Category: DIY

DIY Lenticular Stereo Images

Lenticular dragonI’ve seen parallax barrier/lenticular kits that you can buy in computer stores in Thailand. It had some software (simple image manipulation, 3D title maker, and the lenticular program) along with a picture frame that had a screen of the ridged lenticular material. The whole thing looked very cool. I think it was being sold by a printer maker, but I can’t remember what one. I do a bit of stereo photography here and there and was quite intrigued with it, but sadly not enough to buy the kit. The free software in the DIY article should be fun to play with though. 

 

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Colograms – a simple way to create stereoscopic images

Moo Cards: Mini Custom Cards From Your Flickr Photos

Moo cards from FlickrHow cool, tiny name cards that feature your favorite Flickr images! If your the owner of a pro Flickr account you can have a free sampler pack of 10 shipped for you, you guessed it, free! These would be great as gift tags too, just stick a ‘To:’ and ‘From:’ line on the back and your set. I can’t wait to see what other people end up using these for. I should get mine in about a week. I’ll have to make it a point to shoot some photos specifically for these cards on my next trip.
For more printing ideas go have a look at the Qoop page. I’m betting that if the mini cards are as popular as I think there going to be, Moo will be branching out to the other popular photo sharing networks as well. I can only hope.

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Moo Cards: Stunning kid-sized custom biz-cards with Flickr pix

A Hobbit Hole Of Your Very Own

Have a bit of land? Want a place to get away from it all? Like the works of Tolkien a little too much? With a little work, some simple tools (chainsaw, hammer, chisel) and some friends to the heavy lifting, you can make your very own Hobbit hole. Looks like a fun project if you have the space. The straw bale construction technique works very well for many buildings. Makes great insulation too. I’d be quite happy in one, as long as it had some plumbing and power.

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A Low Impact Woodland Home

DIY Film Emulsion

DIY Film EmulsionIt’s practical chemistry time folks. With a few moderately easy to obtain chemicals (Gelatin, potassium bromide, potassium iodide, and silver nitrate) you can create your very own glass plate films. These would be used in a medium format camera or even a pinhole camera (if you can stand long exposure times).
You can find more information on alternative photographic processing from these books:

Silver Gelatin: A User’s Guide to Liquid Photographic Emulsion

Historic Photographic Processes

Or from these links:

Alternative and Historical Process Links

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Film Emulsion