This might look like a satellite image of an alien planet, or the cover of a questionable sci-fi novel. But in fact it’s neither: incredibly, it’s a photograph of a humble soap bubble. More »
Everyone has a friend who packs all the gear, but has no idea. When it comes to photography, that means mates who run around with their shiny new DSLR, mouthing off about their love of photography, with next to no idea of how to use any of their kit. This video boils that right down. More »
Look at this amazing DIY camera. It looks pretty professional, but it is all homemade by Dominique Vankan who wanted to replicate the Autochrome Lumière color photography process developed by the Lumière Brothers back in 1907.
The process uses dyed grains of potato starch as color filters. But to do this he needed a camera first. Buy one? Screw that. Dominique decided to build his own out of cardboard, duct tape and a few bits of LEGO. The end result is an awesome looking and fully-functional camera that he could take pride in. Here’s an example autochrome photograph taken with the camera:
I wish I could build my own camera like this. My hat goes off to you Dominique. I hope you have plenty of grain and potato starch.
[Flickr via Make: via Neatorama]
The image quality might be absolutely terrible, but one advantage to dropping just $18 on a low-low-end digital camera like the Vivitar V25 is that you can dissect it without feeling guilty. The Kahn Academy certainly didn’t shed a tear over the demise of this V25. Instead, they used its death as a golden opportunity to explain how a digital camera works, and how a cheap model manages to be so affordable. More »
Dominique Vankan wanted to try out some old-school photography, we’re talking really old-school, a early 1900s process called Autochrome Lumière. Appartnely he decided not to find an old camera to do it, and instead build one out of modern wonders including cardboard, Legos, and duct tape. More »
If you’ve ever tried snapping photos of birds, you know it’s really difficult to get pics – and it usually requires expensive zoom lenses to get really up close and personal with our feathered friends. With this new gadget, you’ll be able to grab amazing photos of birds for as little as $149.
The Bird Photo Booth is a special bird feeding rig that holds an iPhone, iPod Touch, or GoPro camera, and lets you watch and photograph birds remotely via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on your iPad or other internet-connected device. Using an app like Duplicam or the GoPro App lets you view real-time video, as well as capture stills on demand.
Each one is handmade from sustainably-harvested wood and CNC cut metal components, and has a large macro lens that sits in front of your gadget’s camera. Interchangeable foam inserts hold your device in just the right position. It was created by bird lover and photographer Bryson Lovett, who is currently trying fund the production of the device through Kickstarter.
As you can see from the video clip above, the Bird Photo Booth can capture some amazing close-up video and stills of our avian friends, taking advantage of the high-quality digital cameras in today’s latest gadgets. The photo below is an actual image shot with the prototype:
A pledge of $149 (USD) or more will get you one of the first Bird Photo Booths – assuming the project meets its funding goal 22 days from now. The project has already raised over $13,000 of its $35,000 goal, so he only needs to sell about 150 more cameras to meet that goal.
Now all I need is to live somewhere that we get more than pigeons and sparrows, and I’ll be all set.
A timelapse of a city skyline can be stunning in its own right, but every now and then, something crazy will happen out of the blue. It’s just that kind of event that photographer Evan Kitaljevich was able to capture while filming his first ever timelapse of Montreal. Ktaljevich just happened to have his camera pointed in the right direction when a three-alarm fire broke out on Thursday. The result is fantastic, if a bit unfortunate to watch. [Reddit via PetaPixel] More »
We’ve been taking pictures for almost 200 years now, and we sure aren’t slowing down. But how many pictures have we taken all together, since photography existed? Well the short answer is around 3.5 trillion, but there’s a lot more nuance than just a flat number. Vsauce looked into the matter in more detail, and some of the facts might surprise you. How many of the pictures are actually good? That’s anyone’s guess. [YouTube] More »
If you’ve ever thought it would be cool to have a miniature figurine of yourself—or maybe a loved one—just hanging out on your desk and doing it’s thing, your day has come. The first 3D printing photobooth is due to open in Japan later this month. More »
If you find the practice of Instagramming natural disasters to be a bit of a moral quandry, get ready for a whole new level of appropriateness-questioning. Dronestagram churns out Instagrammed shots of places where people were killed by drone strikes. More »
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