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Comparing Flash Powder And Canon 580 EXII
When you take a portrait today you are probably using a flash or a small strobe. But what would you do if you took that…
How To Photograph A Tower Of Salt Grains
If you thought that building a tower out of salt grains is a hard thing, think how hard it would be to photograph it in…
Using a Nikon Lens As A Telescope (Or A Microscope)
It turns out the in the “old days”, when we still had aperture rings on our Nikon lenses, Nikon used to sell a something called…
A Simple Camera Strap That’s Tripod Friendly
A while back we wrote about the M-Plate, a high end Camera Strap system designed (among other things) to support a tripod. Of course, this…
How To Build A Gorillapod Based Cineskates-Like Dolly
A few weeks back Kickstarter’s Cineskates project funded with almost half a million from backers. It was only a matter of time till someone came…
Amazing SF Moving Time Lapse Taken In 3D
We don’t usually share time lapse movies here on DIYP, but this one seems to innovative to ignore. Peter Chang used an array of Canon…
DIY: A Telescopic PVC Boom
What if you wanted to make the main post of the PVC light stand (as described by The Frugal Filmmaker) to be telescoping? Here’s one…
Long Exposure Of Laser Through Water Drops
Sometimes the most amazing things happen when you leave your shutter open for a long duration. Especially if you do it in the rain, while…
Best Costume Ever – A Fully Functional Nikon Camera
UPDATE: Tyler has posted a complete how to on instructables if you want to go and make your own camera costume. Photographer Tyler Card was…
A Light Wall Of Light From Bed Sheets And PVC
The Lastolite Hilite is a really neat, lightweight, and portable high-key background that can double as a softbox. Oh, did I forget to mention what a bargain…





































