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Cool Photography Hacks |
 | Incredible Light Painting with an Arduino
Long exposure shots can create some pretty interesting effects. Light painting takes this idea and morphs it into innovative examples of ‘illuminated’ art. If you experiment with different light sources and treat them as ‘brushes’, the... |
 | DIY Motion Detection Wildlife Camera
A wildlife camera with a motion detection feature sounds like an expensive piece of equipment. But in reality, when you look at the parts needed to put together this DIY photography project, it is definitely one of the cheapest for a bit of amateur... |
 | DIY High Speed Photography Trigger with an Arduino
As a photographer, if you need to catch some action which is only visible for a split second, you need a high speed photography trigger. With the magic of an Arduino, you can rig one for yourself. We have seen an Arduino-based high speed... |
 | Turn an iPhone into a Microscope for $10
Using a $10 mini-microscope from Amazon, you can bring DIY macro photography to your iPhone. Basically, you just super glue the microscope to a plastic case for the iPhone which you can slip on and off. The video below shows a quick demo. For... |
 | UAV Helicopter Captures Stunning HD Video
Attach a DSLR video camera onto an unmanned, remote control helicopter and you have the ‘Helicam’. This DIYer has made a career out of RC aerial videography with his helicopter and Canon 7D DSLR video camera.
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 | Autonomous Picture Taking Robot
Learn how to make a free roaming picture taking robot. Combine a cheap camera with a few servo motors and a control board to create your own surveillance robot. It uses the servos to create a pan and tilt camera mechanism while the... |
 | Incredible DIY Aerial Kite Photography
The outstanding video above is a how to tutorial for DIY kite photography. Chris Benton, an experienced aerial photographer, guides us through his camera rigs, history, and expertise. People have been taking aerial photos like these since the early... |
 | How to: High Speed Photography using the Arduino
Using a laser and sensor to create an electronic trip wire, this high tech photographer used the Arduino programmer to capture high speed pictures of liquid droplets, creating this outstanding collection of photographs.� His photos can... |
 | Hack your Photos: 3 Nifty Ways
Using a few, awesome tools online you can create a new twist for your photos. Convert them entirely to text, funkify them, make a poster, and more!
Photos to text: http://photo2text.com/
Posters: http://www.blockposters.com/
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 | Guard your Laptop with Electric Rings of Death
Combine a high voltage electrode and a motor and you can create an electric force field around your laptop. Note that all these photos are real, no photoshop. The pictures are all single shots and effects are produced with long exposure.
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