January 29, 2008

Check out this video tutorial of a quick, cheap and portable camera stabilizer.

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December 11, 2007

Got an old pair of eye glasses and some electrical tape? Well, then make a cheap kinda sorta fisheye.

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October 29, 2007

DIY Photography.net is seeking help to create a DIY Ring Light out of disposable camera flashes. If you have any ideas discuss them.

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October 11, 2007

A Million Little Pictures

Art House Shop is asking you to help them out (yes, you in that corner over there--no *you*). What do they want you ask? They want you to join the A Million Little Pictures project. All you have to do is send them $16 and shoot the film in the disposible camera they give to you. The theme is "adventures," the best photo overall wins a $200 gift card, and all the photos are featured in an exhibit in a city yet to be determined. The city will be determined by finding the city with the most participants.

Update: When signing up, I got an error, though it actually signed me up...odd. Hopefully they'll fix it and you'll have no problems.

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April 12, 2007

DIY Infrared Filter and Underwater Housing

Sam Noyoun has written two instructables dealing with camera modifications.

The first would have been useful for me last week—a cheap underwater camera housing. The system using "special" Navy SEALS technology (two condoms), provides the seal and a dessicant bag helps keep the moisture out.

The second recently won second prize in a recent instructables.com science contest. (For his efforts he won $10 and a get out of jail free card— Sorry, for some reason I found it necessary to make a Monopoly joke.) This cheap infrared filter can be made in 10 minutes and uses pretty common items.

Thanks Sam for the great tutorials!

Edit: broken link fixed.

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