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Haven’t found a small camera case that’s stylish enough for your taste? Matt over at …

If you’re looking for a creative way to display your photos (and decorate your home), …

Flickr user Twin-Reverb made this nifty DIY flash diffuser using a cardboard paper towel tube, a paper towel, and some aluminum foil.

Photographer Tyler Card‘s uber-creative Nikon DSLR costume was the talk of the photo …

Photographer Peter Wirén came up with a super cheap and easy way to record sliding shots using his DSLR. Instead of buying an expensive slider or dolly system, he simply cut the fingers off an old glove and used them as "socks" on his GorillaPod.

Dutch artist Purr Anders transforms old photographs into beautiful jewelry. After printing the …

Editor's note: Since we featured in back in August, Justin Jensen's Cineskates project has raised nearly half a million dollars. Here's a DIY tutorial by Ed Lewis on how to make your own.

Want to get a nice dolly shot without spending a lot of money? With less than $20 and a GorillaPod you can have an adjustable tripod dolly. You can adjust the angle, the direction, and the radius for circular dolly shots. It's also ridiculously easy to make. With all the supplies and tools, the build time here is less than 10 minutes.

Photographer Chris Keeny came up with a nifty design for a pinhole camera made using an Altoids mint tin. It's pretty fancy too, utilizing a re-loadable film take-up spool that uses a metallic turn key to advance the film.

Want to create a photography-related costume this halloween? Here are some fun costume ideas to give you some ideas. The above is a standard Canon point-and-shoot that has a tiny camera in the lens.

Want a pair of mittens that don’t interfere with your love for photography? If you know how to knit, …

Earlier this month we shared a hugely popular post on transferring a photo onto a block of …

For Halloween this year, photographer Tyler Card decided to made a giant Nikon DSLR costume. Not just any DSLR costume, mind you, but a fully functional one. The camera actually takes pictures when the shutter release button is pressed, and the photograph is displayed on the giant LCD screen on the back. The built-in flash also works, and the camera is even capable of triggering Alienbees strobes.

If you have some translucent film canisters lying around, you can turn them into DIY glow sticks for …

Inspired by Caleb Ungewitter's giant poster project, Andy Beckmann decided to try his hand at making a nicer version. Instead of attaching prints to the wall directly, Beckmann purchased 36 210x297mm wooden boards to mount the prints on (the photo was split into smaller prints using PosteRazor). The result is a more durable and professional looking display that can be easily reused in a different location.

Eddie had a hard time finding a camera strap he liked, so he decided to make his own in the style of some rifle slings he found online. The slings were weaved together using 550 Paracord (parachute cord), which has a breaking weight of 550 pounds. He found some for sale for $7 at his local army-navy store, and weaved together his own rugged DIY camera strap.

Our camera stickers are fun, but for something more personal you can make your own 35mm film …

Graphic designer Ksenia Podgornaya makes and sells these nifty Polaroid camera greeting cards that feature an original watercolor illustration printed on 100lb satin paper.

Videographer Joel Loukus created a continuous ring light source -- which he calls the "WreathLight" -- using a wreath frame and two strings of Christmas lights. The total cost came out to $24. It's a cheap and easy way of adding some soft lighting to your portraits.

Kodak’s website has a “Create” section stocked with all kinds of different photo …

For her husband’s 40th birthday, Jen had the idea of turning an old, …

Needing a portable light box, Instructables member HHarry came up with a ingenious …

Brussels-based jewelry designer Clement Marquaire creates one-of-a-kind earrings using old 35mm film. A …

Instructables user art.makes has a tutorial on how you can make a pair of paper iris glasses with adjustable apertures. You could definitely build upon the idea to make each side more like a camera lens (e.g. adding barrels, f-stop values) -- perhaps as part of a geeky Halloween costume?

Bits of Everything has a great tutorial on how you can make a …

If you have a GoPro or any other compact camera with a constantly exposed lens, you can protect the …

Buying large frames for displaying your prints can be expensive. For those of you who are rich in time …

Some photographers prefer using ordinary bags with padded inserts to carry their camera gear, both for aesthetic reason and …

Want a DSLR viewfinder but don’t want to pay big bucks for a professional one? …

Cut Out + Keep member Myam made …

We've seen DSLR photo booth projects before, but usually they're just simple ways for guests at an event to take self-portraits of themselves. Kevin over at I Dream In Code actually made a fancy photo booth for his brother's wedding that prints out a nice keepsake for guests.