DIY

3D printers open up entire new vistas of creativity for photographers. Whether you’re into cosplay and creating costumes and props for your portraits or looking to achieve original shots using intricate rigging and mounting setups that are entirely bespoke to your use case, the ability to take a spool of plastic fiber and turn it into a complex and durable part using an appliance that can fit on a benchtop is, in my opinion, one of the most exciting advancements in the at-home maker movement in years.

Of all the low-resolution digital cameras from the 1990s, none has had the lasting cultural impact of the monochromatic, 0.014-megapixel Nintendo Game Boy Camera. Romanian video game technology company, Epilogue, has turned the Game Boy Camera into a webcam, offering nostalgia-infused fun for teleconferences.

In 2016, photographer and filmmaker Josh Gladstone designed a way to use Fujifilm Instax film in vintage Kodak cameras. It was very hands-on and had some limitations. Eight years later, Gladstone is back with a much more elegant 3D-printed solution.

This article is about how to make a time-lapse system that controls the lighting conditions and triggers the camera shutter for time-lapse plants.

Darkroom printing has long been an increasingly forgotten part of film photography. Even with many new photographers picking up film in recent years, a lot of them seem to ignore the practice of darkroom printing.

Kodak Aerochrome is a legendary film unlike any other. It is a false-color, near-infrared emulsion that is as beautiful as it is challenging to develop. It's also tough to find because Kodak killed it over a decade ago.

Predicting aurora activity is exceptionally challenging.

Musician, director, and video-game enthusiast Chris Graue of the 8-bit ska punk band Lo(u)ser filmed an amazing music video in late 2021 using a Nintendo Game Boy Camera. He has now created a tool that would've made the project much more convenient -- a tripod mount.

Erik de Poorter from Concept Crafted Creations on YouTube created a brilliant, motorized ceiling-mounted camera system that may be perfect for content creators.

A clever engineer has turned a computer mouse into a working camera. The fun DIY project may not deliver impeccable image quality, but it's a great way to repurpose an old mouse.

Photographer Mathieu Stern is known for his fun projects like turning a Parisian apartment into a giant camera and shooting travel photos with a full-spectrum converted Sony camera, often shoots with vintage lenses. Stern significantly improved one by putting the world's blackest material inside it.

British electrical engineer Jenny List, known for their extensive work at Hackaday, released a 3D-printable cartridge to fit Fujifilm Single-8 home movie cameras.

Romanian visual artist and photographer Vlad Moldovean has created a step-by-step guide for photographers and videographers to recreate the look of anamorphic bokeh using a traditional spherical lens.

It's no secret that most photography equipment is expensive and typically highly specialized. But that doesn't always need to be the case. In the above video from Adorama, photographer Gavin Hoey walks viewers through how to create studio portraits using a simple sheet of cardboard and some studio lights.

Creator Boaz crafted a custom camera module with a 3D-printed case using Raspberry Pi.

Recently I was rummaging around in a box of old cameras, and I stumbled across a cute little Zeiss lens that I didn’t even know I had.

The Raspberry Pi has been used for many do-it-yourself photography projects over the years, including the recent Leica MPi camera and Photon light meter. Now, the open-source treatment has arrived for cinema.

I was interested in seeing how well a pinhole would work on a small sensor (APS-C) DSLR so I decided to give it a try. All I needed to do was to drill a hole in the spare body cap, darken a piece of aluminum foil with a permanent marker, punch a small hole in it, and then tape it to the front of the body cap.

A decade ago, I stumbled upon a page where someone detailed their process for crafting their own instant film, something similar to Polaroid Type55 or the New55. At that time, the instructions seemed too complex for me to tackle, and I never ventured into the world of instant film creation.

Videographers use a variety of camera movement techniques to capture dynamic motion. Underpinning many of the most visually interesting camera movements are dollies and sliders.

French photographer Mathieu Stern is no stranger to taking photos with unusual cameras. However, his latest camera is perhaps his oddest as he turned Paris apartment into a giant camera obscura and captured a beautiful photo of one of the world's most famous sights, the Eiffel Tower.

Photographer Markus Hofstaetter's wet-plate work often features big, ultra-fast lenses. However, Hofstaetter recently acquired a very tiny lens that has caused him some massive problems.

Pinhole lenses and cameras are fun, easy do-it-yourself (DIY) projects for photographers of all skill levels and ages. Pinhole lenses rarely require many materials, and as Fotodiox shows, photographers can make a pinhole lens with just a soda can.

Traditional photo booths at weddings are old news. Sebastian Staacks, who describes himself as someone who loves to "create stuff," built a bullet time video booth for his cousin's wedding.