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July 4, 2008
How To: Photograph Fireworks
Sebastian Szyszka has a great write-up on how to photograph fireworks. He covers the delicate balance of ISO and aperture settings along with everything else you need to know. In the end, it seems to be fairly easy to do if you use a tripod and a decent camera.
Read more about Photographing Fireworks
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jul 4, 2008 03:00 AM
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June 29, 2008
MAKE Flickr Pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
- Bent voice morpher [above, top-left]
- DIY guitar picks [above, top-right]
- Bucket-borne hydroelectric generator [above, bottom-left]
- Solar Bench [above, bottom-right]
- Orientation aware camera
- The Time Harp
- Basic I/O for Arduino
As Becky so astutely pointed out, MAKE pool hit 4,000 members this week - Woohoo!
and growing ... and growing ... and growing ...
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 29, 2008 05:30 PM
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June 27, 2008
How To: Macro photography of coins
This website goes into great detail about the process of photographing coins. Yes I know, coin photography is a very small field, but these techniques can be used to photograph any small object.
Learn more about Macro photography of coins
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jun 27, 2008 02:00 AM
Photography, Something I want to learn to do... |
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June 25, 2008
HOW TO - Turn an instant camera into an emergency strobe
Here's an Instructable that shows you how to modify a disposable camera to turn it into a high-intensity strobe light warning flasher.
Hack a flash camera into a emergency strobe light
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 25, 2008 04:00 PM
Imaging, Instructables, Photography |
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HOW TO - Canon Hacker's Development Kit
CHDK, or Canon Hacker's Development Kit is an awesome thing. It allows Canon digital point-and-shoot owners access to a bunch of great 'high-end' features like raw capture, exposure bracketing, and even enabling you to run custom scripts. The software doesn't make any permanent changes to your camera so there's no risk of hardware 'brickification'. Hack a Day posted a detailed how-to on the subject
As anyone who has lusted over the technical specifications for Canon's new Digital Rebel XSi knows, the capabilities of the average point and shoot camera are severely limited. Using the CHDK firmware hack, the features of Canon point and shoot cameras can be significantly expanded, allowing for ultra-high speed photography, very long exposures, time lapse photography, and RAW capture. This How-To provides a guide to our experiences using the CHDK firmware, and shows just how easy it is to get more out of a point and shoot than ever thought possible.Hit up the site for all the details - How-To: Expand your camera with CHDK
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HOW TO - Give your low-end Canon digital camera RAW support
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 25, 2008 03:30 PM
DIY Projects, Photography |
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June 24, 2008
Poke an eye out?
I'm sure I owe my fascination with glass eyes to my grandfather, who lost an eye when he worked on the railroads and had a glass replacement. His visits meant nervously brushing my teeth while keeping my eye on his, staring out at me from its glass of water on the bathroom counter. I found this beautiful photo essay by Marc Steinmetz about the process of making glass eyes.
Related: Eye maker
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Jun 24, 2008 07:00 AM
Arts, How it's made, Kids, Makers, Photography |
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June 23, 2008
How To - time-lapse photos with Canon SLRs & Arduino
Shooting time-lapse photos would seem a simple task for today's modern imaging equipment - but in most circumstances a pricey 'intervalometer' device is necessary. Have no fear, Arduino user LordYo is on the case.
I've built an intervalometer for Canon SLR cameras (e.g. EOS 300-400, DigitalRebel) based on Arduino. I call it the Intervaluino. If you want to build one yourself, I've posted circuit schematics, component list, code, photos, and an explanation on my blog- Intervaluino: A DIY Intervalometer for your Canon SLR
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 23, 2008 04:00 AM
Arduino, Imaging, Photography |
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June 22, 2008
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
- Mmmm, homemade apple - ROM board!? [above, top-right]
- Wonder (bread) Woman [above, bottom-left]
- DIY kaleidoscope [above, top-right]
- DIY headphones [above, top-left]
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 22, 2008 03:00 PM
Photography |
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June 20, 2008
Oatmeal box pinhole photography
Stewart Woodruff has put together a great site on pinhole photography, he includes everything from making the camera to developing pictures in a bathroom darkroom.
