LCD in bright sun light

Bonus – The hood folds away when not in use

More Pictorials

Maciej is a master pictorial maker and if you love this style here are a few more awesome pictorials by him:

• The Tasty Ice Cream DIY Softbox Container Pictorial
• How To Instasuqare Your Camera’s View Finder
• How To Give An Old Nifty-Fifty A New Life
• Create A Tilt-Shift Lens From A Shower Head A Rubber Glove And a Nifty Fifty
• Kite Aerial Photography

About The Author

Maciej Pietuszynski is a photographer based in Dublin, Ireland. You can follow his Blog here and his awesome Flickr here.