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Jun 20, 2008 07:00 AM
Kids, Photography |
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Directional mirror flash attachment
Rick writes -
A camera flash attachment with two mirrors to direct the light in different directions. A very simple idea that should be easy to replicate!Hmmm, never thought of this one before - could be an interesting mechanism for photo tinkerers to experiement with. Might be fun to try with a couple ~25mm dental-type mirrors for starters? - Presslite Vertex
In the Maker Shed:
ProdMod LED Camera Light Kit v1.1
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 20, 2008 05:30 AM
Photography, Remake |
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June 12, 2008
Arduino photo lightning trigger
Here's a relatively simple approach to lightning photography using a trusty blueboard -
[...] the most useful piece of data in the wikipedia article is the time lapse shot of a lightning strike. From the time lapse photo I was able to determine the duration of a lightning strike is about 100 ms. Then from this page I found my Canon 30d camera has a shutter lag of 65 ms. I know from a past project that if I use a reverse biased photo transistor to detect light it has a response time under 1 ms. The last piece of delay is the software running on the Arduino board and since it’s running at 16 MHz I am sure I can run a tight loop that takes under 1 ms. Adding up all the delays, I get 67 ms which is still much less than the 100 ms duration of a lightning strike so I was pretty confident this would work before I started work on the prototype.- Lightning trigger [via Hack a Day]
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Lightning activated camera shutter trigger
In the Maker Shed:
High Speed Photography Kit version 4
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 12, 2008 05:00 AM
Arduino, Photography |
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June 10, 2008
HOW TO - stop motion light painting
Here's an instructable on an alternate method for Pika Pika style light trace stop motion animation.
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- Made in Japan - Volume 5 featuring Pika Pika Light Graffiti Animation
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 10, 2008 07:00 PM
Arts, DIY Projects, Photography |
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Psst - hey bees, over here!
Flickr user Rob Cruickshank shares these photos of a bur-marigold in both visible and ultra-violet light. The dark marking seen in the UV picture (bottom photo) is believed to attract bees, which are able to see in that spectrum. - Bidens ferulifolia reflected UV
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 10, 2008 06:00 AM
Imaging, Photography |
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June 8, 2008
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
- Den-kuri Master - electrical MIDI stimulator [above, top-left]
- Old multimeter case reborn for synthing [above, bottom-right]
- Styrobots for school [above, top-right]
- Growduino in development [above bottom-left]
- Macro microchip
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 8, 2008 03:00 PM
Photography |
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June 3, 2008
Paint Roller Aerial Monopod
Udi at DIY Photography made a tutorial for transforming a paint roller extension pole into a monopod for "aerial" photography. Just use your camera's self timer or remote to take pictures from really high up.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 3, 2008 09:00 PM
DIY Projects, Photography |
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Time-lapse panning head
According to the video, you can get these motion bases fairly cheap. Then again, a lot of our readers could whip one up with an Arduino and some servos. I really like the added dimension the panning head gives to the final video.
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jun 3, 2008 01:00 AM
DIY Projects, Photography |
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June 1, 2008
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
- DIY timelapse photo setup [above, top-left]
- Blinkybugs go out exploring [above, top-right]
- Sand egg sculpting [above, bottom-left]
- Homemade sun jar [above, bottom-right]
- TGIMBOEJ withdrawal & deposit
- DIY 'tube' amp
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 1, 2008 03:00 PM
Photography |
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May 29, 2008
Make a roof mount for you camera
This website doesn't have any text, but it does have some excellent pictures on how to make your own roof camera mount. Other than the actual camera mounting, the project seems fairly simple.
Make a Roof mount for you camera
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DIY Jib Arm, Boom or Crane
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
May 29, 2008 03:00 AM
DIY Projects, Imaging, Photography |
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May 27, 2008
DIY timelapse photo setup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
Ken built a timelapse photography setup with a rooftop view -
I'm embarking on a very long timelapse movie project, and trying to do it on the cheap, so I put this rig together. I'm using a modified outdoor electrical box as an enclosure and a cheap old compact digital camera, remote controlled by gphoto running on linux. This is a flickr site shwoing the process, along with my first movie.fyi - Ken's using a his powershot A520 - Timelapse rig on Flickr
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
May 27, 2008 04:00 AM
DIY Projects, Photography |
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May 26, 2008
Corbis Readymech paper pinhole cameras
Want to print out a pinhole camera that uses regular film? Corbis has free patterns and instructions on their site featuring several different designs.
Posted by Becky Stern |
May 26, 2008 01:00 PM
Arts, Crafts, Imaging, Paper Crafts, Photography |
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